His first office, on Chicago's South Side, was shared with three insurance company adjusters who moonlighted as attorneys until they were fired for doing outside work. They formed a partnership and practiced together for five years.
Mr. Barrett served with the Navy in Tokyo after high school. The son of Irish immigrants, he chaired the St. Patrick's Day parade in Chicago for 20 years.
Alonzo Clay
Pontiac attorney Alonzo William Clay Jr. died July 22 at age 89 in heritage Manor, Bloomington. A 1940 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he was a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy during World War II.
A former Livingston County state's attorney and former secretary of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association, Mr. Clay was a partner in Niven & Clay. He was former president of Ocoya Stone Co. and director of Pontiac Mutual and Pontiac National Bank.
He served on the Pontiac High School board and the city counsel and planning association. He received a Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts in 1954.
Cynthia Collinge-Golab
Chicago attorney Cynthia Collinge-Golab died Sept. 1 at age 45 of breast cancer. A 1991 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, was a buyer for Marshall Field's and Sears.
David Day
Oglesby attorney David Cole Day of Ottawa died July 27 at age 57. A 1976 graduate of the Washington University Law School and former first assistant LaSalle County state's attorney, he practiced with Perona, Peterlin, Andreoni & Brolley.
Mr. Day received two Army commendation medals for service in Vietnam as a sergeant and communications center specialist.
James Doheny
Retired Chicago attorney and bond trader James Joseph Doheny Jr. died Aug. 29 at age 48 in Harbor Springs, Mich. He was a 1983 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.
Mr. Doheny was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade from 1984 to 1999. He served on the Financial Commodity Options Committee for three years and chaired the Treasury Bond Options Committee for six years.
Carl Ebert
Chicago personal injury attorney Carl H. Ebert died Aug. 9 at age 84 of heart disease. He was a partner with his daughter, Regan D. Ebert, in the law firm of Carl H. Ebert &Associates.
A 1950 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Ebert served in the Army in Central Europe during World War II. He received the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantry Badge and the Victory Medal. He played minor league baseball before the war.
Mr. Ebert was a claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance before beginning a private practice in 1954. He also was an arbitrator and a volunteer mock trial judge.
Shari Golub
Chicago attorney Shari Golub died in August at age 45 of breast cancer. A 1989 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, she was an assistant city corporation counsel in the Building and Land Use Litigation Division.
Melvin Holmes
Retired Woodstock attorney Melvin Charles Holmes, formerly of Chicago, died Aug 21 at age 77 in Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington. He was a resident of Trout Valley.
A 1951 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Mr. Holmes practiced with Schumaker, Gilmore, Van Ness & Stern before becoming corporate counsel of Amsted Industries in the late 1950s.
A singer with the Windy Citizens and other groups, he was a writer and performer in Chicago Bar Association Christmas Spirits shows during the 1960s. He was a past president of the Law Club of Chicago.
Mr. Holmes retired from Amsted in 1982 and practiced part time with Davis & Holmes in Woodstock until he had a heart attack five years ago.
Don McCue
Retired Ridgway attorney Don J. McCue died July 26 at age 59 in Heartland Medical Center, Marion. A 1971 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he owned and operated a grain and livestock farm for 16 years.
Mr. McCue was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1988 and opened a law practice in Shawneetown. He was Gallatin County public defender and counsel to the Shawneetown Regional Port District board.
While a farm owner, Mr. McCue was secretary of the Shawnee Hills Water District and a board member of the Gallatin County Soil and Water Conservation District. He chaired the County Extension Council and the advisory council of the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center.
James Meehan
Retired Cook County associate judge James Joseph Meehan died in August at age 74. A 1958 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was a former insurance adjuster, an assistant state's attorney and chief of the Cook County assessor's Personal Property Division.
John Moran
Retired Cook County judge John J. Moran died Aug. 13 at age 90 of heart failure in St. Matthew's Home, Park Ridge, while recovering from hip surgery.
After 10 years in a seminary, Mr. Moran chose law over the priesthood and took evening classes at the Loyola University School of Law while shoveling coal into a factory boiler by day. His legal education was interrupted by Navy service during World War ii, but he graduated in 1948.
Mr. Moran practiced with McCarthy, Toomey & Reynolds before opening his own practice. He became a court referee of case backlogs about 1960 and subsequently was a magistrate. When the position was abolished in 1972, he became an associate judge.
Mr. Moran was elected to the circuit court in 1976, served in the Criminal Division and retired in 1982.
William Palmer
Retired Rockford attorney William Edward Palmer died Aug. 1 at age 76 in Swedish American Hospital. A 1952 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he practiced in Chicago for two years.
