The group admission ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, June 6, at the Supreme Court Building, and will be followed by a continental breakfast at which guests may attend. A tour of the Holocaust Museum is slated Monday afternoon.
Room reservations at the Willard must be made through the ISBA. The rate is $219 per day, single or double, from June 4 through June 7. Participants must arrange their own transportation. The court's admission fee is $100.
To obtain an application form, call the office of Janet M. Sosin, ISBA director of bar services, at (312) 726-8775.
Antitrust lunch speaker is past official of FTC
Robert Pitofsky, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, will speak at 12 noon luncheon Monday, Sept. 27, on the 15th floor of Kasbeer Hall, 25 E. Pearson. His topic is "The Past, Present and Future of Antitrust Enforcement at the FTC."
The lecture marks the 10th anniversary of Loyola University's Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, and is co-sponsored by the ISBA Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section.
The luncheon and program are free to members of the ISBA section and the Loyola community. A donation of $25 per person for guests is requested. Space is limited, so reservations are required. Call (312) 915-8598.
Pitofsky was sworn in as FTC chair in April 1995. He had been a professor and former dean at the Georgetown University Law Center and was of counsel to the Washington, D.C., law firm of Arnold & Porter.
A former FTC commissioner and director of its Bureau of Consumer Protection, he chaired the Defense Science Board Task Force on Antitrust Aspects of Defense Industry Downsizing in 1994.
Environmental Law Conference scheduled Oct. 7-8 in Chicago
The fourth annual Illinois Environmental Law Conference will be conducted Thursday and Friday, Oct. 7-8, at the Union League Club of Chicago. For registration details, call (312) 554-2056.
Co-sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association, the conference is chaired by Susan K. B. Urbas, past chair of the ISBA Environmental Law Section Council. It will open at 9 a.m. Oct. 7 with a keynote address by Bharat Mathur, acting administrator of Region 5 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Panelists for a plenary session at 9:35 a.m. on managing issues before regulators get involved include William D. Seith, chair of the Environmental Law Section Council; E. Lynn Grayson, a past chair, and section council member Bertram C. Frey, acting USEPA regional counsel.
Concurrent breakout track sessions at 11 a.m. are The Global Climate Change Debate and Its Impact on Environmental Regulations; Status of New Source Review Law, and Recently Proposed NESHAPs.
Keynote luncheon speaker is J. Philip Novak, chair of the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Afternoon breakout topics are Amendments to the Illinois Environmental Protection Act; Recent Federal and State Court Decisions, and Environmental Bills to Watch.
Moderator of the closing plenary at 3:45 p.m. on enforcement priorities and trends is Eugene P. Schmittgens Jr., secretary of the ISBA section council. Panelists include Tinka Hyde, USEPA regional enforcement coordinator, and Joseph Svoboda, chief legal counsel of the Illinois EPA.
At 8 a.m. Oct. 8, the second day will open with plenary presentations on Sustainability: What Is It and Where Is It Taking Us? Breakout topics are Sustainable Design Regulations in the Changing World of Building, Zoning, Preservation and Design Codes; MS4 Storm Water Program, and Regulating Groundwater Resources in Illinois.
A 10:45 a.m. plenary session on Sustainability: Greening Our Cities will focus on the costs and benefits of a more livable city. The conference will end at 1:15 p.m.
Cook County Public Guardian Patrick Murphy will be guest speaker at a Lake County Bar Association luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 28, at which four lawyers will be honored for pro bono service.
Sponsored by the LCBA Volunteer Lawyers Program and Prairie State Legal Services, the event will take place at the Ramada Inn in Waukegan. The honorees are Michael T. Cavanaugh, Dwayne Douglas, James T. Magee and Jean A. Meier.
The establishment of a Wayne B. Flanigan Award, in memory of a LCBA past president and pro bono leader, will be announced. For reservations, call (847) 244-3143.
Women honor scholars
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ellen Goodman will be keynote speaker for the annual Women's Bar Foundation scholarship luncheon on Thursday, Sept. 23, in the International Ballroom of the Chicago Hilton and Towers.
