Member Groups

IBJ Editorial Board

The mission of the Standing Committee on IBJ Editorial Board is

  • To serve as a board of editors of the Illinois Bar Journal and, in such capacity;
  • To supervise, assist, and advise in the editing and distributing of section council newsletters and Illinois Courts Bulletin.
  • Supervise administration of the advertising sales program for Association publications.
  • Contribute or obtain contributions of articles of interest to the Association for publication in the Illinois Bar Journal and provide general guidance to section council newsletter editors and the editor of the Illinois Courts Bulletin to ensure that the contents of these publications are of high quality and contain materials and information of interest to members of the Association.

Consists of an editor-in-chief (to serve two years), associate editor, secretary, immediate-past editor-in-chief ex officio and 12 additional members. Lay members are authorized.

Standing Committee Roster

  • Gary R. Gehlbach, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine LLC, Dixon, Chair
  • Maria N. Berger, Byron, Vice-Chair
  • Mark E. Zumdahl, Ward Murray Pace & Johnson PC, Sterling, Secretary
  • Hon. Thomas M. Harris, Jr., Appellate Court for the Fourth Judicial Dist, Lincoln, Ex-Officio
  • Alisa B. Arnoff, Scalambrino & Arnoff LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Kerry J. Bryson, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Member
  • Ava M. George Stewart, Law Office of Ava George Stewart, Chicago, Member
  • Timothy A. Gutknecht, Stumpf & Gutknecht PC, Columbia, Member
  • James W. Hilliard, Chicago, Member
  • Thomas J. Hunter, Hon Richard P Goldenhersh Appellate Court of Illinois, Belleville, Member
  • Michele M. Jochner, Schiller DuCanto and Fleck LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Travis J. Ketterman, Whitfield McGann & Ketterman, Geneva, Member
  • Theodore R. LeBlang, Springfield, Member
  • George F. Mahoney, Mahoney Silverman & Cross LLC, Joliet, Member
  • Vesna Marusic, Amari & Locallo, Chicago, Member
  • Pamela S. Menaker, Clifford Law Offices, Wilmette, Member
  • Robert T. Park, Califf & Harper PC, Moline, Member
  • Willis R. Tribler, Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C., Chicago, Member
  • Peter S. Trotter, GROWMARK Inc, Bloomington, Member
  • Andrew W. Vail, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Vincent F. Cornelius, Cornelius Law Office, Wheaton, Board Liaison
  • Mark S. Mathewson, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison