Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow of the Illinois Supreme Court and Appellate Justice Margaret J. O'Mara Frossard will be honored by the North Suburban Bar Associating a during Judges' Night dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at North Shore Country Club, Glenview. Call Jeanine Forloine, (312) 850-9220.
McLean County Bar
The McLean County Bar Association presented its annual Abraham Lincoln Award of Excellence to Bloomington attorney W. Loren Thomson and its Community Service Award to Rev. Tom Shea during a Law Day luncheon May 1. Shea was honored for promoting alternatives to jail in a court diversion program.
Kane County Bar
Slated candidates for election as officers of the Kane County Bar Association are Kevin Drendel, president; Lisa M. Nyuli and Michael C. Doyen, vice presidents, and Robert Britz, secretary-treasurer.
The election will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, May 30, in the County Judicial Center, preceding the annual memorial service, and the installation will take place Thursday, June 12, during a dinner at Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora. Call (630) 762-1915.
lIlinois Paralegal
Patricia Mitchell Nelson, staff attorney for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, will discuss volunteer opportunities with the Pro Bono Committee of the Illinois Paralegal Association during a meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago. Call (815) 462-4620.
International Bar
The International Bar Association will conduct a conference on "Plotting Litigation Strategy in a Global Context" on Thursday and Friday, June 19-20, in Chicago. Call Todd Ohlms at Freeborn & Peters, (312) 360-6589, for details.
Jewish Judges
Rabbi Stanley E. Kroll will speak to the Jewish Judges Association during a Kosher luncheon Thursday, May 22, at the Chicago Loop Synagogue. Call Judge Gerald C. Bender at (312) 603-3892.
DuPage Women Lawyers
Wheaton attorney Mary Jo Kelly will be installed Wednesday, June 11, as president of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers during a dinner in the Hilton Hotel, Lisle. Call (630) 221-0802.
Other incoming officers are Cynthia Bronson, Kimberly Davis and Maria Tolva, vice presidents; Patricia Rummer, secretary, and Martha Swatek, treasurer. Brenda Carroll will become past president.
Decatur Bar
New officers of the Decatur Bar Association will be elected during the annual dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at the Scovill Golf Course. A golf outing with a 1 p.m. shotgun start will precede the election. Call Jim Jankowicz at (217) 428-6629.
Chicago Bar
Daniel A. Cotter will succeed Mia P. Jiganti as chair of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section during a luncheon Tuesday, June 10, in Philip H. Corboy Hall. Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn will be keynote speaker. Call (312) 554-2032.
Black Women Lawyers
Elaine R. Jones, president and counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, will speak to the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago during a luncheon Friday, May 23, at the Chicago Athletic Association. Call (312) 554-2081.
Chinese American Bar uses ISBA grant in public forum
The Chinese American Bar Association will continue its public education initiative of explaining immigration and naturalization procedures during a forum at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, in Chinatown's Pui Tak Center, 2216 S. Wentworth, Chicago.
The Law Day program, supported by a People's Law School grant from the Illinois State Bar Association and cooperation from the Chinese American Service League, is expected to draw an audience of up to 80 members of the immigrant community.
Previous ISBA grants have enabled the CABA to acquire 44 units of equipment that can provide simultaneous translation of forum speakers into Cantonese, Mandarin and Toisan dialects.
Additional equipment is needed to provide translation units for growing populations of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian immigrants. Existing headsets are being upgraded to improve the sound quality.
"We have been able to use the equipment repeatedly during the last two years," said CABA board member Chunlin Leonhard in his grant application.
"Each time, we receive extremely positive feedback regarding use of the units. In fact, we expect the attendance of our seminars to increase as a direct result of the improvement," he added.
Former Chicago-area employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which has been absorbed into the new federal Homeland Security initiative, are expected to speak during the May 17 forum.
At a similar forum last year in the Chinese Culture Center, discussion topics included entry into the U.S. at O'Hare, employment visas, permanent residency, immigration status adjustment, naturalization and citizenship processes, and fraud and good character issues.
