The ISBA Civil Practice and Procedure Section will conduct seminars on Friday, April 28, at the Chicago Athletic Association, and Friday, May 12, at the Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington.

Title “Update and Overview of Civil Practice and Procedure,” the Law Ed presentations consist of 14 civil litigation topics.

Robert H. Hanaford of Chicago, the section newsletter co-editor and past chair, is program coordinator and moderator. The schedule follows.

9 a.m. – Registration and Welcome, an opportunity for lawyers, judges and law students to meet.

9:45 a.m. – Proper Parties, Amended Complaints, and Relation Back Doctrine, with Shawn S. Kasserman of Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago.

10:10 a.m. – Pleadings: The Road Map Through Trial, with Robert R. Duncan of Chicago.

10:50 a.m. – Venue and Forum Non Con----veniens, with section council member James Matthew Pfeiffer of Fuchs & Roselli, Chicago (in Chicago), and Gwen M. Geraghty of Dykema Gossett, Chicago (in Bloomington).

11:15 a.m. – Discovery: Interrogatories, Document Production and Depositions, with section council member Hugh H. Rowden of McCarthy, Rowden & Baker, Decatur.

11:40 a.m. – Opening Statement, with John M. Stalmack of Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago (in Chicago), and Thomas M. Harris of Jerome Mirza & Associates, Bloomington, a member of the Illinois Bar Journal Editorial Board (in Bloomington).

12:05 p.m. – Luncheon period.

1 p.m. – Supreme Court Rule 213: Disclosure of Opinion Witnesses, with ISBA Assembly and section council member Russell W. Hartigan of Hartigan & Cuisiner, Chicago.

1:25 p.m. – Supreme Court Rule 216: Requests to Admit, with Robert H. Fredian of Wiedner & McAuliffe, Chicago (in Chicago), and Timothy W. Kelly of the Kelly Law Offices, Bloomington, a member of the Tort Law Section Council, (in Bloomington).

1:50 p.m. – Third Party Evidence: In--demnity and Contribution, with speaker to be announced in Chicago, and section council member Ronald A. Roth of Roth & Evans, Granite City (in Bloomington).

2:15 p.m. – Administrative Review: Timely Filing and Proper Filings, with Thomas M. Battista of Rock, Fusco & Garvey, Chicago, a member of the State and Local Taxation Section Council.

2:55 p.m. – Motions to Dismiss Under Sections 2-615 and 2-619, with Judge Daniel T. Gillespie of Chicago, a section council member (in Chicago), and section council member P. Shawn Wood of Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago (in Bloomington).

3:20 p.m. – Motions for Summary Judgment: Section 2-1009, with section council member James A. Murphy of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, Joliet (in Chicago), and Catherine J. Casey of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Chicago (in Bloomington).

3:45 p.m. – Enforcement and Relief from Judgments, with Jeffrey D. Corso of Swanson, Martin & Bell, Chicago, a member of the ISBA Assembly and the Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council.

4:10 p.m. – Closing Arguments, with E. Angelo Spyratos of Monroe, Marsh & Spyratos, Downers Grove (in Chicago), and Frank A. Perrecone of Ferolie, Perrecone & White, Rockford, a member of the ISBA Assembly and the Task Force on Unauthorized Practice of Law (in Bloomington).

4:35 p.m. – Post-Trial Motions: JNOV, New Trial, and Preserving Issues for Appeal, with section council member Sandra L. Loeb of the Law Offices of Frederick & Hagle, Urbana (in Chicago), and Robert R. McNamara of Johnson & Bell, Chicago (in Bloomington).

The second of two ISBA Traffic Law Updates will be conducted Friday, March 24, at the Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington, by the Traffic Laws and Courts Section.

Section council member J. Brick Van Der Snick of the Van Der Snick Law Firm, Geneva, is program coordinator for the Law Ed seminar. Section council chair Alan E. Jones of Waukegan is the moderator. The schedule follows.

9 a.m. – Potpourri of Traffic-Related Issues, a panel discussion, including non-alcohol moving violations, expungement, motions to vacate, local court rules, service, evidentiary and trial issues, recognition of trial issues versus pleas, and office interviews.

Speakers are section council secretary Michelle A. Vescogni of Peru, council member Kelly P. Ward of Ward & Ward, Dixon, assistant Tazewell County state's attorney Bob A. Neiner of Pekin, and 11th Circuit Judge Donald D. Bernardi of Bloomington, past chair of the Criminal Justice Section Council.

