Epilogue

Springfield attorney Howard H. Braverman, an official of the Illinois State Bar Association and Illinois Bar Foundation for 27 years, died Oct. 24 at age 83 in St. Johns Hospital, where he had been in intensive care since emergency surgery Oct. 13.

A 1949 graduate of the New York University Law School, Mr. Braverman was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1966 and joined the ISBA staff as director of professional services in 1967.

He was associate executive director and general counsel from 1973 until 1985, when he served a year as executive director, and he retired in 1987.

Seeing a need for hands-on administration of the Bar Foundation, Mr. Braverman stepped in quickly in 1987 as volunteer administrative director and secretary.

Among his duties, Mr. Braverman was the first staff lobbyist for ISBA, presenting bar positions in the Illinois legislature and in Congress. He was one of the founders of the Governmental Relations Section of the National Association of Bar Executives and served as its chair.

For many years, he wrote a column in the Illinois Bar Journal called Professional Services Report, and was recognized nationally as an authority on professional ethics. Until a year ago, he served on a hearing panel of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court.

While administering the foundation, Mr. Braverman remained active in the ISBA. He was appointed to the Committee on Liaison with the ARDC in 1988 and was its chair in 1990-91.

He also served on committees on Judicial Appointments, Public Protection from the Unauthorized Practice of Law, and Pro-fessional Conduct. From 1996 to 1999, he was a member of the Elder Law Section Council.

Mr. Braverman was a past president of the Sangamon County Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a trustee of the National Center for Automated Information Retrieval.

He served on ABA committees on Law---yer Referral, Professional Liability Insurance, and Clients' Security Funds during the 1970s and 1980s.

He is survived by his wife Margaret of Springfield.

Semi-retired St. Charles attorney Robert F. Casey, a former Illinois legislator and Kane County state's attorney, died Oct. 7 at age 85 of heart failure in his Batavia home.

Mr. Casey served in the House of Representatives from 1957 to 1962 and again in 1979-80. He was special state's attorney in 1976-77, and interim state's attorney and chief of the Kane County Civil Division from 1988 to 1992.

His involvement in politics, and later in the administration of state boards, was never attributed to a desire to enhance his law practice. “He just did it to help out,” said Phil Elfstrom, former Kane County Board chair. “Whenever you asked him for something, he would help out.”

A 1948 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Mr. Casey had served in the Navy during World War II as a pilot on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He had to ditch disabled planes at sea on two occasions.

After practice as a trial attorney with the Burlington Northern Railroad, he joined the Aurora firm of Sears & Streit in 1952, and later was a partner in Givler, Meilinger & Casey.

In 1968, he established the Geneva firm of Casey & Associates, later Casey & Krippner, and relocated to St. Charles as Casey, Brannen & Romag. He had practiced from his home for the past three years.

In the late 1970s, Mr. Casey was instrumental in formation of the Fox Valley Airport Authority – with representation from St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia - to thwart expansion of the DuPage County Airport into Kane County.

He chaired the Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board from 1996 to 1999, and was administrator and special counsel to the Illinois Gaming Board from 1999 to 2001.

Appellate Justice Terrence J. Hopkins of the 5th District died Oct. 16 at age 58 in his West Frankfort home of an apparent heart attack. He had been a jurist for 23 years.

A 1974 graduate of the St. Louis Uni-versity School of Law after deciding against a career in the priesthood, Mr. Hopkins was Franklin County state's attorney for seven years before his appointment to the 2nd Circuit bench in 1983.

He was chief judge from 1987 to 1991, and was elected to the Appellate Court in 1994. He received a master of laws degree two years ago from the University of Virginia.

Well-known for his performances in community theater, Mr. Hopkins was named best actor in 1991 and 1992 for his roles with Pyramid Players, based in Benton.

Retired attorney James Daniel Benson, formerly of Chicago and Elmhurst, died Oct. 30 at age 71. A member of the Illinois bar since 1973 and a former Chicago police officer, he practiced with Chicago Title and Trust for 25 years.

Retired Chicago attorney and former Cook County assistant public defender C. Paul Bradley died Oct. 3 at age 67 in Rush University Medical Center.

A 1966 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he also practiced for several years in Cairo with the state appellate defender program for indigents.

Paul Brunner, a law student at the University of Nebraska who was a Public Interest Law Initiative intern for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation last summer, died Sept. 20 at age 24.

Born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery when he was 18 months old, he suffered a heart attack while exercising in the workout room of his apartment building.

Vice president of the Black Law Students Association, Mr. Brunner led volunteers to provide legal services in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

The CVLS newsletter said he had been selected “from over 200 applicants because, based on his resume and interview, he appeared to exhibit best the qualities we were looking for – intelligence, dedication, humor and compassion.”

The university's College of Law has announced its plans to award a posthumous juris doctorate degree to Mr. Brunner. Law students were raising funds to create a memorial scholarship.

Retired Chicago and Arlington Heights attorney Gerald McNamara Chapman, a resident of Island Lake, died in October at age 83. A veteran of Army service during World War II, he was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1950.

Past president of the District 214 Com---munity Education Foundation, Mr. Chapman helped establish the Wauconda Food Pantry and a ministry in the Wauconda Care Center.

Her served on the board of Friends of the Volo Bog, volunteered with Boy Scouts of America and was a Eucharistic lay minister.

Chicago attorney Steven B. Chrapusta died Oct. 15 at age 35. He was a 2000 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law.