CBA outing May 19 heads slate of bar golf events
The Chicago Bar Association has jumped into the lead with the earliest bar association golf outing in northern Illinois. It will take place Monday, May 19, at Ridge Country Club, with tee times available from 9 a.m.
The 80th annual CBA event, which includes a silent auction, putting competition and hole-in-one contest, is a benefit for legal services. The cost is $165 per golfer, or $25 for those who attend only the dinner. Call Angie Cruz, (312) 554-2132, to reserve a tee time.
Other bar association outings announced to date are listed below. Send additional information to Stephen Anderson by fax at (312) 726-1422 or by e-mail at sanderson@isba.org.
MAY 22 (Thursday) MUNDELEIN - Lake County Bar Association golf outing, after morning civil trials and appeals seminar; Steeplechase Golf Course; tee times from 11:45 a.m.; (847) 244-3143.
JUNE 4 (Wednesday) DECATUR Decatur Bar Assn. golf outing and annual meeting; Scovill Golf Course; 1 p.m. shotgun start, 5 p.m. reception and 6:30 p.m. dinner; Jim Jankowicz, (217) 428-6629.
JUNE 6 (Friday) OAK BROOK Illinois Trial Lawyers Association 48th annual golf outing, followed by installation dinner dance; Oak Brook Hills Resort; (800) 252-8501.
JUNE 11 (Wednesday) BENSENVILLE Nordic Law Club third annual Lutefisk Open scholarship benefit golf outing; White Pines Golf Club; 10:45 a.m. shotgun start, 4 p.m. reception and buffet dinner; Patricia Oakley, (708) 923-6760.
JUNE 12 (Thursday) NAPERVILLE Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation second annual Golf Fore Justice pro bono benefit outing, with 8:30 a.m. shotgun start and buffet lunch; Tamarack Golf Club; Phil Mohr, (312) 332-3528.
JUNE 13 (Friday) WILMINGTON Will County Bar Association golf outing; Cinder Ridge Golf Links; 12 noon lunch, 1 p.m. shotgun start; (815) 726-0383.
JUNE 23 (Monday) NORTHBROOK Youth Outreach Services benefit golf outing; Mission Hills Country Club; 8 a.m. shotgun start; Barbara Schwarz, (773) 777-7112.
JUNE 26 (Thursday) DIXON Lee County/Ogle County/Whiteside County Bar Associations joint golf outing; Lost Nation Golf Course.
JUNE 30 (Monday) WOOD DALE Justinian Society golf and bocce outing; Oak Meadows Golf Club; 12 noon lunch, 1 p.m. shotgun start, 5 p.m. bocce, 7 p.m. reception and dinner; Oak Meadows Golf Club; Thomas Battista, (312) 464-3500.
JULY 10 (Thursday) ELBURN Kane County Bar Assn. golf outing; Hughes Creek Golf Club; 11:30 a.m. lunch, 1 p.m. shotgun start, 5:30 p.m. reception and dinner; (630) 762-1915.
JULY 14 (Monday) ST. CHARLES DuPage County Bar Association golf outing; Pheasant Run Resort; 1 p.m. shotgun start; (630) 653-7779.
JULY 16 (Wednesday) MT. PROSPECT Northwest Suburban Bar Association golf outing; Old Orchard Country Club; 11 a.m. shotgun start, 6 p.m. dinner; (847) 259-7908.
JULY 21 (Monday) ST. CHARLES Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association golf outing; St. Charles Country Club; Naomi Schuster, (708) 448-8081.
JULY 25 (Friday) SPRINGFIELD Sangamon County Bar Association Play Day.
AUGUST 1 (Friday) HIGHLAND PARK Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association golf outing; Highland Park Country Club; 11:30 a.m. shotgun start; Derek Storm, (312) 670-2000.
AUGUST 5 (Tuesday) OAK BROOK West Suburban Bar Assn. golf outing; Oak Brook Hills Resort; 1 p.m. shotgun start; (708) 366-1122.
AUGUST 8 (Friday) ALGONQUIN McHenry County Bar Association golf outing; Golf Club of Illinois; (815) 338-9559.