10 a.m. – Commercial Driver's License Issues, with Larry A. Davis of DesPlaines, newsletter co-editor of the Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council.

10:45 a.m. - Current Legislation, with section council vice chair David B. Franks of Franks & Rechenberg, Lake in the Hills.

11:15 a.m. - Secretary of State Hearings and Other Collateral Consequences of DUI and Serious Traffic Offenses, Convictions, Suspensions and Fake IDs, with Larry Davis.

11:45 a.m. – Current Case Law, with J. Brick Van Der Snick.

12:15 p.m. – Luncheon period.

1 p.m. – DUI, Statutory Summary Su--spension and Zero Tolerance, a panel discussion including Alan Jones, Bob Neiner, Judge Donald Bernardi and Alan J. Novick of Bloomington.

2 p.m. – Search and Seizure Issues at Traffic Stops, with section council past chair Donald J. Ramsell of Ramsell, Armamentos & Klis, Wheaton.

2:45 p.m. – Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Breath Testing, Blood Testing, Preliminary Breath Testing Rules and Regulations, and Illinois State Police, with J. Brick Van Der Snick and Bob Neiner.

3:30 p.m. – Sentencing, with section council member Phyllis F. Ringer-Taylor of Glenview.

The program will conclude with an open forum of questions on traffic-related subjects and closing remarks by the moderator.

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier of Nashville will serve on the faculty for an ISBA Law Ed seminar titled “The Lawyer's Workshop: Effective Lawyering on Contemporary Issues in Contemporary Times.”

The presentation of the Committee on Minority and Women Participation will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the Holiday Inn, Collinsville.

Program coordinator and moderator is committee member Jennifer A. Shaw of Edwardsville, who also serves on the Human Rights Section Council and Committee on Delivery of Legal Services, and is secretary of the Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

After a welcome and introductions by Shaw, Justice Karmeier will provide brief remarks before joining the 9:15 a.m. panel discussion, A View from the Bench: Best Practices in Appellate Advocacy.

Other panelists are Appellate Justices Melissa A. Chapman of the 5th District, Glen Carbon, and Sue E. Myerscough of the 4th District, Springfield.

At 10:15 a.m., assistant Madison County state's attorney Christine S. P. Kovach of Edwardsville will discuss Family Law: Change in Calculation of Interest on Child Support.

At 11 a.m., Diversity and Marketing Training will be explored by Betty Jang of the McDonald's Corp, Oak Brook, a member of the Committee on Minority and Women Participation.

At 11:45 a.m., Michael D. Schag of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Edwardsville, will review provisions of The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.

Special registration fees for this seminar are $40 for ISBA members in advance, $50 at the door, and $165 for non-members and non-lawyers.

A review of bankruptcy reforms that took effect last year will be presented from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Friday, April 28, at the Hotel Pere Marquette, Peoria, by the ISBA Commercial, Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section.

The Law Ed seminar, titled “Bankruptcy Reform in Practice: One Year After Passage,” will include observations by federal bankruptcy judges and trustees.

Program coordinators and moderators are section council secretary Joseph P. Chamley of Evans, Froehlich, Beth & Chamley, Champaign, and council member John Roska, staff attorney for the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Champaign.

Section council chair Timothy J. Howard of Howard & Howard, Peoria, will open the seminar with introductions. The schedule follows.

9:05 a.m. – Debtors' Perspectives (all Chap--ters), with section council member Sumner A. Bourne of Rafool & Bourne, Peoria.

9:50 a.m. – Administration of the New Act, a panel headed by section council member James L. Magill of Peoria, assistant U.S. trustee in the Central and Southern Districts.

Others are ISBA Assembly member Jeffrey D. Richardson of Tietz & Richardson, Decatur; Phillip Stephen Miller of Acton & Snyder, Danville, and Mariann Pogge of the Pogge Law Office, Springfield.

10:45 a.m. – Creditors' Rights: New Strate-gies Under the Act, with section council member Julia E. Jensen of DiMonte & Lizak, Park Ridge, and Faiq M. Mihlar of Heavner, Scott, Beyers & Mihlar, Decatur.

11:30 a.m. – Judges' Perspectives, a panel discussion with U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judges Thomas L. Perkins of Peoria and Mary Gorman of Springfield.

Clarifying perspectives on the professional legal-medical dichotomy will be offered next month in the ISBA Law Ed seminar, “Medical Malpractice Reform: The Other Side of the Coin.”