Chicago attorney Claire I. Rosen Edes died in October at age 94. A 1933 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, she practiced with her husband, Samuel Edes, in Edes & Rosen before his death.

Retired Chicago corporate attorney Evgen Daniel Franger, who had homes in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and Shorewood, died Oct. 31 at age 92. A 1952 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law, he had a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Franger joined Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1948 and was appointed general merchandise controller in 1969. In 1978, he led the Sears International consulting team for Seibu, a retailer in Japan. He retired in 1984.

Thomas Munro Hunter of Elmhurst, a 1953 graduate of the Loyola University School of Law who was not registered to practice in Illinois, died in October at age 84. He served in the Army Infantry in Germany during World War II.

Benton attorney Elmer Jenkins, who was inducted in 2003 as a Laureate of the ISBA Academy of Illinois Lawyers, died Nov. 4 at age 86 in his home.

A 1949 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, Mr. Jenkins served in the Navy from 1937 to 1941 and was an Air Corps maintenance squadron test pilot from 1942 to 1945. He was a special agent of the FBI in 1950-51 before entering private practice.

A small-town attorney who mentored young lawyers and devoted significant time to pro bono representation, he was often seen in the library, meticulously researching the law for clients.

Also a community supporter, Mr. Jenkins once grew a long beard to keep a promise that he would not shave during Benton High School's two-year string of undefeated varsity football games.

Pro bono work “comes about from practicing in a small community,” he said. “There are more poor people, they're needy, and they get to know you. The lawyer who does not engage in some pro bono work is derelict in his duties.”

Retired Chicago attorney Samuel M. Lanoff died Oct. 13 at age 98. He was a 1930 graduate of The John Marshall Law School.

Mr. Lanoff began his law practice as an associate with Edwin A. Halligan and Arthur J. Goldberg. In 1946, he formed a partnership with Charles J. Morgan that became Morgan, Lanoff, Denniston & Jackson.

A former director of North Shore National Bank and Addison State Bank, Mr. Lanoff was a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association Probate Committee and a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Former Chicago attorney Desanka Tarailo Mamula died Oct. 9 at age 87 in Jefferson Hills, Pa. A 1941 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, she was the first Serbian-American woman admitted to the Illinois bar.

Retired Springfield attorney Anthony Joseph Manuele Sr. died Oct. 15 at age 91 in St. John's Hospital. A 1939 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law, he retired in 1997.

Mr. Manuele served in the Army during World War II and participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. His decorations included the Bronze Arrowhead, World War II Victory Medal and Europe-Africa-Middle East Service Medal.

Survivors include a son, Springfield attorney Peter J. Manuele.

George D. McDonald, a 1955 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law who was not admitted to practice in Illinois, died Oct. 26 at age 81 in Atherton, Calif.

A former Oak Park resident, he began a career in printing as assistant general manager of Western Engraving and was owner of Colortone Printing and Lithography Co. in Chicago.

Mr. McDonald moved to San Francisco in 1957 as vice president of a road map publisher, and in 1961 became president of Recorder Printing and Publishing Co., with publications for the legal community.

Retired Chicago attorney Robert J. McDonnell, formerly of River Forest, died Oct. 29 at age 81. A 1950 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was an assistant Cook County state's attorney before beginning a criminal defense practice.

A veteran of Army service in Italy during World War II, Mr. McDonnell was wounded trying to eliminate a German machine gun unit. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

Retired Chicago attorney Thomas H. Ploss, formerly of Hyde Park and Wilmette, died Oct. 12 at age 73. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School who was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1966, he was an attorney for the Milwaukee Railroad.

Mr. Ploss later was an administrative law judge for the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Chicago. He was a past president of the City Club of Chicago.

Missouri attorney Ajay Kumar Puri, a 1998 graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Law, reportedly died last spring at age 35. He was a native of Kanpur, India.

Mr. Puri began practicing with Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, Peoria, and was an assistant Will County state's attorney from 2000 to 2005. Most recently, he worked for the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons in the St. Louis area.

Chicago attorney Patrick Joseph “Packy” Sullivan died Oct. 29 at age 63. A 1969 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he was a partner in Hilfman, Martin & Barr.

Mr. Sullivan was a director and past president of Sullivan Reporting Co. and a member of the Irish Christian Brothers.

Retired Chicago patent attorney Timothy Lamon Tilton, formerly of Evanston and Galena, died Sept. 3 at age 83 in Columbus, Ohio.

A 1950 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, where he also taught patent law, Mr. Tilton was a partner in Tilton, Fallon, Lungmus & Chestnut. He received a degree in chemical engineering at Purdue University after Army service during World War II.

Cook County Associate Judge Gerald T. Winiecki died Oct. 25 on his 66th birthday. Appointed to the bench in 1983, he sat in the Juvenile Division before his assignment to Branch 50 of the 1st Municipal District.

A 1971 graduate of the DePaul Uni-versity College of Law, Mr. Winiecki was in private practice with the Law Offices of Victor Cacciatore for two years before becoming an assistant Cook County public defender in 1973, first as a trial attorney and later an appellate attorney. He was a Berwyn alderman from 1977 to 1980 and a member of the Berwyn Business Development Commission from 1978 to 1981.

Retired Springfield attorney Peter Kort Woody died Oct. 5 at age 63 in St. John's Hospice. He was a 1974 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Woody was involved in advertising and marketing, and he coached YMCA soccer teams for several years.