Office of Third Vice President, 6 Seats on Board of Governors, 127 Cook County Assembly Seats to be Filled
Below is a listing of the offices in the Illinois State Bar Association to be filled at the 2004 annual election. Those elected to the Board of Governors and Assembly take office on June 19, 2004 and the third vice president takes office on June 17, 2004 and the third vice-president takes office on June 20. Pertinent information and the requirements of the bylaws governing nomination of candidates and election procedures follow the listing.
| Office and Term | No. to be elected | Incumbent(s) |
| Third Vice President no incumbent* | 1 | |
| Board of Governors | ||
| ALL THREE YEAR TERMS | ||
| Under Age 37 - | 1 | David C. Nelson, Belleville |
| (Downstate) | ||
| Cook County | 3 | Umberto S. Davi, Western Springs** Debra DiMaggio, Chicago** Russell W. Hartigan, Chicago** |
| Area II (17th & 19th Circuits) | 1 | H. Case Ellis, Crystal Lake |
| Area V 5th, 6th, 11th Circuits) | 1 | John E. Thies, Urbana |
| Assembly, 3 year term | ||
| 1st Circuit – | 2 | Richard D. Murray, Anna ** Mark D. Prince, Carbondale |
| 2nd Circuit – | 1 | Eric James Dirnbeck, Benton ** Henry P. Villani, Mt. Vernon |
| 3rd Circuit – | 4 | Joseph R. Bartylak, Alton John J. Hopkins, Edwardsville ** John J. Rekowski, Collinsville Hon. Richard L. Tognarelli, Edwardsville |
| 4th Circuit – | 2 | Edward T. Graham, Jr., Taylorville Daniel E. Hartigan, Newton |
| 5th Circuit – | 2 | Barbara L. Delanois, Danville ** S. Craig Smith, Paris |
| 6th Circuit – | 5 | Rex L. Brown, Decatur Thomas A. Bruno, Urbana Brian L. McPheters, Champaign Bradford J. Peterson, Urbana ** John T. Phipps, Champaign ** |
| 7th Circuit – | 6 | Donald M. Craven, Springfield ** Carl R. Draper, Springfield David K. Harris, Springfield ** Charles J. Northrup, Springfield Thomas P. Schanzle-Haskins, Springfield Val C. Simhauser, Springfield ** |
| 8th Circuit – | 1 | Babette L. Brennan, Quincy |
| 9th Circuit – | 1 | Pamela S. Wilcox, Galesburg |
| 10th Circuit – | 5 | Julian E. Cannell, Peoria ** John Edward Cassidy, III, Peoria ** Burt L. Dancey, Peoria Phillip B. Lenzini, Peoria ** Robert Hamilton Rennick, Jr., Galva |
| 11th Circuit – | 4 | Hon. Paul G. Lawrence, Bloomington ** Ronald L. Lewis, Bloomington Michael T. Scott, Decatur *** Jean A. Swee, Bloomington |
| 12th Circuit – | 4 | Myles L. Jacobs, Joliet Randal J. Miller, Joliet Laird M. Ozmon, Joliet ** |
| 13th Circuit – | 2 | George G. Leynaud, Peru Louis E. Olivero, Peru |
| 14th Circuit – | 3 | William L. Cleaver, Moline John F. Doak, Rock Island Philip E. Koenig, Rock Island |
| 15th Circuit – | 1 | Susan M. Witt, Rock City |
| 16th Circuit – | 7 | Richard D. Larson, Sycamore Thomas E. Mueller, St. Charles Lisa M. Nyuli, Elgiin Steven N. Peskind, Geneva Michelle D. Porro, Aurora Gary M. Vanek, Elgin** |
| 17th Circuit – | 4 | Kathryn A. Bischoff, Rockford Frank A. Perrecone, Rockford Nerino J. Petro, Jr., Loves Park Charles J. Prorok, Rockford ** |
| 18th Circuit – | 15 | Stephen W. Baker, Chicago*** Brenda M. Carroll, Winfield Paul P. Didzerekis, Wheaton Joseph R. Fortunato, Jr., Westmont Glenn R. Gaffney, Glendale Heights James A. Geraghty, Wheaton Angela Imbierowicz, Oak Brook John Francis Knobloch, Naperville ** Steven B. Levy, Naperville James F. McCluskey, Downers Grove Colleen M. McLaughlin, Wheaton Elizabeth W. Sexton, Wheaton Alfred A. Spitzzeri, Naperville ** Thomas E. Sullivan, Wheaton ** Thomas F. Sullivan, Jr., Wheaton ** Laura M. Urbik-Kern, Elmhurst |
| 19th Circuit – | 13 | Terrence J. Brady, Libertyville Michael T. Caldwell, Woodstock Ann B. Conroy, Waukegan Hon. Wallace B. Dunn, Waukegan Steven Gregory English, Crystal Lake Christopher S. Haaff, Woodstock John J. Horeled, Crystal Lake ** David W. McArdle, Crystal Lake Dennis P. Ryan, Jr., Libertyville Lisle A. Stalter, Waukegan James S. Tukesbrey, Waukegan Elizabeth Felt Wakeman, Lake in the Hills Bernard Wysocki, Waukegan |
| 20th Circuit – | 5 | Donald Bigham, Pickneyville ** Jeffrey S. Hammel, Belleville John Warner Hoffman, Belleville Julie K. Katz, Belleville Russell K. Scott, Swansea |
