Member Groups

Bar Services & Activities

The mission of the Standing Committee on Bar Services & Activities is

  • To recommend, monitor, and promote services, member benefits, activities and programs for Association members. Supervise a continuing program of member benefits.
  • Plan and supervise programs and conferences for local and organized bar associations and additional segments of the Association.
  • Promote the affiliated bar association program for local and organized bar associations.
  • Be available to assist as needed the President and other ISBA officers in planning and arranging among the members of the bar the Annual and Midyear meetings.
  • Supervise and assist in the promotion of the Association group travel programs and travel programs by the President.

Find out out more about our Affiliated Bar Association Grant Program

See pictures from the ISBA Group Admission Ceremony on June 1 to the U.S. Supreme Court on illlinoislawyernow.com

Standing Committee Roster

  • Athena T. Taite, ARDC, Chicago, Chair
  • John J. Horeled, Crystal Lake, Vice-Chair
  • Dawn R. Hallsten, Rockford, Secretary
  • Nancy G. Easum, Illinois State Police Academy, Springfield, Ex-Officio
  • Robert H. Alvine, Law Offices of Alvine & Alvine, Moline, Member
  • Lisa A. Burks, Lisa Burks Law Offices PC, Chicago, Member
  • Pepi Camerlingo, Avery Camerlingo & Kill LLC, Chicago, Member
  • John E. Gadau, Zimmerly, Gadau & Otto, Champaign, Member
  • Timothy W. Kelly, Kelly Law Offices, Bloomington, Member
  • Phillip B. Lenzini, Kavanagh Scully Sudow White & Frederick, Peoria, Member
  • Bruce D. Locher, Law Office of Bruce D Locher, Springfield, Member
  • Michael J. Maslanka, Sacks Goreczny Maslanka & Costello PC, Chicago, Member
  • Dennis J. Orsey, Dennis J Orsey P C, Granite City, Member
  • Gary T. Rafool, Rafool Bourne & Shelby PC, Peoria, Member
  • Sherri R. Rudy, Sharon R Rudy PC, Rockford, Member
  • Hon. Andrea M. Schleifer, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Member
  • Julie Ann Sebastian, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago, Member
  • Richard M. Seligman, Richard M. Seligman PC, Highland Park, Member
  • Justin Marshall Smit, Wheaton, Member
  • Letitia Spunar-Sheats, Women's Legal Services Center PC, Chicago, Member
  • Angela B. Wartowski, Chicago, Member
  • Lisa M. Nyuli, Ariano Hardy Ritt Nyuli Richmond Lytle & Goettel PC, South Elgin, Board Liaison/CLE Committee Liaison
  • Janet M. Sosin, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Staff Liaison