Co-directors of the Trial Technique Institute are ISBA past president Fred Lane and Scott D. Lane, a member of both the Tort Law and the Civil Practice and Procedure Section Councils.
Guest faculty members who conduct sessions from time to time are trial attorneys Philip H. Corboy, Robert Clifford, Kevin T. Martin, Joseph A. Power, Pamela L. Gellen and Andrew Kopon Jr., and Appellate Justice Michael J. Gallagher.
For registration details, call (312) 726-8775. The fees are $875 for ISBA members and $925 for non-members.
Criminal dispositions, consequences are seminar topics
"Truth or Consequences: A Practitioner's Guide to Criminal Dispositions and Collateral Consequences," an ISBA Law Ed Series seminar, will be presented Friday afternoons, Sept. 17 at the Par-a-Dice Hotel in East Peoria, and Oct. 22 in the Chicago Regional Office.
The seminar is sponsored by the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, with participation from the Criminal Justice Section, the International and Immigration Law Section and the Young Lawyers Division.
Program coordinators are Michele M. Jochner, a member of the ISBA Board of Governors, past chair of the General Practice Section Council and law clerk to Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow, and ISBA Assembly member Julie Ann Sebastian, a section council member and assistant Cook County state's attorney. The schedule follows.
1 p.m. Welcome and introductions by General Practice Section Council chair Timothy E. Duggan of Stine, Greer & Duggan, Springfield.
1:15 p.m. Overview of Criminal Sentencing Dispositions by Matthew M. Maloney of Pierson, Maloney & Rayfield, Princeton, a member of the General Practice and Criminal Justice Section Councils.
1:45 p.m. Collateral Consequences of Criminal Dispositions on Permanent Resident Aliens, the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Patriot Act, with Patrick M. Kinnally of Kinnally, Krentz, Loran, Hodge & Herman, Aurora.
Kinnally is a member of the General Practice, Criminal Justice, and International and Immigration Law Section Councils, as well as the Committee on Supreme Court Rules and Special Committee on Mentoring.
2:15 p.m. - Hearings Before the Secretary of State and Collateral Consequences of a DUI Disposition and Loss of Driving Privilege Based on Conviction for False Identification, with Marc C. Loro of Springfield.
Legal advisor on administrative hearings for the Illinois secretary of state, Loro is a member of the Administrative Law Section Council and past chair of the Committee on Government Lawyers.
3 p.m. Judicial Perspective on Sentencing and Blakely, with speaker to be announced.
4 p.m. Rights of Non-citizens when Arrested: Enforcing the Convention on Diplomatic Relations after Avena, with Mark E. Wojcik, associate professor and director of global legal studies at The John Marshall Law School, Chicago.
Wojcik chairs the International and Immigration Law Section Council and serves on the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section Council.
4:30 p.m. Criminal Records Relief: Expungement, Sealing, Certificates of Rehabilitation and Executive Clemency, with assistant Cook County public defender Maryan Ahmad.
Fraud issues in health care aired Sept. 17
An ISBA luncheon seminar on new health care fraud and regulatory compliance issues will be presented Friday, Sept. 17, in the Chicago Regional Office by the Health Care Section. Teleconferencing will be available.
Gadi Weinreich, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, will be the speaker for "Stark Law Phase II Regulations: An Overview for the Health Care Lawyer." The new regulations became effective July 26.
Weinreich represents a broad array of health care organizations, such as integrated delivery networks, physicians, hospitals, academic medical centers, insurers and third-party payers, pharmaceutical and medical-surgical manufacturers, group purchasers, clinical and pathology laboratories, and equipment suppliers.
A 1987 graduate of the Harvard Law School, Weinreich is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association Health Law Section. He is the author of "Stark II, Phase II: Highlights and Preliminary Analysis" in the April 1 issue of BNA Health Reporter.
The seminar fee of $35 includes luncheon for those who attend in person, or teleconference connections for others. Call the CLE registrar at (800) 252-8908 for details.
Registration payments must be received no later than Sept. 14. They may be mailed to Trish Ashton, Illinois Bar Center, 424 S. Second St., Springfield 62701. Credit card registrations may be sent by facsimile to (217) 525-0712.
The ISBA has been notified that Ray Jeffrey Cohen has filed a petition with the Illinois Supreme Court for readmission to the practice law. Cohen was admitted to the Illinois bar on Nov. 18, 1965, and was disbarred on May 20, 1988.
Information for the ARDC Hearing Board to review may be submitted to Wendy J. Muchman, Suite 1500, 130 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago 60601; telephone (312) 565-2600 or facsimile (312) 565-2320.
Human Rights Department officials explain procedures
The fall schedule of ISBA Law Ed Series seminars includes a Springfield luncheon program Wednesday, Sept. 22, that is sponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Section and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.
Titled "Effective Representation Before the Illinois Department of Human Rights: Useful Practice Tips to Advocate Successfully for Your Clients," the seminar will take place from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the Illinois Education Association, 3440 Liberty Drive.
Raymundo R. Luna of Chicago, chief legal counsel for the Department of Human Rights, is the program coordinator and moderator. Other speakers are Alice M. Ralph, manager of the department's Charge Processing Division, and Raquel C. Guerra, program administrator.
The agency investigates charges that allege unlawful employment discrimination under Illinois statutes. The panelists will follow such a charge through the investigative process and provide useful tips on effective representation.
Discussion topics include intake and questionnaire, verified response, position statements, mediation, investigation, fact-finding conference, notices of default and dismissal, request for review, and direct appeal.
The fee of $35 includes luncheon. Teleconferencing is available on request. Call the ISBA continuing legal education registrar at (800) 252-8908.
