Medical Malpractice Notebook (Informed Consent), Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, 1997, 1998 and 1999; "Wrapping up in Structure Settlements," Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; "What You Should Know About High/Low Agreements and Structured Settlements," IICLE, Winning Personal Injury Settlement Strategies (1999). Recognized in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of 40 Lawyers Under 40 to Watch, 2001. Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum; assisted in American Bar Association Comments to the September 11, 2001, Victims Compensation Fund; former member of the Lake Michigan Federation, Chicago. ISSUE STATEMENT: Dedicated to promoting involvement and participation of young lawyers in bar and community activities.
WILLIAM JOHN QUINLAN, Chicago. Incumbent. William J. Quinlan is a partner in the litigation boutique Quinlan & Carroll, Ltd. Prior to Quinlan & Carroll, he was an associate in the litigation department at Gardner, Carton & Douglas, a 200-lawyer full service firm. Prior to Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Quinlan served as a staff member of the Ways and Means Committee of the United States Congress. Before joining the Ways and Means Committee staff, Quinlan served as a member of the Appropriations staff of Illinois House Speaker, Michael J. Madigan. Quinlan received his J.D. from Georgetown Law School in 1995, where he served on the Finance Committee, which was responsible for administering the school's $44 million annual budget. While at Georgetown, Quinlan served as the Notes and Comments editor of the Georgetown Immigration Law Review. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois in 1992, where he was a James Scholar. Quinlan is a member of the American, Illinois, and Chicago Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2000, he was elected to the ISBA Board of Governors and currently serves as a member of the ISBA's Judicial Evaluation Committee, which reviews all judicial candidates and rates their qualifications to serve as a judge. In 1999, Quinlan was invited to attend the ISBA Conference for young leaders in the profession. In 2001, the ISBA Assembly elected Quinlan as a delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. Quinlan also serves on the Board of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago. Most recently, Quinlan was named by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in its "40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch."
CONTESTED
Board of Governors Area I (18th Circuit) 1 to be elected
RICHARD D. FELICE, Wheaton. Principal, Law Firm of Richard D. Felice, P.C., Wheaton. Private practice concentrated in domestic relations and litigation. Graduate Loyola University, Chicago, with honors, 1976, and Northern Illinois University, 1979 J.D., with honors. Associations: Member of DuPage County Bar Association since 1979, Illinois State Bar Association. Chair of Admissions and Membership Committee from 1989 to 1992 for two terms. Lectured several times for seminars for the following committees: Younger Members, Criminal Law, Children's Rights and Family Law. Legislative Committee, Children's Rights Committee, an active participant in Family Law Committee. Chair, fee arbitration panel for family law cases and participated in training of new panelists for the fee arbitration panel. Court Annexed Mandatory Court Arbitration chair. Bench Bar Symposium 1996 and 1997. Chair of Lawyer Referral and Mediation Committee. Joint Kane County/DuPage County Matrimonial Seminar 2003. Chair of Long-Range Planning Committee. Instructor for Matrimonial Trial Advocacy 2002-2003. Chair of Human Resources Committee and past liaison to Legal Aid Foundation, and Driver Improvement School. Previously served as a member ISBA Task Force on Attorneys for Children and as a delegate member, House of Representatives for American Bar Association. Past-president of DuPage County Chapter of Justinian Society; chairperson of 1998 Justinian Cancer Ball. Served for five years as director and past-president DuPage County Bar Association, past chairperson of Judiciary Committee. Past-president of the DuPage County Bar Foundation. Served as member of the Special Committee of the Future of the Courts Conference, established by the ISBA in conjunction with the Illinois Supreme Court. Assembly member of ISBA and elected chair, Assembly Agenda Committee, 2002-2003. Appointed by United States Federal District Court for Northern District to the Illinois Merit Selection Committee to select federal magistrate judges for Northern District. Appointed by Illinois Supreme Court to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee.
