Levin and Debra B. Walker, a member of the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council and Illinois Bar Foundation board, are co-chairs of the dinner. Call the WBAI office, (312) 341-8530, for reservations.
Appellate Lawyers
Appellate Justice James A. Knecht of the 4th District will be installed Friday, June 6, as president of the Appellate Lawyers Association. The annual luncheon will take place in the Chicago Athletic Association. Call (312) 554-2090.
Knecht will succeed Gino L. DiVito. The oath will be administered by Cook County Judge Nancy J. Arnold, and remarks will be given by Michael T. Reagan. Both are past presidents of the association.
Black Women Lawyers
The election of new officers of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago has been postponed from May 19 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the Chicago Bar Association. Call (312) 554-2088.
Chicago Bar
Michael K. Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio will be installed Thursday, June 26, as president of the Chicago Bar Association during the annual meeting and luncheon at the Standard Club, beginning with an 11:30 a.m. reception. Call Kathy McEnroe at (312) 554-2057.
Other incoming officers are Joy V. Cunningham and Michael B. Hyman, vice presidents; Daniel Reidy, secretary, and Kevin P. Durkin, treasurer. Jennifer T. Nijman is retiring president.
The CBA Young Lawyers Section Creative Arts Committee will present its annual Public ArtAward during a luncheon Tuesday, June 17. Call (312) 554-2032.
Cook County Bar
The 89th annual Cook County bar Association awards and installation banquet will take place Friday, June 27, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel. Keynote speaker will be Prof. Charles J. Ogletree of Harvard Law School. Call (312) 630-1157.
Decalogue Society
The Decalogue Society will present its Award of merit to Stuart Eisenstadt during the annual installation dinner Thursday, June 26. Call (312) 263-6493.
DuPage County Bar
Judge John W. Darrah of U.S. District Court for the Northern District will administer the oath office to Kevin Millon as president of the DuPage County Bar Association on Thursday, June 5 (see story on page 15).
Darrah, a past president of the association, is the jeynote speaker. The annual dinner will be held in the Wyndham Drake Hotel in Oak Brook. Call (630) 653-7779.
DuPage Women Lawyers
Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow of the Illinois Supreme Court and 18th Circuit Judge Ann B. Jorgensen, president of the Illinois Judges Association, will receive Glass Ceiling Buster Awards from the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers on Wednesday, June 11.
Mary Jo Kelly will succeed Brenda Carroll as president during the 20th anniversary dinner in the Hilton Hotel, Lisle. Call (630) 221-0802.
Franklin County Bar
The Franklin County Bar Association presented a Liberty Bell Award to Sandy Davis of West Frankfort during its Law Day luncheon May 1 at Rend Lake. Supreme Court Justice Philip J. Rarick was keynote speaker.
Davis was nominated by city attorney Terry M. Green for her efforts as a park board member to improve the West Frankfort Community Park.
Jackson County Bar
New officers of the Jackson County Bar Association will be elected during a luncheon meeting Thursday, June 19, at the Midland Inn, Murphysboro. Call L. Douglas Gill, (618) 457-4400.
Jewish Judges
A presentation on the history of B'nai B'rith will take place during a brown-bag luncheon of the Jewish Judges Association at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, at the ISBA Chicago Regional Office. Call Judge Sheldon Garber, (312) 603-6048.
Judicature Society
The offices of the American Judicature Society have moved from Chicago to the Opperman Center, 2700 University Ave., DesMoines, Iowa 50311. Call (515) 271-2281 for information. Executive Vice President Allen Sobel may be reached at (515) 271-2282.
Cindy Gray, director of the AJS Center for Judicial Ethics, remains in Chicago at (773) 248-6005. Kathleen Sampson, senior program association, is in Oak Lawn at (708) 636-1494.
Kane County Bar
Kevin G. Drendel of Batavia will be installed as president of the Kane County Bar Association during a dinner Thursday, June 12, at Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora. Call (630) 762-1915.
Drendel will succeed John F. Early of Elgin at the event, which begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception. A Community Service Award and Liberty Bell Award will be presented, and the Kane County Bar Foundation will award scholarships.
Lake County Bar
Richard S. Kopsick of Waukegan will be installed Friday, June 20, as president of the Lake County Bar Association. The annual dinner will take place in the Forge Club, Vernon Hills. Call (847) 244-3143.
Other incoming officers are Bernard Wysocki and Berle L. Schwartz, vice presidents; Stuart Reid, secretary, and Raymond D. Collins, treasurer. Associate Judge Diane E. Winter is retiring president.
Muslim Bar
Chicago attorney Nizam Arain of Alholm, Monahan, Keefe & Klauke was installed May 15 as president of the Muslim Bar Association, succeeding Anthony Simpkins. Other officers are Junaid M. Aleef, president-elect; Zubair Khan, secretary, and Ta'an Thraya, treasurer.
The association presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Ahmed A. Patel and an Outstanding Public Service Award to Kamran A. Memon. Retired justice R. Eugene Pincham was keynote speaker.
