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The Wheaton bankruptcy law firm of Kofkin, Springer, Scheinbaum & Davis was created by the addition of Michael J. Davis from the Oak Brook firm of Davis & Hands. Christopher J. Hales has joined as an associate.
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Paulsen & Malec, Wheaton, became Paulsen, Malec & Malartsik with the election of Jon P. Malartsik as a partner.
New locations announced
ISBA Assembly members Stephen G. Baime and Kenneth E. Baime have moved the offices of Baime & Baime to Suite 2340, 200 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60601. The telephone number of the workers' compensation and personal injury firm remains as (312) 236-2133.
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ISBA past president Tom Leahy and Peter D. Hoste have relocated Leahy & Hoste to Suite 2222, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago 60610, with the same telephone number, (312) 372-8893.
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BryceDowney, formerly Bryce, Downey, Murray, Jensen & Mikus, has moved to Suite 2700, 200 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 60601, telephone (312) 377-1501. The firm also has a Peoria office.
Richard W. Lenkov has been elected to capital partner. New associates are Scott A. Hassebrock, Jeanne M. Hoffman, Christopher M. Puckelwartz and Bryan D. Scholnick.
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Gardiner, Koch & Weisberg moved into the south wing of the 9th floor in Chicago's Monadnock Building after 11 years on the 15th floor. The firm also has offices in Naperville, by affiliation with Susan R. Rogers, and in Geneva.
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David Stetler and Joseph Duffy have moved Stetler & Duffy into larger quarters at 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. The firm concentrates in complex civil litigation and representation of individuals and entities in white-collar criminal proceedings.
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Gardner, Carton & Douglas of Chicago has established a Milwaukee office with the addition of partner Robert J. Simandl. The telephone number is (414) 223-5702.
Larry Rogers Jr. is president of Cook County Bar
Larry R. Rogers Jr. of Power, Rogers & Smith, Chicago, was installed June 18 as president of the Cook County Bar Association - 13 years after his father and law partner, Larry R. Rogers Sr., held the same leadership position.
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr. was guest speaker for the 90th annual dinner, at which retiring President Stephen Stern presented several Presidential Awards and other individuals received special recognition. They are:
William H. Hooks, the Richard E. Westbrook Award; Judge Leo Holt, the Kenneth E. Wilson Award; Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown, the Ida Platt Award; Senate President Emil Jones, the Harold Washington Award; Judge Sybil Thomas, the Judicial Award, and Stephen Stern, the William R. Ming Award.
The J. Ernest Wilkins Award was presented to John S. Kendall and 100 Black Men of Chicago Inc. Ngozi Okorafor-Johns received the Junior Counselor Award.
Stern's Presidential Awards went to Bishop Arthur M. Brazier, Andrea M. Buford, Carolyn Burns, Bruce L. Cook, Ellen Douglass, Timothy J. Gardner, Donald Hubert, Judge Cheyrl D. Ingram, Ann Locke, Lyle Logan, Father Michael Pfleger, Carl K. Turpin and Zeophus Williams.
Asian-American Bar
In addition to Neera Walsh, who succeeded William Yu on June 16 as president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Grater Chicago Area, other new officers are Rishi Agrawal, president-elect; Maria Kuriakos Ciesil, secretary, and Anne I. Shaw, treasurer.
Black Women Lawyers
Sharon E. Jones of the diversity consulting firm of Fuse 3 Group was installed June 22 as president of the Black Women Lawyers Association of Chicago. She succeeded Zaldwaynaka L. Scott.
Other new officers are Rhonda Scott Beard, vice president; Lora M. Whitticker, corresponding secretary; Stephanie A. Giggetts, recording Secretary; Monique M. Medley, treasurer, and Ngozi C. Okorafor-Johns, parliamentarian.
Chicago Bar
New officers of the Chicago Bar Association who were installed June 24 are Joy V. Cunningham, president; Michael B. Hyman and Kevin P. Durkin, vice presidents; Daniel E. Reidy, secretary, and Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr., treasurer. Michael K. Demetrio is past president.
Chicago Council
Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn is keynote speaker for the annual luncheon of the Chicago Council of Lawyers and its Appleseed Fund for Justice on Thursday, July 15, at the Chicago Athletic Association. A Commitment to Justice Award will be presented to Roslyn C. Lieb.
DuPage County Bar
New officers of the DuPage County Bar Association were installed June 3. They include Neal W. Cerne of Naperville, president; Keith E. "Chuck" Roberts Jr. of Wheaton, president-elect; Glenn R. Gaffney, second vice president, and Alfred A. Spitzzeri, third vice president.
Others are John A. Pleviak, secretary-treasurer, and Vincent F. Cornelius, assistant treasurer. Kevin Millon is past president.
Hispanic Lawyers
New officers of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois who were installed June 16 are Homero Tristan, president; Mercy Luque-Rosales, president-elect; Andrea Aycinena, communications secretary; Gerardo Tristan Jr., membership secretary; Monica Llorente, recording secretary, and Sandra Valenzuela, treasurer. Karina Ayala Bermejo is past president.
Illinois Judges
Cook County Judge John O. Steele was installed last month as president of the Illinois Judges Association. He succeeds 18th Circuit Judge Ann B. Jorgensen, who served for 18 months as the association changed its fiscal year from year-end to midyear.
Illinois Paralegal
Members of the Illinois Paralegal Association will have a Lake Michigan dinner cruise from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, aboard The Evening Star. Passengers will board from 5 to 6 p.m. on the east bank of the Chicago River at 200 S. Wacker Drive. Call (815) 462-4620.
