Associations

Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier of the Illinois Supreme Court will be guest speaker for a luncheon meeting of the Appellate Lawyers Association on Thursday, May 25, at the Chicago Athletic Association.

In June, Appellate Justice Mary Jane Theis of the 1st District will succeed Robert M. Dow Jr. as president of the Appellate Lawyers. Call (312) 554-2090 for information and reservations.

Members of the Advocates Society will gather Wednesday, May 24, at the Copernicus Center, Chicago, for a business meeting and dinner. Call President Holly Petrik, (773) 334-7324.

Members and friends of the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago have contributed more than $5,000 to the scholarship fund for law students of Czech and Slovakian heritage. For information, contact Joseph F. Vosicky Jr. at (312) 332-0116.

Kathryn L. Myers will speak to the Central Illinois Paralegal Association during a 5:30 p.m. reception Tuesday, June 13, at CJ's Restaurant, Bloomington. Her topic is crime scene investigation and criminal profiling.

Myers is paralegal studies coordinator at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College and past president of the American Association of Paralegal Education.

Judges and justices in the 4th District have been invited to a Central Illinois Women's Bar Association reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Elijah Iles House in Springfield.

For reservations or information about future events, call Raylene DeWitte Grischow at Hinshaw & Culbertson, (217) 528-7375, ext. 4909.

Champaign County Bar Association members will board a bus at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, in the Chicago Title parking lot for a trip to St. Louis for the 3:05 p.m. game between the Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. Call Andy Hatch, (217) 356-2577.

Megan Healy McClung will succeed Carolyn D. Amadon as head of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section during a meeting Wednesday, June 7. Also in June, Kevin P. Durkin will become CBA president.

Slated candidates for other CBA offices are Victor P. Henderson and E. Kenneth Wright Jr., for vice presidents; Anita M. Alvarez, for secretary, and Terri L. Mascherin, for treasurer.

The CBA Law and Literature Committee will conclude its monthly series at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, with a discussion of “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles in room 2501 of the Daley Center. Call (312) 554-2134.

New officers of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel will be installed during the annual meeting Friday, June 16, at Arlington Park. Call (800) 232-0169.

DuPage County Bar Lawyers Lending a Hand will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 25, at the Cosley Zoo in Wheaton for a spring cleaning project. Call Eddie Wollenberg at (630) 668-2415.

See page 17 for information about the DCBA annual dinner and installation of officers.

Judge Holly Clemons of the 6th Circuit will provide a View from the Bench during a luncheon meeting of the East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association on Tuesday, June 20, at Biaggi's Ristorante in Champaign.

For reservations and information about future events, call Carolyn Casady-Trimble at (217) 344-0711.

The Illinois Paralegal Association will hold a wine and appetizer party from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the Rosebud Theater District Restaurant at Three First National, Chicago.

Sponsors are the Intellectual Property Section and the Senior Section. Call (825)b 462-4620 by May 19 for reservations.

New officers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association will be installed during the 34th annual convention and banquet Friday, June 9, at Oak Brook Hills Resort. Call (800) 252-8501.

The annual dinner of the Korean American Bar Association was held April 26 in Chicago, with a keynote speech by Wan J. Kim of the U.S. Department of Justice. Call James R. Cho, (312) 346-8000, for more information.

Deerfield attorney Robert S. Smith Jr. will be installed Friday, June 2, as president of the Lake County Bar Association during a dinner at the Harrison Manor House, Lake Bluff. He succeeds Deborah L. Goldberg. Call (847) 244-3143.

Other incoming officers are Vice Presidents Fredric B. Lesser and Bryan Winter, Treasurer Stuart A. Reid and Secretary Daniel B. Shanes.

The Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County will hold a luncheon meeting Wednesday, June 7, at Potesta's Restaurant in Waukegan. Call Marjorie Sher, (847) 249-2830.

Guest speaker will be Daniel B. Shanes, chief of the county state's attorney's Drug Prosecution Division and incoming secretary of the Lake County Bar Association.

The next dinner meeting of the North Suburban Bar Association will take place Tuesday, June 13, at the Renaissance North Shore Hotel, Northbrook. Call President Deidre Baumann at (312) 558-3119 for details.

Arlington Heights attorney Adra Farriss Campbell will be installed Wednesday, June 28, as president of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, succeeding Thomas J. Ahern. Call (847) 259-7908 for reservations for the dinner at the Metropolis Ballroom.

Other incoming officers are Executive Vice President Angela Peters, Vice Presidents Richard Miller and Scott Barber, Treasurer Lee DeWald, and Secretary Don Cosley.

Mary K. Braza, sports law partner in Foley & Lardner, will be guest speaker for a luncheon meeting of the Professional Women's Club of Chicago on Wednesday, June 14, at the Union League Club of Chicago.

Braza's topic will be “Exceptional Women, Powerful Stories.” Visit www.pwcc.org for reservations and other information.

The annual Peoria County Bar Association Memorial Service will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, in courtroom 210 of the County Courthouse. Chief Judge John A. Barra of the 10th Circuit will preside. Call (309) 674-6049.

New officers of the Vermilion County Bar Association will be elected during a luncheon meeting Tuesday, May 30, at the Old National Bank in Danville. Call President Charles J. Devens at (217) 446-3889.

Slated candidates are Jeffrey K. Clapper for president, Thomas J. Mellen II and Pam Howell for vice presidents, Barbara L. Delanois for treasurer, Shanon M. McMasters for secretary and James M. Mulvaney for executive secretary.

Hawthorne Race Track in Cicero will be the site of the West Suburban Bar Association Evening at the Races at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 9. One of the races will be named for past president Mark Loftus. Call (708) 366-1122.

The association also will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 19, at Molly Malone‘s in Forest Park.

Members of the Whiteside County Bar Association and 14th Circuit judges were guests of the Morrison Historical Society on April 30 for a reception and program in the Morrison Heritage Museum.

The event included viewing of the traveling exhibit, “Bar None: 125 Years of Illinois Women Lawyers,” that will be on display at the museum through Sunday, June 11.

Will County Bar Association members will attend Latin American Night and a Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers baseball game Friday, June 2, in U.S. Cellular Field. Call Sharyl at (815) 726-0383.

The Winnebago Couth Bar Association and 17th Circuit will conduct a memorial service at 12 noon Monday, May 22, in Memorial Hall, Rockford. Call (815) 964-4992.

WCBA Community Service Committee members delivered Mother's Day corsages and cookies on May 14 to 65 women residents of four shelters.

Members of the Women's Bar Associ–ation of Illinois will welcome prospective members to an informational meeting and complimentary wine tasting from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Mid- Day Club in Chicago. Call (312) 341-8530.

For information about the WBAI installation dinner on Thursday, June 8, see page 17.

Officers of the newly formed Women's Criminal Defense Bar Association will be elected during a meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. For more information, call Jennifer E. Bae at (630) 928-0061.