Native American Bar
The monthly meeting of the Illinois Native American Bar Association will be conducted at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 24, at The John Marshall Law School. Call (847) 622-4192.
North Suburban Bar
New officers of the North Suburban Bar Association will be elected during a dinner meeting Wednesday, June 25, at the North Shore Country Club, Glenview. Call Jeanine Forloine, (312) 850-9220.
Slated candidates are Jeanine Cunningham, president; Paul Shuldiner, Deidre Baumann, Nancy Vizer and Justice Margaret Frossard, vice presidents; Diane Damico, secretary, and Paul Petrone, treasurer.
Northwest Suburban Bar
New officers of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association will be installed Thursday, June 12, during a dinner at Watercress Banquets in Palatine. Call (847) 259-7908.
South Suburban Bar
The South Suburban Bar Association will hold a late afternoon meeting and reception Wednesday, June 18, either at Isabella's in Tinley Park or the Flossmoor Station. Call Melanie Frazek, (708) 388-7783.
Women Voters plan benefit
Attorney General Lisa Madigan will be keynote speaker for the 20th State of the City, a benefit reception for the League of Women Voters of Chicago.
Dawn Clark Netsch is host for the event, which will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at the University Club of Chicago. Call Tracy M. Smith, (312) 939-5935, ext. 27.
Abner Mikva, former congressman and federal judge, will receive the 2003 Civic Award. honorary chairs include Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn, Secretary of State Jesse White and Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka.
Philip Baim contributed $1 million for scholars
Chicago attorney Philip Baim, who donated $1 million to The John Marshall Law School to endow a scholarship fund, died May 11 at age 97 in his North Side home.
Born on a ranch in the Sand Hills of northwestern Nebraska, Mr. Baim moved with his mother to Chicago for better educational opportunities. He graduated in 1929 from John Marshall and began a general practice during the Depression.
Mr. Baim enlisted in the Army in 1943 at age 38. He served in Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army and its Corps of Engineers, landing at Utah Beach and receiving three Battle Stars for action in the Battle of the Bulge in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
In 1934, Mr. Baim became a founding member of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers and served on its board and foundation board for many years. In 1935, he was a member of a congressional Select Committee on Investigation of Real Estate Bondholder Reorganizations that resulted in establishment of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mr. Baim was president of the John Marshall Alumni Association in 1965-66 after nine years on its board, and he received a Citation of Merit from the law school in 1967. He was president of the Edward T. Lee Foundation from 1969 to 1973.
Mr. Baim also served on John Marshall's board of trustees for 20 years. In 1993 he endowed the million-dollar Edith and Philip Baim Scholarship Fund to assist law students with high academic credentials and financial need.
John Ferguson
Retired federal magistrate judge John M. Ferguson of Belleville died March 23 at age 81 in Memorial Hospital. He was a 1948 graduate of the Washington University School of Law after military service during World War II.
Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1943, he landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day 1944 and fought in France, at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, and in Germany. He earned six Battle Stars and rose to the rank of captain.
Mr. Ferguson was stationed near the Elbe River in 1945 when V-E Day concluded the fighting in Europe, and his unit was on its way to the Pacific for the invasion of Japan when the war ended. He received several other military decorations, and a Certificate of Appreciation from the French government was presented to him in 2002.
Mr. Ferguson started his law practice in East St. Louis and Belleville as an associate and later a partner in Baker, Kagy & Wagner, which became Wagner, Connor, Ferguson, Bertrand & Baker. He was appointed a magistrate judge of U.S. District Court for the Southern District in 1989, and he retired in 1994.
A past president of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, Mr. Ferguson chaired the ISBA Professional Ethics Committee from 1971 to 1974 and served on a hearing board of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission. He was a past president of the St. Clair Country Club and president of Arch Aircraft Inc. from 1966 to 1968.
Thomas Foley
McHenry attorney Thomas M. Foley was found dead in his Country Club Estates home on April 28 after he failed to arrive at his office. He was 53.
A 1981 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Foley helped raise funds for the McHenry County Bar Association's legal aid foundation by organizing a gridiron show for the past three years.
William Herring
Retired Peoria attorney William H. Herring died April 18 at age 72 in the Methodist Medical Center. He graduated in 1954 from the University of Illinois College of Law after service with the Army Counterintelligence Corps in Washington, D.C., during the Korean War.
A former assistant state's attorney and founding partner in Herring & Hoehne, Mr. Herring also practiced with Safford, West & Herring and the Law Offices of Robert Burhans. He retired in 2001.
Mr. Herring was a charter member of the Peoria AMBUCS and past district governor. He was an elder in Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Robert Hupp
Aurora attorney Robert B. Hupp, a partner in Murphy, Hupp & Kinnally, died May 11 at age 79 of pneumonia. A 1950 graduate of the Harvard Law School, he was a veteran of military service during World War II. Mr. Hupp was an assistant Illinois attorney general in 1953-54.
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