Honoraria

Chicago attorney Gary T. Johnson, president of the Chicago Historical Society, was honored Feb. 11 by the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation for his outstanding service as Illinois state chair.

The professional and civic contributions of the former partner in Jones Day were recognized during the ABF Fellows annual awards banquet in Chicago.

Johnson will speak at the Swedish American Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark St., at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 9. His topic is “A Swede in Charge of Chicago's History.” Call (773) 728-8111 for reservations.

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Cook County Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird received the Judge Lester Foreman Award from the Chicago Bar Association on Jan. 23 during a reception for Chancery Division judges. A former member of the CBA Board of Managers, she is presiding judge of the division.

The award is given in memory of Judge Foreman, who died in March 2003. A 50-year member of the ISBA, he served on the Assembly and Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council, and was an editor of the Tort Law Section newsletter.

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Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier of Nashville was honored Feb. 1 as the city's Citizen of the Year. A judge for 18 years before his election in November, he practiced in Nashville for 22 years and served a term as Washington County state's attorney.

A member of the ISBA Bench and Bar Section Council who has served on the Assembly, Karmeier is a past president of the Nashville Jaycees and past chair of the county chapter of American Red Cross.

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Readers of community newspapers that carry Ripley's “Believe It or Not!” cartoons were surprised to see the face of Hennepin attorney Walter Durley Boyle in a recent feature.

The identification noted that “W. Durley Boyle of Hennepin, Ill., first elected in 1936, served 10 consecutive terms as county prosecutor – a record in Illinois. Today, at age 92, he still works full-time in a private firm!” It was published Jan. 22 in the Peoria Journal Star

Information for the panel was provided by a former client whom Boyle helped get an injunction against two farmers who wanted to divert irrigation through a small cemetery. He argued that dead people have rights, too, and the ruling was upheld by the Appellate Court.

Putnam County state's attorney from 1936 to 1976, Boyle is a recipient of the ISBA General Practice Tradition of Excellence Award.

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Azim Ramelize, assistant commissioner of the Chicago Department of Children and Youth Services, has received the Norman C. Amaker Award of Excellence from the Black Law Student Association and the Loyola University School of Law.

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The East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association honored two members during its annual meeting Jan. 19 in Urbana. Rumana Alam received the Service to the Organization Award, and Ruth E. Wyman received the Community Service Award.

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Chicago attorney and real estate investor Samuel Zell was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree during the winter commencement at the University of Michigan, where he serves on the President's Advisory Board and endows a study program in the business school.

Zell spoke Jan. 30 at the University of Illinois College of Law on “Life from an Entrepreneur's Perspective.” Founder Equity Group Investments, he chairs Equity International Properties and several related boards.

The Women's Bar Association of Illi-nois will honor Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow of U.S. District Court and Cook County Judge Edward R. Burr during its annual judicial reception at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the Mid-Day Club, Chicago.

Each will receive a Judge Mary Heftel Hooton Award, named for the WBAI past president whose estate has provided a permanent home for the association for several years.

A judge for 17 years and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association for almost 50 years, Hooton suffered from emphysema but continued to preside over Law Division cases with the aid of oxygen.

During a WBAI judicial reception 16 years ago, Judges Hooton and Lefkow were recognized for their career achievements

Burr, a longtime WBAI member and colleague of Judge Hooton before her death in 1993, will be honored for his continuing service on the capital fund management committee that oversees implementation of the bequest.

Lefkow's award recognizes her determination and courage, as exemplified by Hooton, and her service to the judiciary and the pursuit of justice, said WBAI President Dawn M. Gonzalez.

Judges Lefkow and Hooton were honored together during a Women's Bar judicial reception in April 1990.