Mr. Palmer relocated to Peoria in 1954 and was with the law firm of Joseph Bartley Sr., becoming a partner in Bartley, Hession & Palmer. He was president of the Richwoods Township school board until its consolidation with Peoria School District 150.
In 1978, Mr. Palmer left Peoria to practice in Rockford with his brother, Kenneth D. Palmer.
Robert Reiser
Savoy attorney Robert Francis Reiser died Aug. 2 at age 75 in the Heartland Health Care Center, Paxton. He graduated in 1959 from the DePaul University College of Law after Army service in Korea.
A former school teacher, Mr. Reiser had a private practice in Manteno for many years. He also was coordinator of operations for the vice chancellor of administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Willis Ryza
Retired Chicago attorney Willis Stephen Ryza of Olympia Fields, where he was a village trustee, died Aug. 10 at age 83. A 1949 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law after Army service during World War II, he was former managing partner of Pope, Ballard, Shepherd & Fowle.
Berthold Schreiber
Norridge attorney and Cook County arbitrator Berthold Hermann Schreiber died Aug. 14 at age 69. Born in Germany, he was a 1960 graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Mr. Schreiber worked for Exchange National Bank and Chicago Title and Trust before becoming vice president and trust officer of Pullman Bank in 1968. From 1973 to 1989 he was senior vice president and trust officer of Parkway Bank.
In private practice in Norwood Park and Norridge since 1989, Mr. Schreiber was past president of the Norwood Park Coalition and the Memorial Day Parade Association, and legal advisor to the Norwood Park Historical Society.
A charter member of the Interurban Railroad Historical Society, Mr. Schreiber was co-chair and project manager of the building committee for the Historic Norwood Park Train Station Renovation Project. He served on the board of the Concordia University Foundation and chaired its endowment fund investment committee.
William Smith
Retired Chicago attorney William B. Smith of Waukesha, Wis., doed July 6 at age 75 of cancer. A 1955 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, he would have been honored next month as an ISBA Senior Counsellor for 50 years of service to the profession.
After 12 years in private practice, Mr. Smith joined the legal staff of the American Medical Association as assistant general counsel. He was secretary to the AMA Judicial Council, the Council on Constitution and Bylaws, and the Reference Committee, as well as staff liaison to the World Medical Association.
After 27 years with AMA, Mr. Smith retired and moved to Wisconsin in 1994. He remained active as legal counsel to the International Banking Security Association and the AMA Alliance.
James Sneider
Retired Chicago attorney James Roman Troy, a former partner in Sneider & Troy, died Aug. 15 at age 69 of long cancer. He graduated in 1964 from the Loyola University School of Law and practiced real estate and franchise law for 37 years.
Mr. Sneider provided legal counsel to the Village of Niles, the Illinois comptroller, the Cook County public guardian and Cook County Department of Registration and Education, and was a special assistant Illinois attorney general. He served on the board of Labe Savings and Loan for almost 30 years.
Scott Stading
Scott Charles Stading of Naperville was found dead July 30 at age 37 in a hotel room in Amsterdam, where he was attending a friend's wedding. A 1993 graduate of the University of Denver Law School, he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1994 but practiced only briefly.
For eight summers, Mr. Stading helped Chicago Sun-Times columnist Irv Kupcinet coordinate the Purple Heart Cruise program of entertaining veterans from hospitals and military bases during outings on Lake Michigan.
Richard Stillerman
Evanston attorney Richard Stillerman died Aug. 7 at age 75 after a heart attack. A 1953 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, he also was a real estate developer.
A past president of the Council for Jewish Elderly and recipient of its Lifetime Recognition Award, Mr. Stillerman volunteered to research death penalty cases for the Midwest Center for Justice and ran a tutoring program at Dewey School for 10 years.
James Traynor
Retired Chicago criminal defense attorney James J. Traynor died recently at age 88. A 1951 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
In addition to his law practice, Mr. Traynor was a hearing officer for the Illinois Commerce Commission and a judge advocate for the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Robert Wagener
Robert Root Wagener of Libertyville, a Cook County arbitrator, died in August at age 82. A veteran of Navy service during World War II and a 1952 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he practiced previously with Harrington, Petrucelli & Simon.
Arthur Wagner
Arthur James Wagner of Oak Forest, a retired Chicago patent attorney, died July 26 at age 85 in Maui Memorial Hospital, Hawaii. He lived formerly in Highland Park and Manitowoc, Wis.
Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1949, Mr. Wagner was a partner in Johnson, Dienner, Enrich & Wagner and its predecessors until 1977.
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