PILI 2025-2026 Young Professionals Board Chair Anthony M. Lewis of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit
Established in 2017, PILI’s Young Professionals Board (YPB) is a group dedicated to empowering PILI through fundraising and by serving as PILI’s ambassadors in their communities. YPB members are emerging leaders who have begun their professional careers in the past fifteen years.
With the start of PILI’s new fiscal year on September 1st, new leaders took the helm of the YPB. Anthony Lewis of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit will serve as Chair and is joined by Brandon Knop of Molson Coors who will serve as Chair-Elect and Cara Lawson of Steptoe LLP who will serve as Vice Chair.
As he begins his role as Chair, Tony said, “I am looking forward to continuing the success of the YPB’s past chairs and finding ways to keep improving upon established events such as our annual Arcade for Legal Aid. At the same time, I am also looking forward to finding new and exciting opportunities to further PILI’s mission and expanding our already diverse group of YPB members.”
Tony is currently a Principal at Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit where he concentrates his practice in the area of property tax and assessment law. He is also a member of the Illinois Property Tax Lawyers Association (IPTLA) and the CBA’s Real Estate Taxation Committee and the Assessment and Appeals Subcommittee. A passionate advocate for advancing equal access to justice, Tony has been an active member of the Young Professionals Board since 2018, most recently serving as Chair-Elect.