ISBA Bar News, page 9

The Chicago chapter of the Legal Marketing Association will present a luncheon seminar, "Understanding Extranets: Unleashing Their Marketing Power," at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, in the Standard Club, Chicago. The speaker is John Fish, president of Hubbard Online. Call Heather Barrie, (414) 277-5212, to register.

Call Dean Harakas, the LMA president, at Sachnoff & Weaver, (312) 207-6536, for information about future events. Other officers are Francis Walker, vice president; Joy Long, secretary, and Patricia Stankard, treasurer.

Madison County Bar

Instead of a Law Day breakfast, the Madison County Bar Association will have a luncheon Monday, May 1, at Manhattan's in Edwardsville. Call Secretary Kay Pile, (618) 692-7040, ext. 5921, for details.

North Suburban Bar

The annual Judges' Night reception and dinner of the North Suburban Bar Association will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, at the Sheridan Shores Yacht Club on Wilmette Harbor Drive. Call event chair Nick Kondelis, (847) 470-7300, or President Gail Vierneisel, (847) 724-6469, for reservations.

Northwest Suburban Bar

The Northwest Suburban Bar Association needs volunteers for a student program Thursday, May 4, at the Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights. Call Miriam Cooper, (847) 398-6800, to sign up.

The NWSBA and Cook County Circuit Court are hosts for a Law Day open house Saturday, May 6, at the 3rd Municipal District Courthouse, Rolling Meadows.

Real Estate Lawyers

The Wednesday, May 10, breakfast meeting of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association will be held at the Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake, beginning at 8 a.m. Richard Bales of Chicago Title will discuss survey and boundary issues. Call (847) 593-5750.

Sangamon County Bar

Judges have been invited by the Sangamon County Bar Association to attend a reception, Friday, April 28, at Saputo's in Springfield.

Women's Bar of Illinois

"Women and Their Images in the Media" is the subject of a panel discussion that will be conducted from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the Chicago Bar Association. Call (312) 341-8530 for reservations.

Panelists are Hanke Gratteau, deputy metropolitan editor of the Chicago Tribune; Linda McLennan, WBBM-TV news anchor, and Gloria Scoby, publisher of Crain's Chicago Business. The moderator is Donna Leff, associate dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Four-generation Chicago firm loses Yager Cantwell

Chicago attorney Louis Yager Cantwell, one of four generations of Cantwells to practice law in Chicago, died Feb. 22 in La Jolla, Calif., at age 81. He retired in 1998 but remained of counsel to Cantwell & Cantwell.

A 1943 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1944, he was the grandson of Robert Emmett Cantwell (d. 1947), the son of Robert Emmett Cantwell Jr. (d. 1970) and the brother of Robert Emmett Cantwell III (d. 1995).

Other family members who have practiced with the firm are an uncle, Frank E. Cantwell (d. 1977), and a cousin, Peter A. Cantwell, who remains active in the firm.

L. Yager Cantwell was a trial lawyer who concentrated in matrimonial law and was involved in 19 published Appellate Court opinions. Among his clients were Sonja Henie, Rocky Marciano, Ernie Banks and Charles Comiskey.

Mr. Cantwell also represented Paul and Michael Butler in the production of the stage musical, "Hair," expanding First Amendment protection to artistic expression.

He chaired the Chicago Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee in 1959-60 and served on the Committees on Juvenile Delinquency and Professional Fees. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

A memorial service for Mr. Cantwell will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1255 Willow Road.

Charles Durham was Cook County judge

Retired Cook County judge Charles J. Durham Sr. of Chicago died March 27 at age 72. A 1955 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was appointed the the bench in 1968 and served until 1992. He was a founder of the Illinois Judicial Council.

Mr. Durham practiced with Washington, Durham, Kennon, Bryan & Hunter from 1955 until 1965, when he became a trial attorney with the federal defender's office. From 1993 to 1998, he was of counsel to Edward R. Vrdolyak Ltd. and since then, with Robert A. Rosin & Associates.

William Arnold

Chicago attorney William O. Arnold died April 2 at age 72. He was a 1951 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law.

Donald Baird

Retired Decatur attorney Donald G. Baird died Feb. 5 at age 82. A 1941 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, he served four years in the South Pacific during World War II.

Returning to Decatur, Mr. Baird joined the firm of Boland & Delahunty and was an assistant Macon County state's attorney in 1949, but in 1950 was recalled to service in the Judge Advocates Office during the Korean War.

In 1952, Mr. Baird was a founding partner of Baird, Lippert, Limerick & Jones. He retired in 1994 from Baird, McCarthy & Rowden.

A past president of the Decatur Jaycees and Kiwanis Club, he was a member of the first board of trustees of Richland Community College in 1971, and later its chair. He served on the Macon County Fair Board in 1955.

A board member of Peoples' Bank of Macon for 31 years, Mr. Baird received a Loyalty Award from Millikin University in 1997.

Jeffrey Bartlett

Jeffrey Warner Bartlett died March 21 at age 56 of cancer in a Skokie hospice. He was vice president, corporate secretary and general counsel of the Stepan Co. in Northfield and president of the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois.

A 1968 graduate of the George Washington University Law School, Mr. Bartlett was with the legal department of the G. D. Searle Co. in Skokie for 10 years, and with Helene Curtis Industries in 1978-79.

After a year as general counsel for the Chicago Board of Trade, he had a private practice in Chicago from 1980 until he joined Stepan in 1984.

Todd Hayes

Edwardsville attorney J. Todd Hayes, a resident of Troy, died Feb. 5 at age 36. A 1989 graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Law, he was with Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank & True for 12 years.

Mr. Hayes was a deacon of the Church of Christ in Fairview Heights and a member of the board of directors of Christian Family Services.

Jerome Kaplan

Chicago attorney Jerome Kaplan died March 27 at age 88 in a Chicago hospital. He had lived in a hospital-affiliated nursing home since 1996. A member of the Illinois bar since 1933, Mr. Kaplan retired in 1976 and moved to Florida, but returned to Chicago in 1994.

Donald Peterson

Chicago attorney Donald A. Peterson, a Hinsdale resident, died March 21 at age 73. A 1956 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he was a partner in Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery.

A lecturer on patent law at John Marshall from 1982 to 1986, Mr. Peterson previously was a partner in Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson.

Jay Shapiro

Chicago attorney Jay M. Shapiro died March 8 at age 58. A 1966 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was a partner in Ganan & Shapiro for 30 years. He was a past president of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.

Justice Shepro

Former Oak Brook attorney Justice W. Shepro, a resident of Roscoe, died March 30 at age 74 of injuries suffered in a single-car accident.

Receiving his law degree in 1948 at Northwestern University after Navy servcice during World War II, Mr. Shepro joined his father's law firm, Shepro & Shepro. He also owned travel agencies in Chicago and Oak Brook.

An avid collector of rare antique clocks, Mr. Shepro was past president of the American section of the Antiquarian Horological Society. He played a key role in the development of the National Time Museum, which will open at the Museum of Science and Industry in 2001.

Survivors include two sons who are Chicago attorneys: Kenneth C. Shepro of Altheimer & Gray and Richard Warren Shepro of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

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