CHICAGO PHILIPPINE REPORTS TV ANNOUNCEMENT

The 32-year-old Chicago Philippine Reports TV (CPRTV) show airs every Sunday, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
 
CPRTV television broadcast is being carried by Chicago Cable 25 on WOW Cable,  RCN Cable, and Comcast Cable throughout the city of Chicago and other neighboring suburbs. It claims a viewership of about 500,000.
 
CPRTV is sister company of 30-year-old VIA TIMES Newsmagazine, the oldest Filipino/Asian monthly newsmagazine in Chicago and suburbs & the entire Midwest.

VT/CPRTV is the only print/broadcast ethnic media in Chicago, owned by an ethnic Asian female...



































































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ABOUT OUR COVER:


The life journey of Jessica A. O’Brien is one of determination, commitment,
and inspiration. O’Brien has consistently demonstrated strong leadership in all
she has set out to do, and has made a positive impact upon the profession and
the community. She was born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines. After
graduating from high school, she emigrated to the United States and attended
Boston University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in hotel and
food administration with a minor in financial management. She continued her
culinary arts education at Ecòle Hotêliêre de Laûsanne, Switzerland, and also
received her Intensive Diploma from the Cordon Bleu Cookery School in London.
Thereafter, O’Brien spent half a decade at Caesar’s Hotel & Casino in Atlantic
City. She quickly moved up the ladder from an entry-level management position to
holding dual positions as Divisional Food and Beverage Trainer and as Acting
Food and Beverage Comptroller, responsible for the training of approximately
1,000 employees and the management of a multi-million-dollar budget. During that
time, she addressed important human resource issues such as sexual harassment,
equal employment, and upward mobility with a focus on diversity, productivity,
and cost reduction.

Although law is O’Brien’s second career, she has quickly distinguished herself
as a leader in the profession as well as in her community. A 1998 graduate of
The John Marshall Law School, she was the first student to complete the JD/LLM
joint degree program in Tax Law in three years. In 2002, O’Brien earned honors
with her Master of Laws degree in Employee Benefits. She currently serves as a
Special Assistant Attorney General with the Illinois Department of Revenue,
where she litigates cases that involve corporate, partnership, and individual
income and sales taxation. She is also Acting Chief Counsel for the Illinois
Lottery, where she oversees the agency’s litigation docket and assists the
Acting Superintendent and senior staff members with the agency’s day-to-day
operations of its multi-billion-dollar business affairs. Prior to working in the
public sector, O’Brien was an associate with Schuyler Roche & Zwirner PC,
concentrating her practice in the areas of estate planning, employee benefits,
and corporate taxation.

O’Brien has generously volunteered her time and talents to a number of bar
associations and charitable endeavors, exhibiting visionary leadership in the
process. In 2003, she helped organize the inaugural Swearing-In of Bar
Presidents Ceremony when she served as president of the Filipino American Bar
Association. O’Brien serves as: the president of the Diversity Scholarship
Foundation, NFP, treasurer for the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, a member
of the board of governors for the Illinois State Bar Association, board member
of the Chicago Bar Foundation and the Asian American Bar Foundation, and board
member of the Filipino American Bar Association. She is a past president of the
Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area.

O’Brien’s substantial accomplishments have been recognized by the leaders in the
legal community, resulting in her appointment by the Illinois Supreme Court in
2006 to serve as a hearing officer for the Attorney Registration and
Disciplinary Commission, and in 2008, as a member of the Court’s Character and
Fitness Committee, First District. In 2009, O’Brien was appointed by Chief Judge
James F. Holderman to serve as a member of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection
Panel for the Northern District Court of Illinois.

O’Brien’s invaluable contributions to the profession have been recognized by
numerous organizations. To mention a few, O’Brien received the Outstanding
Leadership Award from the Asian American Bar Association, was named twice as
“Most Valuable Member” by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, and was
honored with the Outstanding Service Award for Judicial Evaluation by Circuit
Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans. In addition, O’Brien received
the 2008 Cook County State’s Attorney Asian Pacific American Community Service
Award, and was a recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service Award from The John
Marshall Law School Alumni Association. She has been named a Super Lawyer and a
Rising Star by the publishers of the Chicago magazine, and has been inducted
into the Chicago Filipino American Hall of Fame.

O’Brien is married to Brendan A. O’Brien, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson,
LLP. They are the proud parents of three daughters: Samantha, fourteen years
old; Judy Rose, eight years old; and Vanessa Kate, five years old.

WHAT VT ADVERTISERS SAY?

JAN PAUL C. FERRER, CFP, CRPC, FINANCIAL ADVISOR OF MORGANSTANLEY SMITHBARNEY
(See advertisement on page 13): “I find it very exciting to be interacting and
networking with the members of our Filipino American community in Chicago, and
VIA Times is absolutely the best venue to find them for the financial services
that I am carrying to assist them in their various financial needs.” Please
follow JP Ferrer’s financial colmn on page 13.



 

WHO READS VIA TIMES?

 
Judge Aurelia Pucinski of Cook County Appelate Court, during her CPRTV interview
with Joe Mauricio.