STEVEN B. LEVY, Naperville. Principal of Steven B. Levy, Ltd. Practice concentrated in representing plaintiffs in bodily injury and wrongful death claims. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee 1998-2001 and member, Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility 1996-1998. Member, Editorial Board of the Illinois Bar Journal; Editor-In-Chief of the DCBA Brief (DuPage County Bar Journal). In 1998, received the DuPage County Bar Association's Elbert H. Gary Award "in recognition of his outstanding leadership, personality and professionalism." In 1996, received the DuPage County Bar Association's twentieth annual "Lawyer of the Year Award" in recognition and appreciation of his "distinguished leadership and meritorious services rendered." Has written for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and other professional publications and has lectured for the American, Illinois State and DuPage County Bar associations in the areas of tort (injury) law, insurance law, and civil practice and procedure. Most recently, was invited to lecture at the 2002 Annual and Midyear Meetings of the ISBA on "Hot Topics in Tort Law." Invited lecturer at DuPage County Medical Society Medical Malpractice Seminars. His case, Boyd v. Travelers Insurance Co., 166 Ill.2d 188, 652 N.E.2d 267 (1995), established a negligence cause of action in Illinois for spoliation (destruction) of evidence. Member, ISBA Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education. Listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Registry of Preeminent Attorneys and the Illinois Consumer Guidebook to Law and Leading Attorneys as being among the most qualified attorneys in his field. Member, ISBA Assembly. Previously member of ISBA Special Committee on the Future of the Profession. ISSUE STATEMENT: The primary issues which Steve is highly motivated to address are: (1) Combating the unauthorized practice of law; (2) clearly defining to the public the societal and economic value of lawyers; (3) assuring professional independence and economic competitiveness; and (4) enhancing lawyers' professional image and voice.
CHRISTINE M. ORY, Wheaton. She is a principal in the firm of Gabric, Millon & Ory, Chtd., concentrating in workers' compensation litigation. Admitted to practice in Illinois, 1986; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1986; and before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1999. Education: J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1986; B.A. North Central College, Naperville, 1981. Ms. Ory has been an active member of the ISBA as: Present chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Task Force; member of the Workers' Compensation Law Section Council since 1994, including chair, 2000-2001, assistant newsletter editor 2002-2003, lecturer for Law Ed Series, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002; Assembly, 1995-2001; member of the Committee on Bar Services & Activities; and participant in the Strategic Planning Retreat, April, 1998. She has been an Illinois Bar Foundation Fellow since 1994 and member of the 2002 Illinois Bar Foundation Gala Event Committee and Event Benefactor. She has been secretary of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation since 1999 and has served on the Board of Managers for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association since 2001. Ms. Ory has been an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association, for which she was recognized as the 2002 DuPage County Bar Association's Lawyer of the Year. She was president of the DuPage County Bar Association,1998-1999 and has served on various committees, including chairing Judges' Nite Committee, 1991, 2001, 2002. She has also lectured for IICLE, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, DuPage County Bar Association, and DuPage Association of Women Lawyers. She has been a member of the Workers Compensation Lawyers Association since 1987 and was appointed by the chair of the Industrial Commission to a committee that rewrote the arbitrators' exam, 1998.
CONTESTED
Board of Governors Area III (12, 13th, 16th & 21st Circuits) 1 to be elected
KIM EDWARD PRESBREY, Aurora. Principal, Presbrey and Associates. Workers' compensation, labor law, personal injury, divorce, and general practice law firm. Educational background: Northwestern University and Vanderbilt University College of Law, J.D. 1976. Admitted: Illinois Supreme Court 1977. President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers, 2001-2002. Board of Managers, Illinois Trial Lawyers, 1992 to present. Co-chair of Illinois Trial Lawyers Legislative Committee, 2002 to present. Member of Executive Committee of Illinois Trial Lawyers, 1996 to present. Chair of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers, 2001-2002. Member of Long-range Plan -ning Committee of Illinois Trial Lawyers, 1998 to present. Member of Workers' Compensation Committee of Illinois Trial Lawyers, 1985 to present. Member of Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 to present. Member of the President's Council of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2000-2002. Secretary of Workers' Compensation Section Council of Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2000-2001. Member of ABA. Member of the ISBA, 1977 to present. Member of the Workers' Compensation Section Council, 1990 to present. Co-editor of the ISBA Workers' Compensation Section newsletter, 1995 to 2001. Member of the ISBA "Future of the Courts" Committee, 2001-2002. Founder and president of Illinois Futures, a non-profit corporation established to provide college scholarship money to the children of injured workers in the state of Illinois. Member of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association, 1979-2002. Sustaining member of the Workplace Injury Litigation Group. Second vice-president of WILG, 1999 to present. Author of "Temporary Total Disability Benefits" section of the Illinois Trial Lawyers workers' compensation manual. Author of and lecturer for numerous articles for ISBA Workers' Compensation Section seminars over the last 10 years as well as for the Illinois Trial Lawyers, the Workplace Injury Litigation Group, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
AMIE SOBKOVIAK, Joliet, is the executive director of the Will County Legal Assistance Program, Inc., in Joliet. Ms. Sobkoviak has spent the last four years representing victims of domestic violence in Order of Protection litigation. Ms. Sobkoviak carries a full caseload in addition to managing an office of four attorneys and six support staff. Her recent legal achievements include winning an appeal regarding the admissibility of incidents of past abuse as evidence in an Order of Protection hearing. She regularly works on cases involving issues ranging from nursing home regulation to multi-state custody jurisdiction. Prior to her employment with Legal Assistance, she was an associate in a small general practice firm. Ms. Sobkoviak is dedicated to public service. She serves on the ISBA's Judicial Polls Committee, as well as on the Judicial Polls Committee of the Will County Bar Association. She continues as president of the Will County Women's Bar Association, a position she was first elected to in 2000. She is most proud of her work with Will County's Juvenile Diversion program, which she helped pioneer. She serves on a number of committees related to domestic violence and family law issues, and has taught seminars on those and related topics. Also, Ms. Sobkoviak speaks Spanish and is actively directing legal services outreach to the Spanish-speaking population of Will County. Ms. Sobkoviak is the mother of two sons, ages three and six. She has been married to her husband Rob, a Web designer, for ten years. She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Drake University, summa cum laude, and also attended Drake Law School, from which she graduated with honors.
