Dixie Lee Buoy-Peterson :::
Dixie Lee Buoy-Peterson
Graduated in 1965
Inducted in 2001
A 1965 Lyons Township High School graduate, Dixie Lee Peterson was a capital partner in a major national law firm, concentrating in environmental law. She made law in several instances and had the distinction of being on the cutting edge of policies and programs of the Environmental Protection Agency. Peterson was a featured speaker at many environmental seminars and published numerous articles on environmental law, health, and safety-related issues. In 1993, she was awarded the John Marshall Law School Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award and in 1994 was named to the "100 Women Making a Difference" by Today's Chicago Woman magazine. Peterson was an early supporter of the Women's Bar Association Foundation and is a speaker, leader, and organizer of Women Rainmakers in the Legal Profession. She is past chairwoman of the 18,000 member Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, is a member of the Board of Trustees and former adjunct professor at the John Marshall Law School, and served as secretary of the Chicago Bar Association. In July of 2000, Peterson was one of just 12 lawyers nationwide to receive the Burton Award for Legal Achievement in Writing given by the Legal Publication Foundation. In 2000, she accepted an appointment as Deputy General Counsel of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services at Cook County Juvenile Court, where she manages the Department's Office of Legal Services.