"Women and Social Change: A Historical Perspective and Progress Report" will begin with a reception at 11:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. luncheon, followed by scholarship presentations to 10 students at Illinois law schools. They are:
Belinda Belk, John Marshall; Svetlana Chae and Eileen Murphy, Loyola University; Emily Dunbar, Northern Illinois University; Linda Friedlieb, University of Chicago; Erin L. Lovell, Northwestern University; Brandi L. McCoy, DePaul University; Tonya G. Newman, Chicago-Kent; Stephanie L. Reinhart, University of Illinois, and Tamara M. K. Shults, Southern Illinois University.
For reservations at $75 per person, call Emily Riojas at (312) 554-2081. Table purchases and sponsorships also are offered.
Death row book reviewed
The author and subject of "Bloodworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA" will speak at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago.
They are Washington, D.C., lawyer Tim Junkin, who wrote the story, and Kirk Bloodworth, who lived it for nine years after he was wrongfully convicted in 1984 of the rape and murder of a girl. He was released in 1993 after a DNA test proved his innocence.
For more information, contact Aimee Bollenbach of Algonquin Books by phone at (919) 967-0108 or by e-mail to aimee@algonquin.com.
Dees speaks to ACLU
Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., will be keynote speaker at the annual Celebrate the Bill of Rights dinner of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and Roger Baldwin Foundation.
Scheduled Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, the black-tie-optional event will begin with a 6 p.m. reception and silent auction, followed by the 7 p.m. dinner.
Jack L. Block and Martin R. Castro will receive Edwin A. Rothschild Awards. Irwin J. Askow and Lois J. Lipton will receive Roger Baldwin Awards. Other recipients are Mary Morten, the John R. Hammell Award, and Alan Saks, Esther Saks and Judy Gaynor, the Annetta Dieckman Awards.
Sons of Norway to meet
Chicago attorney Paul L. Anderson, consul general of Norway, will speak during a Leif Erikson Day program from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at the White Eagle in Niles.
Sponsored by the Sons of Norway, the event includes a dinner, dancing and entertainment by Scandinavian musical groups. For reservations, call Lee Hardison at (773) 772-8221.
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers will celebrate its 70th birthday on Wednesday, Oct. 13, with a historical presentation and tribute to the contributions of state and federal courts to the ideals it has held since 1934.
The anniversary event, titled "A Celebration of Community and Justice," in the East Tower of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, will include a reception, dinner and recognition of the jurists who currently head the courts. They are:
Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans of Cook County Circuit Court, Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Justice Alan J. Greiman of the Illinois Appellate Court for the 1st District, Chief Judge Charles P. Kocoras of U.S. District Court for the Northern District, and Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow of the Illinois Supreme Court.
The organization of Jewish lawyers is dedicated to vigilance against anti-social, discriminatory, anti-semitic and oppressive public and private practices. It joins other groups and minorities to protect legal and human rights and privileges.
Officers are Michael B. Hyman, president; Shellie Karno and Helen B. Bloch, vice presidents; Susan K. Horn and Martin P. Moltz, secretaries, and Joel S. Polisky, treasurer. Judge Barbara M. Meyer, a past president, chairs the birthday celebration committee.For more information, or to make reservations for the dinner, call (312) 263-6493.
Sciaccotta to be installed as president of Justinians during Sept. 30 banquet
By Stephen Anderson
ISBA Assembly member John C. Sciaccotta will take the oath of office as president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers during the organization's annual dinner on Thursday, Sept. 30.
Sciacotta will present the Justinian Society Award of Excellence to Jerry Colangelo, a Chicago native who has been chief executive officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team and part owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team.
The event will take place at the Chicago Hilton Hotel and Towers, with a 5 p.m. reception in the Normandy Lounge followed by 6:30 p.m. dinner and program in the Grand Ballroom. Reservations may be made by calling Sciaccotta at (312) 836-4181.
A shareholder in the Chicago firm of Shefsky & Froelich and chair of its Marketing and Client Development Committee, Sciaccotta serves on the ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council and the Committee on Judicial Evaluation.
A graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he is a Fellow of the Illinois Bar Foundation and a member of Chicago Bar Association Committees on Commercial Litigation and on Labor and Employment.
Sciaccotta is vice president of the Italian American Political Coalition, a founding director of the Fenwick Bar Association, and a director of the Catholic Lawyers Guild and the Barrington Youth Baseball Organization.