The Health Care Section is the sponsor of the presentation that will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 21, in the ISBA Chicago Regional Office.

Section council chair Guy C. Hall of Dob--bins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy & Perlstein, Champaign, is program coordinator and moderator.

William K. McVisk of Johnson & Bell, Chicago, will open the program with Physician, Insurer and Legal Counsel Relationship, a summary of the interests that may be at variance between the insurer and the insured. He also will address the potential impact of new rules regarding physician profiling.

Beginning at 9:45 a.m., two speakers will provide their views on the Insurance Coverage Climate.

Robert Wagner, chief counsel of the Illinois Division of Insurance, Chicago, will discuss activities of the division in relation to insurance pricing and coverage issues in light of the reform act.

James Tarrant, executive director of the Chicago Medical Society, will review the changing environment and cost concerns among physicians in obtaining medical malpractice coverage.

At 10:40 a.m., Theresa A. Hoban, vice president and general counsel of Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, will explain how “Sorry” Works – utilization of an honest apology in the risk-management context.

She also will cover the terms and potential impact of new legislation, JCAHO considerations, staff training, transfer of protocol into the clinical setting, practical tips, and a proposed pilot project.

At 11:20 a.m., the issues involved in Physician Profiling will be aired by section council member Gerald C. Goldberg of Goldberg & Frankenstein, Chicago. His remarks will include new requirements in the professional regulation arena, along with practical tips and potential pitfalls.

The seminar will conclude with a question-and-answer period at 12 noon.

The second presentation of the ISBA Law Ed seminar, “Planning for Business Disputes and Financial Difficulties,” will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 31, at the Hawthorn Suites, Bloomington.

Sponsors are the Business Advice and Financial Planning Section (BAFP) and Corporation, Securities and Business Law Section (CSBL).

Program coordinators and moderators are Leonard S. DeFranco of Oak Brook, vice chair of the BAFP Section Council and member of the Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section Council, and Zane M. Cohen of Chicago.

After introductions and welcoming remarks, the program will proceed as follows.

8:45 a.m. – Tax and Trust Fund Issues, with Richard M. Colombik of Itasca, a member of the BAFP Section Council and the Committee on Public Relations.

9:30 a.m. – Should Your Client Consider Bankruptcy? The speaker is Gary T. Rafool of Rafool & Bourne, Peoria, a member of the Committee on Continuing Legal Education.

10:30 a.m. – Employee and Labor Issues in the Troubled Business, with Patti S. Levinson of Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago, a member of the BAFP Section Council.

11:15 a.m. – Questions and answers with morning panelists, followed by 11:30 a.m. luncheon period.

1 p.m. – Planning on an Orderly Exit, with Zane Cohn.

1:45 p.m. – Asset Protection for Shareholders, with David F. Rolewick of Rolewick & Gutzka, Wheaton, a member of the CSBL Section Council.

2:30 p.m. – Planning for Alternative Dispute Resolution, with Howard Z. Gopman of Skokie, a member of the CSBL Section Council.

3 p.m. – Issues Commonly Litigated if Planning Fails, with William A. Price of Wheaton, secretary of the CSBL Section Council and associate newsletter editor for the Administrative Law Section.

3:45 p.m. – Questions and answers with afternoon panelists.

A two-day Women in Law Leadership Academy will be conducted Thursday and Friday, March 30-31, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, Chicago.

The Illinois State Bar Association is a co-spon--sor, along with the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, the ABA Section of Litigation and the ABA Young Lawyers Division.

Designed to help women lawyers with 10 years or less in practice to build career and legal skills, sessions will be strong on content and focused on practical, concrete advice and guidance.

Keynote speakers are Gloria Santona, executive vice president and general counsel for the McDonald's Corp., at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, and Mary Cranston, chair of Pillsbury Winthrop, at 1 p.m. Friday.

Thursday afternoon plenary topics are Taking Charge of Your Leadership, and Getting the Most out of Your Legal Career.

A Friday morning plenary, Creating Your Own Personal Leadership Plan, will be followed by breakout sessions on Rising to the Lead Lawyer, and Effective Strategies for Business Development.

The Friday afternoon plenary, Meet the Press: Getting Your Message Out, precedes breakouts on Strategic Planning for Law Firms, and Building a Collective Voice.

The academy will close with a plenary on Inspirational Stories from the Trenches. For more information, access www.abanet.org/women/leadershipacademy.