Boomer-lawyers’ transitions from practice is subject of Senior Lawyers CLE panels
Now in its second year, the ISBA Senior Lawyers Section has scheduled another series of seminars designed for the attorney who is age 55 or older or has practiced for 25 years or more.
Titled “From Legal Practice to What’s Next: The Boomer-Lawyer’s Guide to a Smooth Transition,” the programs will take place from 12:25 to 5:15 p.m. on consecutive Fridays in June, as follows:
June 6 at the Illinois Education Association, Springfield; June 13 at the ISBA Chicago Regional Office, and June 20 at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
The section also plans to publish its inaugural newsletter this month.
Lawyers who may be approaching retirement age, but do not necessarily plan to fully retire, can taper their practices to make time for personal interests that had been sidelined.
A successful transition requires careful planning, and that is the objective of these seminars. The moderator will be ISBA past president Loren S. Golden of Elgin.
After opening remarks by Golden, a full slate of timely topics will be presented by speakers who are well-informed on issues that affect the senior lawyer.
12:30 p.m. – Rule of Professional Con-duct 1.17: Sale of a Law Practice and Transitioning Your Practice, with John H. Maville of the Law Offices of John H. Maville, Belvidere.
1:15 p.m. – ARDC on Receiverships under Supreme Court Rule 776, with John R. Cesario of Chicago, senior counsel of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
1:40 p.m. – Registration Status with ARDC, with John Cesario.
1:45 p.m. – Malpractice Insurance Con-siderations, with Loren Golden and Kurt Bounds of the ISBA Mutual Insurance Co., Chicago.
2:30 p.m. – File Retention, with John Cesario.
3 p.m. – Lawyers’ Assistance Program Issues Facing Aging Lawyers and Col-leagues, with Susan C. Riegler of LAP’s Chicago office.
4:30 p.m. – Pro Bono Opportunities.
Speakers in Springfield are Daniel M. Moore Jr. of Moore, Susler, McNutt & Wrigley, Decatur; Bill Brown of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Springfield; Michael O’Connor, executive director of Prairie State Legal Services, Rockford, and Lisa Wilson, managing attorney of Prairie State’s Peoria office.
Speakers in Chicago are Richard Hess of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago; Margaret C. Benson, executive director of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation; John J. Held of McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Chicago; Michael O’Connor, and Linda Rothnagel managing attorney of Prairie State’s Waukegan Office.
The speaker in Carbondale is Joan Spiegel, managing attorney of Land of Lincoln’s Alton office.
4:45 p.m. – Mentoring. Speakers are Peter Rotskoff, senior counsel of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, in Springfield; Jill P. O’Brien of Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, in Chicago, and Janet Grove of Hefner, Ebersbacher, Tapella, Armstrong & Grove, Matton, in Carbondale.
This seminar is accredited for 4.0 hours of MCLE.