I joined the Illinois Bar Foundation’s board of directors in 2008. There were essentially two reasons. First, Mark D. Hassakis pushed me to do it.Mark can make oral surgery sound fun. Second, I knew the IBF threw a fantastic party every fall. That’s it — no altruistic motive, no thoughts that I could make a difference in anyone’s life — just guilt and fun.My first IBF assignment was the grants committee. As a member of the committee, I learned that the money the IBF raised was directed toward …