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'Music Man' Loren Golden melds jazz, jurisprudence"Loren Golden lives a parallel existence. By day, he's a trial attorney. By night, he's a jazz musician." That's the opening paragraph of a feature story about the ISBA past president that appeared in a recent entertainment section of the Elgin Courier News. "Elgin attorney's alternate life takes center stage" was the headline. Golden gave staff writer Gloria Carr his answer to law school peers who told him he'd have to choose between law and jazz piano as a career path. "Well, I tell people I still haven't made the choice. I still do both and I enjoy both," he said. So it was no surprise that Golden sat down at the piano during an ISBA Annual Meeting reception last month in St. Louis and, with David C. Thies of Urbana, belted out some enthusiastic jazz standards. President of the state bar association in 2002-03, Golden remains active as chair of the ISBA Senior Lawyers Section Council. He has been moderator for the recent series of Law Ed seminars titled "The Boomer-Lawyer's Guide to a Smooth Career Transition." His Elgin practice in personal injury and workers' compensation cases keeps him busy by day. Later on, he encourages his wife, 16th Circuit Judge Patricia Piper Golden, in her campaign for a subcircuit seat in the November election. Judge Golden, who also is active in the ISBA, has been a member of the Criminal Justice Section Council for several years. Many of Loren Golden's nights are spent in rehearsals for jazz performances, such as the one his group presented in the spring at the Elgin Art Showcase. The Loren Golden Quartet – piano, bass, guitar, drums and a guest vocalist – inaugurated the art center's Jazz Espial, a monthly series. Golden also was musical director, pianist and a singer in the Kane County Bar Association's 150th anniversary show on April 11 at the historic Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.
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