ITLA to honor John Phillips posthumously
Former Chicago personal injury attorney John G. Phillips, who died in August 2001, will be the posthumous recipient of the 2003 Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
The presentation will take place Friday, June 6, during ITLA's annual convention banquet at Oak Brook Hills Resort, where Michael P. Schostok of Waukegan will be installed as president.
John Phillips was president of ITLA in 1964-65. His son and law partner, Stephen D. Phillips, is a member of the ITLA Board of Managers and a past member of the ISBA Board of Governors.
An active member of the Justinian Society who received its Award of Excellence in 1996, John Phillips contributed more than $220,000 to the society's scholarship fund in his years on the committee. Through his generosity, no applicant was turned down during that period.
Winnebago Bar gives medal to Elmer Rudy
Rockford attorney Elmer C. Rudy received the Winnebago County Bar Association's Edward Potter Lathrop Medal during a Law Day luncheon May 1.
The medal honors a member for distinguished professional achievements and public service that results in a significant and positive influence on the profession and on the quality of community life.
President of the Winnebago County Bar in 1980-81, Rudy practiced with Williams & McCarthy for 41 years before he retired in 1999. He was real estate taxation counsel to several Rockford-area corporations.
Appointed by the mayor to the library board after his retirement, Rudy has chaired the Wesley Willows board and what is now the Rosecrance Health Network, and he was president of Midway Village. He has received the Rotary Club Service Above Self Award.
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Carla R. Michelotti, a past chair of the Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation, will be honored as Advertising Woman of the Year by the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago during a June 25 luncheon. She is executive vice president, general counsel and director of government affairs of Leo Burnett Worldwide.
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Will County State's Attorney Jeffrey Tomczak will be honored as State's Attorney of the Year on Wednesday, June 18, during the annual dinner of the Illinois State Crime Commission at Drury Lane in Oak Brook.
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Michael Stillman, a resident of Oak Lawn and partner in Querry & Harrow, Joliet, has been named president of the Community High School District 218 board. He was elected to the school board in 2001 and re-elected in April.
Criminal Defense Lawyers slate DUI Defense panel
The Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers will conduct a DUI Defense Seminar from 8:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 20, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Urbana. To register, call (773) 643-4252.
Two members of the ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council, Donald J. Ramsell of Wheaton and Edward M. Maloney of Skokie, will lead off the program.
Ramsell, who is president of the DuPage County Bar Association, will speak at 9 a.m. on DUI Forfeiture and Blood Issues, and Maloney will discuss Secretary of State Administrative Relief at 10 a.m. Thomas M. Moran of Skokie will follow at 11:15 a.m. with DUI: Drug vs. Alcohol.
After a 12:15 p.m. luncheon break, a Legislative Update will be given at 1:15 p.m. by Stephen W. Baker of Naperville, a member of the ISBA Assembly and Criminal Justice Section Council.
At 2:15 p.m., D. Peter Wise of Springfield will review Field Sobriety Testing issues. After a 3:30 p.m. presentation on Formal Hearings of the Secretary of State, Paul DeLuca of Oakbrook Terrace will discuss Sufficiency of Warnings to Motorists.
Illinois Institute CLE
Call (800) 252-8062 for a schedule of upcoming seminars that will be conducted by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Among them are:
Real Estate Exchanges Under Sec, 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code - Wednesday, June 4, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.
Internet Legal Research Wednesday, June 11, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago, and Monday, June 16, at Park Inn, Urbana
Illinois Estate Administration: Process and Practice Thursday, June 12, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Friday, June 20, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Representing Not-for-Profit Corporations in Illinois Friday, June 13, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Tuesday, June 24, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Choice of Business Entities in 2003: To Change or Not to Change? Wednesday, June 18, at the Par-a-Dice Hotel, East Peoria, and Wednesday, June 25, at the University Club of Chicago.
Hands-on Civil Discovery Workshop: Successfully Managing Legal and Strategic Challenges Thursday, June 26, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Friday, June 27, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Trial Advocacy
The National Institute for Trial Advocacy will conduct its Midwest Taking and Defending Depositions Program from Wednesday through Friday, June 4-6, at the Loyola University School of Law. Call (800) 225-6482.
Program content includes taking control of a deposition, gaining valuable admissions, extracting the most effective information for use at trial, exhausting knowledge by a witness, and dealing with obstreperous opposing counsel.
Chicago-Kent College
The 22nd annual Chicago-Kent College of Law Conference on Not-for-Profit Corporations will be conducted from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, June 6. Call (312) 906-5090.
Prof. Philip N. Hablutzel, the faculty sponsor, will be moderator of a panel discussion on implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has been invited to speak during the 12 noon buffet luncheon.
John Marshall Law
The Midwest Conference on Essential Teaching Skills for Adjunct Law Professors will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at The John Marshall Law School. Call (312) 987-2366 for details.
The Institute for Law School Teaching at Gonzaga University is co-sponsor of the conference, which stems from programs conducted by Prof. Celeste Hammond for adjunct faculty in John Marshall's Center for Real Estate Law.
Employment Lawyers
Brown-bag luncheon programs of the Illinois chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association will conclude Tuesday, June 10, with a presentation on offices that deal with employment discrimination issues.
