In addition to his law practice, Mr. Clark lectured in business law at Northwestern University and taught at The John Marshall Law School. He was an Army captain during World War II.
A member of the Coe College Board of Trustees since 1966, Mr. Clark contributed more than $16 million to the school. He funded construction of Clark Alumni House, Clark Field and Clark Racquet Center. He also endowed Clark Merit Awards that have provided tuition for 10 students each year since 1996.
Mr. Clark received an honorary doctorate from Coe in 1965 and an Alumni Award of Merit in 1992.
Albert Corn
Chicago attorney Albert Alexander Corn died June 27 at age 94. A 1934 graduate of the former Chicago Law School (now DePaul), he was class historian.
Mr. Corn was a partner of Harry Marcus in Marcus & Corn, a personal injury law firm, for many years. He retired five years ago but was still registered as an active attorney.
James Daubenspeck
Retired Chicago attorney James Campbell Daubenspeck died July 15 at age 87. A Navy officer in the South Pacific during World War II, he was a 1947 graduate of Harvard Law School.
Mr. Daubenspeck practiced with McDermott, Will & Emery until 1955, when he joined Kirkland & Ellis and headed its estate planning department.
He was a member of the Park Ridge School Board and the boards of trustees of Knox College and DePaul University. He served on the Barrington Hills Zoning Board and was president of the Lake Zurich Country Club.
Mary Jane Dwyer
Assistant Will County public defender Mary Jane Dwyer of New Lenox died July 14 at age 42 of heart failure, a few days before she had intended to enter private practice with another attorney.
A 1991 graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Law, Miss Dwyer practiced in personal injury and criminal defense with firms in Carbondale and Marion before joining the public defender's office four years ago.
An active alumna, she chaired an annual benefit outing for the SIU women's golf team and was mistress of ceremonies for the Saluki Hall of Fame banquet in January.
Irving Golden
Additional information has been received about Irving Reuven Golden, whose death on June 22 at age 98 in his Oak Park home was reported in the July issue of the ISBA Bar News. He had suffered a broken hip in April.
Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1933 after studying at the DePaul University and Chicago-Kent Colleges of Law, Mr. Golden joined his father's firm, Acme Store Fixture, and was a partner in the Dubonnet Lounge.
In the 1960s, Mr. Golden began the private practice of law and also served in the offices of Cook County state's attorney and Illinois attorney general. He was a guardian ad litem in his 80s.
Thomas Hansen
Oak Park attorney Thomas R. Hansen, a LaGrange Park resident, died recently at age 58. He was a 1975 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.
Michael Katz
Retired Collinsville attorney Michael A. Katz, a resident of Creve Coeur, Mo., died July 25 at age 65 of injuries suffered when a truck hit the recumbent bicycle he was riding.
A 1964 graduate of the Washington University Law School, Mr. Katz retired in 2001 from the consumer bankruptcy firm of Katz & Wulff.
Morris Levy
Retired Chicago attorney Morris A. Levy died June 11 at age 68 of lung cancer in Highland Park Hospital. A graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1961 after service in the Marine Corps.
A personal injury lawyer, Mr. Katz was a partner in Sandman, Levy & Petrich until his retirement in 1999.
Wendell Marbly
Retired Cook County associate judge Wendell P. Marbly died July 28 at age 82 in Holy Cross Hospital after a heart attack. After Army Air Corps service as a sergeant in the Philippines during World War II, he graduated in 1950 from The John Marshall Law School.
Mr. Marbly practiced with Clarkston & Scott and Legal Associates until his appointment to the 1st Municipal District bench in 1984. He retired in 1999 at age 76.
Russell Pyle
Chicago patent attorney Russell Weston Pyle of Deerfield, a partner in Pyle & Piontek, died July 18 at age 64 in Tucson, Ariz., of septic shock from several infections.
A 1966 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1967, Mr. Pyle worked for Amsted Industries for five years before joining Gary, Juettner, Pigott & Cullinan, later Gary, Juettner & Pyle after he became a partner in 1975.
Paul Shlemon
Retired Chicago attorney Paul Rudolph Shlemon died July 17 at age 80. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1952 and was a longtime employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Ludolph Wilson
Former Waukegan attorney Ludolph Jenkins "Jerry" Wilson Jr. drowned at age 58 on July 8 when his 40-foot sailboat sank in 15 feet of water near Key West after being smashed against a seawall during Hurricane Dennis. His body was recovered July 11 by divers.
A 1973 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Mr. Wilson was a partner in Wilson, Staben & Wilson, later Wilson & Hall, before opening the Law Offices of Ludolph Jerry Wilson. He left his practice about 10 years ago to become a scuba diving instructor and sea captain.
Andrea Lyon, director of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases at the DePaul University College of Law is co-author of a new book, "Federal Habeas Corpus: Cases and Materials," published by Carolina Academic Press, www.cap-press.com/books/1341.
Other authors are Emily Hughes, associate director of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases at the University of Iowa College of Law, and Mary Prosser, assistant clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Law.
The book outlines and explains dramatic changes in habeas corpus law since passage of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in 1996. It will be supplemented in the event of new legislation and case law.
Contents of "Federal Habeas Corpus" include historical background of "The Great Writ," an overview of habeas corpus claims with case citations, and litigation procedures, rights and remedies. Concluding chapters cover the impact of the AEDPA and the future of the writ of habeas corpus.
The 556-page work is intended primarily for law students but is also useful to attorneys who handle post-conviction and habeas matters, especially appellate defenders.
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Cook County Judge Daniel M. Locallo, a member and past chair of the ISBA Criminal Justice Section Council, is co-author of "Illinois Objections," a time-saving practical guide to rules and cases that support evidentiary rulings.
Judge Gerald F. Grubb is co-author of the 450-page text on making and meeting objections that is divided into 22 tabbed sections in a sturdy loose-leaf binder for easy reference.
Examples of more than 130 objections are supported with practice tips from the bench, pattern language, arguments for both objecting and responding, and 2,000 recent cases. The compilation will be updated annually.
The price of the book and accompanying full-text compact disk is $99. For more information, call (800) 440-4780 or access the Web site, www.JamesPublishing.com.
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Robert L. Byman of Jenner & Block and Glen Weissenberger, dean of the DePaul University College of Law, are co-authors of "Illinois Evidence Courtroom Manual," a softbound work designed for use in the courtroom by judges and lawyers.
Contents of the publication's 10 chapters include summaries of relevant statutes and case law, concise commentary and analysis, illustrative examples, practice tips and constitutional considerations.
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John Marshall Law School Prof. Michael Polelle, a past chair of the ISBA Committee on Media Law, is the author of an article on race and ethnic group defamation that is included in the 15th annual issuance of the West Publishing/Thomson Co. "First Amendment Law Handbook."
Titled "Racial and Ethnic Group Defamation: A Speech-Friendly Proposal," Polelle's article was published in a 2003 college law review. It outlines the need for a declaratory judgment statute at the state level to remedy defamation of groups on the bases of race and ethnicity.
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Northbrook attorney Eric G. Matlin of Matlin & Fajerstein has begun to post Web site updates to his book, "The Procrastinator's Guide to Wills and Estate Planning," published by the NAL Division of Penguin Group. Visit www.ericmatlin.com for the latest additions.
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