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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2004

Fifty-three Lawyers Honored by
Illinois State Bar Association
For 50 Years of Service to Legal Profession

Fifty-three Illinois lawyers are being recognized by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) as Senior Counsellors for having been engaged in the practice of law for 50 years.

They are:

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, Des Plaines; 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; Carl Stowe, Greenville; 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; M. A. Warshauer, N. Carolina.

This year's class of Senior Counsellors, who began practicing law in 1954, were honored at a luncheon today [September 9] at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, in Chicago. Each attorney received a certificate expressing the ISBA's gratitude for their long and faithful service.

Illinois State Bar Association President Ole Bly Pace III, of Sterling, praised the counsellors, noting their dedicated service to the legal profession. "Each year, we honor lawyers who have already contributed a great deal to our system of justice and whom, we anticipate, will have a great many more years of productive service ahead of them," he said.

Since 1940, the ISBA has been honoring its members who have reached the half-century mark as legal practitioners.

The 30,000-member Illinois State Bar Association, with offices in Springfield and Chicago, provides professional services to Illinois lawyers and education and other services to the public.