The Legal Aid Society Board of Directors presents …
the Equal Access to Justice Award Luncheon
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
12:00pm – 2:30pm
RPM Events, 317 North Clark Street, Chicago
The Legal Aid Society’s Equal Access to Justice Award Luncheon supports critical legal services for low-income, Chicago-area families, and recognizes the outstanding pro bono work supporting those services.
Honoring:
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Regina Bynote Jones,
Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
The William H. Avery Award
Regina Bynote Jones serves as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM), a Fortune 50 multinational agriculture, nutrition and commodity services company, based in Chicago, IL (USA).
Jones oversees ADM’s global Legal, Government Relations, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs and Global Security Operations. Jones joined ADM in September 2023.
Prior to joining ADM, she served as the Chief Legal Officer for Baker Hughes, a global leader in the energy technology sector. For the last three decades, Jones has held global roles in complex legal and technology environments including assignments based in Europe, Southeast Asia and across the United States. For the first 10 years of her career, she led high-performing teams in the Information Technology space and has remained abreast of complex technology domains – including cybersecurity and AI.
Jones currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Manufacturers. She has previously served on Boards of Directors for South Texas College of Law, the March of Dimes (Houston), Girl Scouts (Houston), Child Advocates and the State Bar of Texas.
Jones earned her Bachelor of Business Administration, General Business from Sam Houston State University, and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law with an emphasis in computer and technology law.
Regina has extensive governance experience working with Boards of Directors at ADM, Baker Hughes and Delek. She has brought strategic value to CEOs and Executive Committees throughout her career. She has obtained certifications in Cyber-risk Management (NACD), ESG (University of California – Berkeley), and International Finance (IMD – Lausanne, Switzerland).
Hear from LAS staff about the impact that inspires them to work toward equal access to justice for all, regardless of ability to pay for quality legal representation:
“It’s huge to us because we know the faces behind those victories,” shares Catherine Longkumer, Managing Attorney of our Individual Rights and Social Justice Practice Group. “To have those moments where we can call up a client and say, your t-visa has been approved, your judgment status has been approved, we’re able to reunite you with your family, you’re going to get to see your kids again? That is what keeps us going and doing this work.”
To support this work and LAS’s transformational impact, make a contribution or get involved today.
ABOUT THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
LAS provides quality legal representation to victims of human trafficking and other crimes, including domestic violence, abused and exploited seniors or disabled adults, homeowners in foreclosure, tenants faced with unlawful eviction and victims of financial exploitation and consumer fraud. Today LAS impacts more than 19,000 people each year.
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