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Four seminars on Midyear Meeting schedule Dec. 8 Four Law Ed seminars will be presented Friday, Dec. 8, during the ISBA Midyear Meeting at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel. Program summaries follow.
Family Law Family Law seminar, presented by the Family Law Section: 8 to 10 a.m. (MCLE accredited, 2.0 hours). Program coordinators and moderators are Roza B. Gossage of Belleville and section council vice chair Gregory A. Scott of Scott & Scott, Springfield. 8 a.m. – How to Prepare Your Clients for Mandated Custody Visitation Mediation. Speakers are Brigid A. Duffield of the Law Office of Brigid A. Duffield, Wheaton; Donald C. Hammer of Hayes, Hammer, Miles & Cox, Bloomington, and Michael J. Scalzo of Oak Brook. 9 a.m. – Case Law Update by Enrico J. Mirabelli of Nadler, Pritikin & Mirabelli, Chicago.
Eminent Domain Eminent Domain seminar, presented by the Bench and Bar Section, Local Government Law Section and Real Estate Law Section: 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. (MCLE accredited, 4.75 hours) Program coordinators and moderators are 3rd Circuit Judge Barbara L. Crowder of Edwardsville, chair of the Bench and Bar Section Council, and assistant Cook County state's attorney Julie Ann Sebastian, secretary of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Council. 9 a.m. – Introduction. 9:15 a.m. – Senate Bill 3086 and Kelo, with Richard A. Redmond of Holland & Knight, Chicago. 10:30 a.m. – The Complaint for Con-demnation, with Lenny D. Asaro of Neal & Leroy, Chicago. 11 a.m. – The Traverse: The Perspective of the Property Owner, with ISBA Assembly member Brian P. Liston of Liston & Lafakis, Chicago. 12 noon – Luncheon period. 1:15 p.m. – Senate Bill 94, with John H. Brechin of the Law offices of John H. Brechin, Addison, Local Government Law Section newsletter editor, and Robin L. Perry of Perry & Associates, Spring Grove, past chair of the Local Government Law Section Council. 2:15 p.m. – Find What You Need: Eminent Domain Revealed, with Jean Wenger of the Cook County Law Library, Chicago. 2:45 p.m. – Malpractice Prevention and Lessons Learned, with Thomas W. Dillon of Konicek & Dillon, St. Charles. 3 p.m. – Judicial Panel, with Cook County Judges Alexander P. White, member of the ISBA Assembly and associate editor of the State and Local Taxation Section newsletter, and Rita M. Novak. 3:15 p.m. – Ethics Panel Discussion, with Dillon, White, Novak and Gregory J. Lafakis of Liston & Lafakis, Chicago.
Achieving Diversity Strategies for Achieving Diversity in Your Organization, a panel discussion presented by the Committee on Minority and Women Participation: 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon (MCLE accredited, 1.5 hours) Program coordinators and moderators are Betty Y. Jang of Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, and committee chair Alice M. Noble-Allgire of the Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale. Speakers will be announced.
Supreme Court Review Illinois Supreme Court Review: Recent Cases, Trends and Practice Before the Court: 1:30 to 4:45 p.m. (MCLE accredited, 2.75 hours) Program coordinator is ISBA past president J. Timothy Eaton of Shefsky & Froehlich, Chicago. 1:30 p.m. – Introduction by Appellate Justice Mary Jane Theis of Chicago, president of the Appellate Lawyers Association. 1:35 p.m. – Supreme Court Practice: Peti-tions for Leave to Appeal, Interlocutory Ap----peals, Supervisory Orders and Recent Changes Affecting Lawyers and Trial Judges. Speakers are Eaton, Theis, Appellate Justice Susan Fayette Hutchinson of Woodstock, Illinois Solicitor General Gary S. Feinerman of Chicago, and Michael T. Reagan of Herb-olsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, Ottawa. 2:35 p.m. – Civil Case Roundup, with Eaton, Hutchinson and Reagan. 3:45 p.m. – Criminal Case Roundup, with Feinerman and Hutchinson. |