Aurora Austriaco

Aurora Austriaco is a partner/shareholder at an all women owned law firm and concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial and real estate litigation, construction litigation, mechanic’s liens, defense of mortgage foreclosure, title insurance claims litigation, and other special chancery remedy cases. Her clients range from multinational corporations to medium and  small startup companies to individuals. Aurora is currently serving as Commissioner for the Illinois Courts Commission and is a member of the Illinois Court of Claims. She previously served as Commissioner for the Park Ridge Planning and Zoning Commission and as Commissioner for the Cook County Human Rights Commission. She is the immediate past president of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, past president and first Asian president of the Chicago Bar Association, and past president of the Lawyer’s Trust Fund of Illinois. She just completed her 3 year tenure on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association and as a member of the Board’s Executive Committee.   She was named a Super Lawyer-Real Estate, one of the Top 10 Women Consumer Attorneys by Leading Lawyers, one of the Top 10 Women Lawyers in Real Estate and one of 50 honorees for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer “Salute! Women in Law. Aurora was named one of Chicago United’s “50 Business Leaders of Color.” Aurora is also fluent in Tagalog.