AUGUST 11 (Monday) EDWARDSVILLE Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Southern Illinois golf outing; Sunset Hills Country Club; (800) 252-8501.
AUGUST 14 (Thursday) OAK BROOK Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund golf outing; Oak Brook Hills Resort.
AUGUST 18 (Monday) PEORIA Peoria County Bar Association annual golf outing; Mt. Hawley Country Club; (309) 674-6049.
AUGUST 25 (Monday) ROCKFORD Northern Illinois University College of Law Zeke Giorgi Memorial Golf Playday; Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club; Carol Jambor-Smith, (815) 753-9670.
Dillon Hoey represented injured railroad workers
Chicago attorney J. Dillon Hoey, a partner in Hoey, Farina & Downes for the past 25 years, died April 27 at age 62 of cancer in his home.
A 1966 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, Mr. Hoey was an assistant Cook County public defender and a lawyer in the Federal Defender Program before founding the personal injury litigation firm that concentrates in transportation law and is counsel to seven railroad labor unions.
The son of a Chicago police officer, Mr. Hoey's interest in representing injured workers, particularly in Federal Employers Liability Act matters, may be traced to the death of his grandfather while on the job as a railroad worker.
A member of the Academy of Railroad Labor Attorneys, he served on the professional advisory board of the Illinois Head Injury Association.
A board member and chair of the Arts Committee of the Union League Club of Chicago for several years, Mr. Hoey was instrumental in planning its two-week Beaux-Arts Celebration and invitational artists' exhibit in January (ISBA Bar News, February 3, page 12).
He helped organize the club's first art invitational in 1993, an Illinois artists' exhibit in 2000, and previous Beaux-Arts Celebrations in 1998 and 2001. He also was involved in the installation of the historic Seven Lively Arts murals in the club's Rendezvous Room last September.
Francis Berg
Retired attorney Francis Edward Berg died April 19 at age 87 in Bridgeview. A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he was a Navy pilot and trainer in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Mr. Berg had law practices in Berwyn and Riverside and was a justice of the peace in Riverside for 12 years. He was inducted in 1997 into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Lake Forest College, where he was most valuable player on the varsity football team in 1939.
Thomas Foley
McHenry attorney Thomas M. Foley died April 28 at age 53 of congestive heart failure. A 1981 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, he concentrated in family law and was a member of the Illinois Creditors Bar Association.
A skilled, world-traveled scuba diver, Mr. Foley belonged to the Divers Alert Network.
Clifford Hathaway
Clifford Newton Hathaway Jr., formerly of Peoria, died March 27 at age 53 in Fond du Lac, Wis. He was a graduate of the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., and a resident of that city.
Also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base and an adjunct professor there, he was a Navy aviator and flight trainer for 20 years, retiring as a commander in 1992.
Norman Krausz
Retired Illinois attorney and agricultural law professor Norman George Philip Krausz, a resident of Vero Beach, Fla., died April 15 at age 83 in the Royal Palm Convalescent Center.
Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1941, Mr. Krausz was a major in the Army during World War II. He headed the agricultural law program at the University of Illinois for 20 years and taught estate planning and taxation.
Mr. Krausz was voted best instructor in the College of Agriculture three times and was named one of the three best educators on the university faculty. He received the Paul A. Funk Award for outstanding achievement in agriculture in 1973.
He also served by appointment on the United Nations staff that wrote a water code for Cyprus. He retired from teaching in 1977 to practice law.
Abe Linderman
Retired Illinois administrative law judge Abe M. Linderman died May 2 at age 81 of cancer in a hospice in Las Vegas, where he had moved in 1999 after his wife died.
A 1950 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Linderman practiced in Chicago and Arlington Heights for 12 years before becoming an administrative law judge for the Illinois Department of Employment Security in labor disputes involving unemployment compensation.
In the mid-1970s, he was a founder of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges, and subsequently served as its president. He retired in 1987.
In Park Ridge, where he lived before moving to Nevada, Mr. Linderman provided free legal assistance to senior citizen clients of the Center for Concern every Saturday for 20 years. He also was its chief counsel.