SUSAN B. TATNALL, Geneva. Incumbent. Sole practitioner in the area of family law. Education: University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. 1980; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1980; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1984; U.S. Supreme Court, 1998. Member of the ISBA since 1980. Served on the ISBA Family Law Section Council, 1995-1996. Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1991 to present. Current member of the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission of the state of Illinois. Member of the Kane County Bar Association, president, 1989-1990; chair of the Family Law Committee of the Kane County Bar Association, 1986-1987 and 1995-1996; past member of the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the Kane County Bar Association. Former member of the Board of Directors of IICLE; frequent lecturer in the areas of family law for the ISBA, IICLE and Kane County Bar Association. Received Career Achievement Award from the Kane County Bar Association Family Law Committee in 2000. ISSUE STATEMENT: By nomination and appointment, I have had an opportunity to serve on the Board of Governors for a one-year term due to a vacancy in the Area III Board of Governors position. I have greatly enjoyed my service in that capacity; and if elected to a full term, I believe the experience I have gained will help me in promoting the professionalism of attorneys, the positive public perception of our profession, and in providing and promoting legal information and services to the public at large.
UNCONTESTED
Board of Governors Area IV(10th, 14th, 15th Circuits)
1 to be elected
RICHARD W. ZUCKERMAN, Peoria. Incumbent. Principal, Law Offices of Richard W. Zuckerman, Peoria; concentrating in family law and mediation. Education: Bradley University, B.S. 1973; John Marshall Law School, J.D.1976. Aurora University-Mediation Training, 1999. Admitted in Illinois 1976; Central District of Illinois 1977; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1977. ISBA activities: Board of Governors: 2000-present (Scope and Correlation, 2001-present, Amicus, 2001-present); Assembly, 1982-1988, 1995-2000 (Rules and Bylaws, 1998-99; Agenda and Program, 1999-2000). Family Law Section Council member, 1988-1992; 1993-present (chair, 1998-1999; vice-chair, 1997-1998; secretary, 1996-1997; newsletter co-editor, 2000-2001; board liaison, 2002-2003). Committee on ARDC, 1999-present (secretary, 2002-present). Arbitration of Disputes, 1981-1982 (vice-chair, 1981-1982). Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1982-1983 (chair, 1982-1983). Member: Reduction of Court Costs, 1983-1984; Delivery of Legal Services, 1993-present; Supreme Court Rules Committee, 1994-present; Legislation Committee, 1995-2002; Task Force on Allocation of Judges in Illinois, 1998-1999; Special Committee to Review Business Relationship with Mutual Insurance Company, 2000. American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-Illinois Chapter Fellow, 1995-present (Board of Managers, 1996-present; vice-president, 1998-present). Peoria County Bar Association, member, 1977-present; Board of Directors member, 1993-1995, 1996-2000; Ad Hoc Committee on Mediation and Arbitration, 2002-present (chair, 2002-present); Budget Committee, 1999-present; Continuing Legal Education, 1996-1999 (chair, 1998-1999); Civil Courts and Procedures, 1998-2000 (chair, 1999-2000); Family Law Committee, 1982-present (chair 1992-1994); Professional Standards Committee, 1999-present. Abraham Lincoln Chapter of American Inns of Court Master, 1993-present (president, 2002-present; vice-president, 2001-2002; secretary-treasurer, 2000-2001; program chair, 1999-2000; Program Committee, 1996-1999). Illinois General Assembly Child Support Task Forces, 1990-1993, 1998-