SIU Law promotes Whitfield to associate dean position
Associate Law Prof. Wenona Y. Whitfield of Carbondale, a member of the ISBA Committee on Continuing Legal Education, was appointed associate dean for academic affairs at the Southern Illinois University School of Law on July 2.
She replaced Mary C. Rudasill, an associate professor and director of the law school's clinical program, who had been an associate dean since 1999.
A 1977 graduate of the law school who joined its faculty in 1981, Whitfield will deal with academic issues of students and curriculum, and revamp policies on recruitment and supervision of adjunct professors.
A member of the Special Committee on the ISBA Future of the Courts Conference, which was held in 2002, she served previously on the Family Law Section Council and the Committee on Community Involvement.
Whitfield was a visiting professor at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., last year. The recipient of two Fulbright grants, she taught at Tsinghua University in Beijing in 2001 and at the University of Ghana in 1991-92.
"She has a wealth of experience as a law teacher and a member of the law school community," said SIU Law Dean Peter C. Alexander. "She has high integrity and is well-respected by faculty, staff and students."
Family Law Section plans updates Sept. 27, Oct. 4
The ISBA Family Law Section will present an update seminar titled "Unconventional Topics in Family Law" on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Radisson Hotel, Bloomington, and Monday, Oct. 4, at the Chicago Athletic Association.
Program coordinators and moderators are section council members Gregory A. Scott of Scott & Scott, Springfield (in Bloomington), and Corri D. Fetman of Chicago Women at Law (in Chicago). The schedule follows.
9 a.m. Defending and Vacation Orders of Protection, with Enrico J. Mirabelli of Nadler, Pritikin & Mirabelli, Chicago, a member of the ISBA Board of Governors.
9:45 a.m. Estate Planning and Divorce: 'Til Death (or Divorce) Do Us Part, with Gregory Scott and R. Stephen Scott (Bloomington); Meighan A. Harmon of Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck and Lauren J. Wolven of Horwood, Marcus & Berk (Chicago).
11 a.m. Legislative Update, with section council member Adrienne W. Albrecht of Sacks, Albrecht & Gubbins, Kankakee.
11:45 a.m. Luncheon period.
12:45 p.m. Creative Drafting th Protect Your Client and Avoid Post-decree Hell, with Paul A. Osborn of Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, Sterling.
1:30 p.m. Case Law Update, with Enrico Mirabelli.
2:30 p.m. College Expenses: How to Prove, Application and Defenses, with Peggy J. Ryan of Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Springfield (Bloomington); 18th Circuit Judge Rodney W. Equi of Wheaton, a section council member (Chicago).
3:15 p.m. Judicial Panel: Questions to Judges with Factual Hypotheticals on Hot Topics.
Bloomington panelists are Judges M. Carol Pope of the 8th Circuit, Petersburg; Jerelyn D. Maher of the 10th Circuit, Peoria; Ronald D. Spears of the 4th Circuit, Taylorville, and Scott D. Drazewski of the 11th Circuit, Bloomington.
Chicago panelists are Judges Rodney Equi, Brian R. McKillip and James J. Konetski of the 18th Circuit, Wheaton.
4:15 p.m. Questions and Answers.
Board to meet Oct. 8 in Galena
The next meeting of the ISBA Board of Governors will be convened by President Ole Bly Pace III of Sterling at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at Eagle Ridge Inn, Galena.
Subsequent meetings of the Board of Governors are scheduled on the following Fridays: Nov. 12, Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago; Jan. 28, Westin River North Hotel, Chicago; April 8, Chicago location; May 13, Renaissance Hotel, Springfield.
Dates of the ISBA Midyear Meeting at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel are Thursday, Dec. 9, through Saturday, Dec. 11. The 2005 Annual Meeting is scheduled tentatively to take place June 16 to 18 at The Abbey on Lake Geneva.
Reservations may be made to 50-year honors lunch Sept. 9
Tickets are available for the luncheon Thursday, Sept. 9, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel, where the ISBA will honor 53 lawyers as Senior Counsellors for 50 years of membership in good standing (see listings below).
Reservations at $50 per person may be made by calling JoAnn Hibbs at (800) 252-8908. Tables of 10 are available. The event will begin with an 11:30 a.m. reception in the Chicago Ballrooms.
CHICAGO
Clyde Bowles
Gilbert Cornfield
Eugene Crane
John Duffy
David Fargo
Merrill Freed
Sheldon Gardner
Herbert Glieberman
Norman Gold
Arthur Gorov
Thomas Karacic
Bernard Kleinman
Myron Lieberman
James Murphy
John Murray
Nat Ozmon
David Pauker
Harvey Pyes
Manuel Solotke
Eileen Strang
Theodore Swain
Guerino Turano
COOK COUNTY SUBURBS
Harry DeBruyn, Orland Park
Alfred Gallo, Hillside
Fred Kaufmann, Burr Ridge
Leonard Lauter, Skokie
John O'Neil, DesPlaines
William Quinn, Wilmette
Edward Rosen, Skokie
Gerald Rubin, Northbrook
Kenneth Zak, Palatine
COLLAR COUNTIES
Randle Johnson, Elgin
Edward Jurow, St. Charles
DOWNSTATE
Hollis Benjamin, Peoria
Edward Booth, Decatur
Edward Enichen, Rockford
Anthony Fabiano, Rockford
Charles Flack, Macomb
Richard Hart, Benton
James Herr, Pontiac
Curt Lindauer, Belleville
Warren Peters, Lincoln
Daniel Reese, Taylorville
Curtis Trevor, Moline
James Uhl, Decatur
OUT OF STATE
John Albrecht, Missouri
Donald Beimdiek, Missouri
Charles Eklund, Wisconsin
George Graziadei, Nevada
Gerald Ippel, California
George Lundin, Washington
Richard Moore, Virginia