An ISBA Law Ed seminar, “Property Tax Assessment Practice Tips and Update for the Practitioner,” will be conducted by the State and Local Taxation Section from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 19, at the Chicago Athletic Association.

ISBA Assembly member John K. Norris of Rubin & Norris, Chicago, a section council associate newsletter editor and past chair is program coordinator and moderator.

Norris will open the seminar with a 15-minute overview, which will be followed by a series of specific topics.

9 a.m. – Cook County Board of Review Procedures, Rules and Practice, with associate editor Thomas A. Jaconetty, chief deputy commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review.

9:30 a.m. – Tax Objection Complaints in the Cook County Circuit Court, with Judge Alfred Paul and Whitney T. Carlisle of McCracken, Walsh & De La Van.

10 a.m. – Tax Assessment Practice in the Collar Counties, with section council member Timothy E. Moran of Schmidt, Salzman & Moran, Chicago, who serves on the Task Force on Unauthorized Practice of Law.

10:45 a.m. – The Alternative General Homestead Exemption, or the “7 Percent Solution”: An Update on its Effects, with Gary H. Smith of Chicago.

11:15 a.m. – Exemptions: Substance and Procedure, with associate editor Mark R. Davis of O'Keefe, Lyons & Hynes, Chicago.

11:45 a.m. – Latest Developments in the Cook County Department of Revenue, with associate editor Julie-April Montgomery, deputy director of the Cook County De–partment of Revenue.

12:15 p.m. – Luncheon period.

1:15 p.m. – Recent Case Law Devel–opments, with section council secretary Karen J. Dimond of Chicago, an assistant Cook County state's attorney and member of the ISBA Assembly.

1:45 p.m. – Ethics in the Field of Property Tax: Forming the Right Relationships, with Thomas J. McNulty of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago.

2:30 p.m. – How to Obtain Property Tax Relief for Landmark Properties, with section council member and newsletter co-editor Mary Ann Connelly of the Law Offices of Terrence Kennedy Jr., Chicago.

3 p.m. – Valuation of Power Plants and Special Use Properties, with associate editor William J. Seitz of Fisk, Kart, Katz & Regan, Chicago.

3:30 p.m. – Intervenors: Are They In–visible? with section council member Frederic S. Lane of Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Chicago.

4 p.m. – PTAB Rule Changes and New Developments, with ISBA Assembly member James W. Chipman, executive director of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, Springfield, vice chair of the Administrative Law Section Council and member of the Local Government Law Section Council.

4:30 p.m. – Recent Developments Af–fecting Tax Sales and Tax Deed Proceedings, with associate editor Matthew A. Flamm of Flamm & Teibloom, Chicago.

The popular ISBA Law Ed seminar, “Civil Litigation: Update and Overview of Civil Practice and Procedure,” will get its third pres-entation Friday, June 2, at the Chicago Athletic Association.

Previous seminars conducted by the Civil Practice and Procedure Section on April 28 in Chicago and May 12 in Bloomington were sold out and highly rated by the 350 lawyers who attended them.

As in those events, the June 2 seminar will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 40-minute registration period, during which participants may obtain materials and visit with colleagues and panelists.

Then the moderators, section council members Robert H. Hanaford and Brett J. Swanson of the Law Offices of Robert H. Hanaford, Chicago will open the program, as follows.

9:10 a.m. – Proper Parties, Amended Com–plaints, and Relation Back Doctrine, with Shawn S. Kasserman of Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago.

9:45 a.m. – Pleadings: The Road Map Through Trial, with Robert R. Duncan of the Law Offices of Richard L. Pullano, Chicago.

10:10 a.m. – Pleadings: 2-622 Affidavit in Healing Arts Malpractice Cases, with section council member Bridget A. Mitchell of Chicago.

10:50 a.m. – Venue and Forum Non Con–veniens, with Gwen M. Geraghty of Dykema Gossett, Chicago.

11:15 a.m. – Discovery: Interrogatories, Documents 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.

12:05 a.m. – Luncheon period.

1 p.m. – Supreme Court Rule 213: Dis-closure of Opinion Witnesses, with section council member Russell W. Hartigan of Hartigan & Cuisinier, Chicago, who serves on the ISBA Assembly.

1:25 p.m. – Supreme Court Rule 216 Requests to Admit, with Robert H. Fredian of Wiedner & McAuliffe, Chicago.

1:50 p.m. – Third Party Practice: Indemnity and Contribution, with Michael T. Reagan of Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, Ottawa.

2:15 p.m. – Administrative Review: Timely Filing and Proper Parties, with Thomas M. Battista of Rock, Fusco & Associates, 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 section council members Shawn Wood of Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago and Cook County Judge Daniel T. Gillespie.

3:20 p.m. – Motions for Summary Judgment Section 2-1009, with section council member James A. Murphy of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, Joliet.

3:45 p.m. – Enforcement and Relief from Judgments, with Jeffrey 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.

4:35 p.m. – Post-Trial Motions: JNOV, New Trial, and Preserving Issues for Appeal, with section council member Kathryn R. Hoying of Johnson & Bell, Chicago.

For four decades, an Illinois Traffic Court Conference has been conducted each year to apprise the bench and bar of case law and legislation that affect one of the most common experiences that the public will have in the legal system.

Along the way, the conference has acquired sponsorship by the ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Section and integration into the Law Ed series of continuing legal education seminars.

The 41st annual conference is scheduled Thursday and Friday, June 1-2, at Bradley University in Peoria. In addition to the ISBA, support is provided by the Cook County Judicial Advisory Council and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse.

Joseph A. Zienty of Addison, a member of the Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council, will open the conference with introductions at 10:45 a.m. Thursday after continental breakfast. The schedule follows.

11 a.m. – Immigration Issues, with Andrews P. Sagartz of Libertyville.

12 noon – Luncheon will be provided.

1 p.m. – Introductions by George Burnetti of Libertyville.

1:15 p.m. – New and Pending Litigation, with Jerome Zienty.

1:45 to 4 p.m. – Conducting a Trial: De--fendant's Rights, a special presentation by Judge Frederic Rodgers of the 1st Judicial District in Gilpin County, Golden, Colo.

The conference will adjourn to the Hotel Pere Marquette for a 6 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. dinner.

The Friday program will open at 9 a.m. with introductions by G. William Richards of Aurora, David C. Broski, president of Bradley University, and Chief Judge John A. Barra of the 10th Circuit, Peoria.

From 9:15 to 11:30 a.m., a panel discussion on DUI and Summary Suspension will be conducted by Edward M. Maloney of Ahern, Maloney & Moran, Skokie, newsletter co-editor of the Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council.

Panelists are section council members Thomas M. Moran of the Skokie firm and 18th Circuit Judge Mark W. Dwyer of Wheaton, along with Charles W. Smith of Smith & La Luzerne, Waukegan.

Larry A. Davis of DesPlaines, section council newsletter co-editor, will follow up at 11:30 a.m. with Secretary of State Hearings. Luncheon will be provided at 12:15 p.m.

At 1:15 p.m., Cook County Judge Daniel M. Locallo, a member of the Criminal Justice Section Council, will review 2005-06 Traffic Related Decisions. The conference will end at 2:30 p.m.

The registration fee of $60 includes conference materials, two breakfasts, two lunches, the dinner and two nights in university housing. After May 26, the fee will be $70.

The Illinois Supreme Court has approved the conference for judicial education credit, and the ISBA will apply for lawyers' MCLE accreditation when the procedure has been established.