Honoraria

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers will present its Award of Merit to Jerry M. Reinsdorf during its annual dinner Thursday, April 12, in the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.

Reinsdorf, who is board chair of both the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls, is an attorney, certified public accountant, real estate securities specialist and registered mortgage underwriter.

A 1960 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law and a university trustee, he has built franchises that brought seven professional championships to Chicago, most recently the 2005 World Series.

Reinsdorf also has enabled the donation of million of dollars to worthy causes through Chicago White Sox Charities and the CharitaBulls. Among them are four parks created during the past year for children with special needs.

The Decalogue Society event begins with a 5:30 p.m. reception, followed by 6:30 p.m. dinner and award presentation. Call (312) 263-6493 for reservations.

Officials of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission will honor retired administrator Mary Robinson during a reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, on the 11th floor of the Prudential Building, Chicago.

The administrator for 15 years, Robinson stepped down March 16. A former appellate and criminal defense lawyer, she was an ARDC commissioner for three years before her appointment to head the organization.

Retired Illinois Supreme Court justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow will be honored Saturday, April 14, as one of six Laureates of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Among others is Lincoln historian and author David Herbert Donald.

McMorrow will receive her Order of Lincoln Medallion during a ceremony in the Field Museum of Chicago, at which Chancellor John B. Simon will preside, and a banquet will follow. She is the third Supreme Court justice to be honored by the academy. Others were Seymour Simon and Walter V. Schaefer.

ISBA Assembly member Brian P. Liston of Liston & Lafakis, Chicago, was inducted March 3 into the Marist Football Hall of Fame. Team captain during his senior year of high school, he was a tight end on offense and Catholic League Conference leader in tackles as a defensive lineman.

An All Conference and All State honoree who received a Parade All American honorable mention, Liston attended Purdue University on an athletic scholarship. He earned three varsity letters and was a first team Academic All American and All Big Ten selection.

A graduate of The John Marshall Law School who has an M.B.A. degree, Liston serves on the ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council and the Committee on Judicial Evaluations. He is a director of the Community Bank of DuPage County and a youth soccer coach.

Chief Justice Robert R. Thomas of the Illinois Supreme Court will be one of six individuals who will receive awards during a black-tie optional gala awards dinner held by the National Italian American Foundation on Thursday, April 12, at the Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

Other honorees include singer Vic Damone and actors Dennis Farina and Joe Mantegna. Call Carolyn Laurenzano at (202) 939-3114 for details.

The Bench and Bar Committee of the Chicago Bar Association will recognize the public service career of Cook County Judge Richard J. Elrod during a trial judges reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in Philip H. Corboy Hall.

A judge since 1988, Elrod previously served as an assistant Chicago corporation counsel, an assistant Illinois attorney general, a state representative and Cook County sheriff.

Chicago attorney John S. Huntley was honorary mayor for a day in Huntley, the McHenry County community that was established in the mid-1800s by his great-grandfather, Thomas Stilwell Huntley, with a donation of 800 acres of farmland.

John Huntley received an engraved gavel to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his ancestor's birth in March 1807, and a grant of $500 to help restore the Thomas Huntley gravesite.