| 21st Circuit – | 1 | Michael R. Bertz, Kankakee ** |
| Assembly - Cook County | 39 | Thomas M. Battista, Chicago ** |
| THREE YEAR TERMS | Nathan G. Brenner, Morton Grove David L. Buffen, Chicago Dennis J. Burke, Chicago Robert Owen Carroll, Jr., Chicago Franco A. Coladipietro, Chicago ** Francesco E. DiVito, Rosemont ** Anthony Benedict Ferraro, Rosemont David Figlioli, Chicago Celia G. Gamrath, Chicago ** Martin L. Glink, Arlington Hts. Mauro Glorioso, Westchester ** Gerald G. Goldberg, Chicago ** Donnalyn Medley Gurgiolo, Arlington Hts. Paula H. Holderman, Chicago Michael B. Hyman, Chicago Anthony A. Iosco, Elk Grove Village Samuel H. Levine, Chicago ** Brian P. Liston, Chicago Robert A. Loeb, Chicago Adela Casandra Lucchesi, Chicago Bryan P. Lynch, Chicago Richard P. Miller, Arlington Hts. Mary R. Minella, Chicago ** Joseph J. Miroballi, Chicago ** Phillip J. Mohr, Chicago Christina Mungai, Chicago Ronald J. Nelson, Arlington Hts. John L. Nisivaco, Chicago ** John K. Norris, Chicago Kevin E. O'Reilly, Chicago Paul George O'Toole, Chicago Angela E. Peters, Arlington Hts. Maureen Catherine Pikarski, Chicago Thomas A. Polachek, Chicago ** Antonio Maurizio Romanucci, Chicago ** Naomi H. Schuster, Palos Heights ** Bruno J. Tassone, Chicago ** Lawrence J. Weiner, Chicago ** | |
* Under the bylaws the third vice-president automatically succeeds to the office of second vice-president; therefore, there is no incumbent for this office.
** Ineligible to succeed due to term limitations
*** Not eligible for re-election from this circuit.
NOMINATION
Any member of the Association in good standing at the close of the nominating period may be nominated for third vice president, Board of Governors member or Assembly member from those geographical areas in which there are vacancies and he/she resides.
Voting Address. Bylaws Sec. 1.11 reads: For purposes of voting and candidacy for ISBA elected office, a member's voting address shall be their primary legal office as designated by the member. If a member's primary legal office is not within the state of Illinois, such member may designate their Illinois residence as their voting address; if no voting address is designated, the member shall be considered a non-resident.
Nominations must be in writing. (See Election Policy Para. 6.1) Printed copies of the nominating petitions are available upon request to the Office of the Executive Director, Illinois Bar Center, Springfield, IL 62701. (Telephone toll free 800/252-8908, fax 217/525-0712 or email jhibbs@isba.org )
Nominating petitions may be filed no earlier than January 15, 2004 and must be filled by 4:30 p.m. on February 17, 2004 at either the Illinois Bar Center in Springfield or the ISBA Chicago Office at 20 S. Clark St., Chicago. Petitions must be physically submitted with original signatures. Petitions submitted via email or fax will not be accepted. (See Election Policy Para. 6.3)
The ISBA Policy and Procedures on Association Elections (as adopted by the Assembly June 20, 1998) are online in PDF format at www.isba.org/Directory/policyonelection.pdf. All members of the Association in good standing (except student members) are eligible to vote for the office of third vice-president.
Eligible ISBA members residing in the areas in which there are contested elections may vote. Members residing in Cook County vote for Cook County Board of Governors members, the Under Age 37 candidates and Assembly members from Cook County. In those instances where there is a contest, all members residing in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th judicial districts may vote for Under Age 37 candidates nominated from these districts and for Board of Governors members from the member's area.
In order to receive a ballot and vote in the election a member's dues must be paid by March 1, 2004 for the period ending June 30, 2004.
ROBERT E. CRAGHEAD,
Executive Director
All persons interested in seeking office should carefully read this policy.
VOTING