Taft partner Jonathan Amarilio has been unanimously named to the board of directors for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth, an organization that channels the legal community’s resources to promote mentoring and tutoring programs in disadvantaged Chicago communities. Amarilio will serve a three-year term on the board beginning in June 2017.

Amarilio is member of Taft’s Litigation group. He focuses his practice on civil appellate litigation and critical motion practice. He has experience representing individuals, small businesses, state and local governments and a number of Fortune 500 companies before state and federal appellate courts, primarily the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.