Other incoming officers of the Justinian Society are Lisa A. Marino, Celia G. Gamrath and Franco A. Coladipietro, vice presidents; Mauro Glorioso, treasurer, and Donald J. Storino Jr., secretary.
Glorioso serves on the ISBA Board of Governors. Marino, Gamrath and Coladipietro are members of the ISBA Assembly in addition to other leadership positions in the legal community. Retiring President Thomas M. Battista also serves on the Assembly.
Honoree Colangelo was captain of the University of Illinois basketball team, earning All-Big Ten honors, and he was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame.
He became involved in professional sports in 1966, when he was named head scout and merchandising director of the Chicago Bulls. Two years later, he became general manager of the Phoenix Suns, and in 1987 was one of the investors who purchased the team.
After becoming president of the Suns, Colangelo was named National Basketball Association Executive of the Year four times. He was elected to the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.
Assembling a group of investors, Colangelo obtained a baseball franchise for Arizona in 1998, and the Diamondbacks won the World Series in 2001. He is expected to retire as chief executive of the baseball team on Jan. 1 but remain chairman of the basketball team.
Colangelo also has a controlling interest in the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. He is the author of "How You Play the Game," an insight into the business of professional sports.
ISBA ethics opinions, info on the Web
Facing an ethical conundrum say, a potential conflict of interest and wondering whether there's any authority or informed speculation on the subject? A great place to start you research is ISBA's electronic archive of Advisory Opinions on Professional Ethics at <http://www.isba.org/Ethics Opinions/>(or look under "ISBA Ethics Opinions" under Other Practice Resources on the maroon left-hand navigation bar at <www.isba.org>).
You can access the opinions in any of three ways. If you know the identifying number, you can retrieve it quickly in the comprehensive archive of opinions organized by number. Or, if you haven't yet determined whether an opinion addresses your question, you can view an up-to-date subject matter index. The index includes hundreds of topic headings from "adequate preparation" to "zealous representation" and links directly to the opinions listed under the headings. Finally, if you'd prefer to use your own search terms, you can search the full text of all the opinions.
The ethics page also includes links to 1) a list of Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct that have been cited in ISBA advisory opinions, along with the opinions that cite the rules in question and 2) Illinois legal-ethics information assembled by Cornell's Legal Information Institute. Best of all, it's free to ISBA members.
Director of Legislative Affairs
New public acts continue to become law, and the following may be of interest to ISBA members.
Small estate affidavits. Public Act 93-877 increases the ceiling for small estate affidavits from $50,000 to $100,000. Effective date is Aug. 6, 2004.
New standing for custody petition. Public Act 93-1026 authorizes a grandparent to seek custody of a grandchild if a parent is deceased and the grandparent is the parent or stepparent of the deceased parent if one or more of the following exist at the time of the parent's death: (1) The surviving parent had been absent from the marital abode for more than one month without the deceased spouse knowing his or her whereabouts. (2)The surviving parent was in State or federal custody. (3) The surviving parent had (a) received supervision for or been convicted of an Article 12 bodily harm crime against the deceased parent or the child; or (b)received supervision for or been convicted of violating an order or protection entered for the protection of the deceased parent or the child. Effective date is Jan. 1, 2005.
Grandparents' visitation. Public Act 93-911 authorizes a grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling to file a petition for visitation rights if there is an unreasonable denial of visitation and at least one of the following conditions exists: (1) One parent is deceased, sentenced to jail for more than a year, or incompetent. (2) The marriage of the mother and father has been dissolved or has been legally separated from each other during the three-month period before the filing of the petition and at least one parent does not object to the visitation. This visitation may not diminish the visitation of the other parent who is not related to the petitioner. (3) A court has terminated a parent-child relationship and the person seeking visitation is related to the parent whose parental rights have been terminated unless the termination has been done through adoption. This visitation may not be used to allow the parent who lost parental rights to unlawfully visit with the child. (4) The child is illegitimate, the parents are not living together, and the petitioner is a maternal grandparent, great-grandparent, or sibling of the illegitimate child. (5) The child is illegitimate, the parents are not living together, and