Scheduled speakers Roma Larson, chief administrative law judge for the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and Prof. Randall Schmidt will discuss the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Illinois Department of Human Rights.
The program will take place at 12 noon in room 618 at 188 W. Randolph. Call President L. Steven Platt at (312) 236-0415 for reservations.
Winnebago County Bar
The Winnebago County Bar Association will present a Workers' Compensation Update from 12:50 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at Giovanni's Restaurant. A luncheon at 12 noon will precede the program. Call (815) 964-4992.
Speakers include Dennis R. Ruth of Maryville, an arbitrator for the Illinois Industrial Commission and member of the ISBA Workers' Compensation Law Section Council.
Mass Tort Litigation
"The Knowledge to Conquer: Mass Torts Made Perfect, a two-day seminar on securities, drug and environmental litigation, will be held Thursday and Friday, June 19-20, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.
Presenters include Johnnie Cochran, Linda Fairstein and Don King. Call (800) 320-2227 for registration details.
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois College of Law and the Mirza Foundation for Advocacy and Justice will present the Jerome Mirza Professional Trial Lawyers College of Advocacy from July 16 to 19 in Champaign. Call (888) 827-3399.
Faculty members include ISBA past presidents Jerome Mirza and Terrence K. Hegarty, retired Supreme Court justice Benjamin K. Miller, and Thomas M. Harris, a member of the ISBA Committee on Supreme Court Rules and the Illinois Bar Journal Editorial Board.
Call Global Holidays, (800) 842-9023, for details of an ISBA-sponsored travel program next fall in Paris, France, that will be led by President-elect Terrence J. Lavin. The dates are Friday, Sept. 26, to Saturday, Oct. 4.
The ISBA group will stay for seven nights in the superior first class Sofitel Paris Forum Rive Gauche Hotel, visit highlights of the City of Lights at leisure, or take optional excursions to other venues.
Brochures are available in ISBA offices. The prices are $1,699 with Chicago departure and $1,799 with St. Louis departure, both per person, double occupancy, plus taxes.
The package includes round-trip, non-stop airfare via American Airlines or Air France to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, with luggage handling and transfers between the airport and hotel on a deluxe motorcoach.
There will be a welcoming reception, daily buffet breakfast, and a farewell dinner. A Global Holidays representative will be available on site with a hospitality desk.
Ireland sojourn planned
Both Chicago and St. Louis departures are planned for an ISBA-sponsored nine-day, seven-night trip to Ireland. The dates are Aug. 29 to Sept. 6 for the St. Louis departure, and Sept. 12 to 20 for departure from Chicago.
The price is $1,269 per person, double occupancy. Call (800) 842-9023 for reservations or more information. The package includes round-trip charter airfare on American Trans Air to Shannon, and accommodations in first class hotels for four nights in Waterford and three nights in Galway.
Among other features are full daily Irish breakfasts, ground transfers between airport and hotels, use of a Global Holidays hospitality representative, and deluxe motorcoach with experienced Irish guide for optional tours.
New listings next year
Global Holidays has released a schedule of travel programs during 2004 that ISBA members may participate in. The list of destinations and approximate times follows, with tentative prices per person, double occupancy.
To China in March, April, June and July; $2,899 (approx.)
To South Africa in March/April; with optional extension trip to Victoria Falls.
To Madrid and Costa del Sol, Spain, in May.
To Copenhagen, Denmark, and Oslo, Norway, in May.
To London in July/August; from $1,189.
To the French Riviera and the Alps in September/October; $1,299.
Pamela Strobel earns WBAI Bradwell Award
Pamela B. Strobel, executive vice president of the Exelon Corp., will receive the Myra Bradwell Award from the Women's Bar Association of Illinois during its 89th annual installation dinner.
Cook County Associate Judge Elizabeth M. Budzinski will be installed as WBAI president at the event at the Hilton Hotel and Towers, Chicago. A 5:30 p.m. reception will precede the 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Grand Ballroom.
A 1977 cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Strobel became a partner in Sidley & Austin in 1988 after 11 years with Isham, Lincoln & Beale.
She joined Commonwealth Edison in 1993 as vice president and general counsel. When a merger created Exelon in October 2000, she became vice chair of ComEd and president of Exelon Energy Delivery, its distribution subsidiary.
A year later, Strobel was named vice chair and chief executive officer of EED and chair of ComEd and Philadelphia-based PECO Energy.
Keynote dinner speaker will be Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed. Her topic is "A Journalist's Odyssey: 36 Years in the Fast Lane."
Incoming WBAI officers in addition to Budzinski are Vice Presidents Marlene A. Kurilla and Lori G. Levin, Treasurer Dawn Gonzalez, and Secretaries Jennifer Sender, Jennifer Koehler and Jennifer Barron. Tracey J. Stokes is retiring president.
Budzinski serves on the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council. Kurilla, who serves on the ISBA Assembly, is past chair of the Committee on Continuing Legal Education and a member of the Insurance Law Section Council and Committee on Supreme Court Rules. Levin chairs the Committee on Mental Health Law and serves on the Elder Law Section Council.