Illinois Trial Lawyers
Kevin J. Conway of Chicago has succeeded Michael Schostok of Waukegan as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Other officers are Keith A. Hebeisen, president-elect; Judy L. Cates and Bruce M. Kohen, vice presidents; Frederic W. Nessler, secretary; Charles G. Haskins Jr., treasurer, and Jerry A. Latherow, parliamentarian.
Immigration Lawyers
Chicago attorney Paul L. Zulkie is the new president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Jewish Judges
Cook County Judge Robert Gordon will speak on "Jews in Boxing" during a luncheon meeting of the Jewish Judges Association on Tuesday, Aug. 10, in the ISBA Chicago Regional Office. Call Judge Sheldon Gardner, (312) 603-4866.
Lake County Women
Chicago attorney Jonathan D. Nye will speak to the Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County during a luncheon meeting Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Potesta's Restaurant in Waukegan. His topic is the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act. Call President Marjorie Sher at (847) 249-2830.
Will County Bar
The Will County Bar Association has scheduled an outing Friday, Aug. 20, for a buffet dinner and 7:05 p.m. minor league baseball game between the Joliet Jackhammers and the Winnipeg Goldeyes. Call (815) 726-0383 for ticket information.
Winnebago County Bar
New officers of the Winnebago County Bar Association are Bruce Ross-Shannon, president; Paul Logli and Stephen Balogh, vice presidents; Brendan Maher, treasurer; Doug Henry, assistant treasurer, and Matthew Hevrin, secretary. Donald Moore is past president.
Retiring ISBA President Terrence J. Lavin received a President's Award on June 4 during the annual dinner of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Other recipients are Patrick E. Dwyer II, Charles G. Haskins Jr., David J. Kupets and David B. Menchetti, a member of the ISBA Committee on Legislation and the Workers' Compensation Law Section Council.
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Marshall J. Hartman, president of the National Equal Justice Library, received a Professional Achievement Citation from the University of Chicago Law School to mark his graduation 50 years ago.
He has been head of the Capital Litigation Division of the Office of Illinois State Appellate Defender, director of defender services for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and chief Lake County public defender.
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Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald received a President's Award for Distinguished Public Service during the annual dinner of the North Suburban Bar Association on June 10. Appellate Justice Margaret O'Mara Frossard received a President's Mentoring Award.
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Aurora attorney Timothy J. Reuland received the Kane County Bar Association Community Service Award at the annual dinner June 10 in Geneva.
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The DuPage County Bar Association presented its Board of Directors Award to State Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale during the annual dinner June 3. He is a partner in Lord, Bissell & Brook and co-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Will County State's Attorney Jeff Tomczak of Joliet has been named State's Attorney of the Year by the Illinois State Crime Commission.
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Dean Peter C. Alexander of the Southern Illinois University School of Law has been appointed to a six-year term as general trustee of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.
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University of Chicago law students have honored Prof. Adrian Vermeule with the Graduating Students' Award for Teaching Excellence for the second time in three years.
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Chicago attorney Kara Eve Foster Cenar has been named president-elect of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She is a principal in Welsh & Katz.
Clarence Ruddy honored as lawyer, community leader
By Stephen Anderson
The opportunities to serve a community and to observe the ethical principles of a law practice guided Clarence John Ruddy during 58 years as an active Aurora attorney.
Never fully retired, Mr. Ruddy remained of counsel to Myler, Ruddy & McTavish from 1985 until his death on June 21 of cardiac pulmonary failure, one day after his 99th birthday.
A 1927 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School, where he established the publication now known as the Notre Dame Law Review, he began his practice in Aurora that year.
For several years, he was a partner in Alschuler, Putnam, Johnson & Ruddy, and in 1951 joined Charles J. Myler in the firm where his son, Philip C. Ruddy, is a partner. Another son, Clarence John Ruddy Jr., is a partner in Ruddy & Varga.
"He saw being a lawyer as not only a noble profession, but one that allows a person to truly help those less fortunate and from all walks of life," Philip Ruddy said. "Ethics and the client came first before making money," Myler added.
Clarence Ruddy received the Community Service Award of the Kane County Bar Association in 1986 in recognition of his long record of leadership that included being president of the bar association in 1944-45.
He was a founder of the Aurora Foundation and past president of the Aurora War Fund and the Chamber of Commerce, and he helped raise funds for many institutions, such as Copley and Mercy Hospitals and Holy Angels Church.
Mr. Ruddy's devotion to the ethics of the profession led him to become involved in the Illinois State Bar Association. He chaired the Committee on Public Service in 1959-60. He was a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics from 1960 to 1965 and was its chair in 1963-64.
Also a member of the Committee on Unauthorized Practice from 1967 to 1978, Mr. Ruddy was its chair in 1976-77. He served on the Committee on Public Relations from 1978 to 1984, and was vice chair for a year.
He was appointed to the special ISBA committees on the Illinois Professional Associations Act (1968-69), the Professional Service Corporations Act (1969-72), and the Family Law Study (1970-72).
Mr. Ruddy was an assistant Illinois attorney general from 1933 to 1941 and a special assistant attorney general from 1961 to 1969. A past chair of the Kane County Democrats, he was appointed to the Electoral College in 1937 and met President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the White House after his second inauguration.
A 65-year member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Mr. Ruddy was a past supreme governor who received the Pilgrim Degree of Merit in 1942. He was governor of the Aurora lodge for four terms and general counsel for more than 20 years.
Retired jurist Peyton Kunce a pioneer for disadvantaged
Peyton H. Kunce of Murphysboro, a retired judge and appellate justice, died June 8 at age 85 in his home. He received the ISBA Award of Merit in 1976 for outstanding contributions in civic, social, community and public service.