Former ISBA Director of Publications Virgil Everett Tipton Jr. passed away on Nov. 19 at Rosewood Care Center in Edwardsville.
Mr. Tipton was a WWII veteran and received his journalism degree from the University of Missouri in 1948. He then moved to Springfield and began working at the State Journal-Register.
He became editor of the Illinois Bar Journal in 1960, a position he held until 1982.
Read the full obituary in the Springfield State Journal-Register.
Central Illinois
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November 24, 2010 |
People
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November 16, 2010 |
People
Madalyn Maxwell died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield after a brief illness. Ms. Maxwell was born in Nashville, Illinois on January 9, 1926, the daughter of (Illinois Supreme Court Justice) Ralph L. Maxwell and Beulah House Maxwell. She attended schools in Urbana and Nashville, Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and received her law degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana. She married Thomas H. McGary in Springfield on July 4, 1968. He preceded her in death in 1999.
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November 12, 2010 |
People
Susan H. Brandt, 59, Bloomington, died at 7:23 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2010) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Susan was born Dec. 20, 1950, in Bloomington, the daughter of William R. and Jean Kuhle Brandt. Susan grew up as a member of Second Presbyterian Church and had attended the Unitarian Universalist Church, both in Bloomington. She graduated from Bloomington High School in 1969, received her B.A. degree in economics from the University of Colorado in 1973 and her J.D. from the University of Georgia in 1977. Susan was a partner at Livingston, Barger, Brandt and Schroeder Law Firm, Bloomington. She was a member of the Illinois Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the McLean County Bar Association. She also helped organize the Women’s Lawyer Association. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, with the Rev. Susan Baller-Shepard officiating. A private family burial will be in Funks Grove Cemetery, Funks Grove. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Community Cancer Center, 407 E. Vernon Ave., Normal, IL 61761. She is survived by one son, Samuel H. Brandt, Bloomington; her father, William R.
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November 11, 2010 |
People
Frank E. DeSchepper, 85, passed away late last month at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. He was a longtime member of the ISBA Tort Section. Mr. DeSchepper was born in Chicago and graduated from DePaul University and DePaul Law School. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from 1943-1946. He was employed by Insurance Company of North America - which later became CIGNA - first in Chicago before transferring to Bloomington and then Peoria. Read the full obituary in the Bloomington Pantagraph.
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November 4, 2010 |
People
Miranda L. Soucie has joined the Central Illinois law firm of Spiros Law, P.C. as an associate attorney. Soucie recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2010. Soucie is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association - where she served as an Assembly Member in 2009, and the Vermilion County Bar Association. Spiros Law, P.C. offers experienced representation in a variety of person injury cases, including medical negligence, workplace injuries, serious traffic and trucking accidents, nursing home neglect and abuse and wrongful death.
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November 1, 2010 |
Practice News
Justice Rita B. Garman of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for a Circuit Court vacancy in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. The at-large vacancy is created by the retirement of Circuit Judge Theodore E. Paine effective November 3, 2010. Under the Illinois Constitution, judicial vacancies are filled by Supreme Court appointment. The application process will lead to final Court approval. The applicants will undergo an evaluation and screening process.
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October 26, 2010 |
Events | Practice News
By Chris Ruys A service offered at last week’s ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference in Springfield was a free, 15-minute consultation with me to participants who wanted answers to their burning business, marketing and PR questions. Some 30 lawyers signed up for a one-on-one session, which was underwritten by ISBA President Mark Hassakis. What were their most frequent questions? Here they are, with my responses.
- Show me the money. Many lawyers face an uphill battle to keep collections current. Clients won’t or can’t pay in a timely manner. As a business owner myself, I can understand their pain. Ask clients if they can at least make a partial payment. Sent out invoices regularly. Listen to your sixth sense if you think a prospective client is merely on a fishing expedition. Stop thinking you have to take the case of every single prospect who walks through the door.
- It’s just lunch. Some lawyers who network regularly can’t figure out why business is slow. The weekly business luncheon may enable you to rub shoulders with the town’s movers and shakers or like-minded lawyers, but if it’s not leading to new business, take action. Set up one-on-one breakfast and lunch meetings, find out what legal issues they face, and offer a solution.
- Get a web site. These days, there’s no excuse not to. Without one, you literally don’t exist in the virtual world.
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October 22, 2010 |
Events
Author and lawyer Mark Curriden enthralled the audience with his plenary speech Friday at the ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference. Curriden detailed the trial of Ed Johnson, chronicled in his book "Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Century of American Federalism." Curriden included many interesting tales and legal firsts brought on by the case, but the one most Illinois attorneys were taken with was the story of Noah Parden. Parden was an African-American attorney in Chattanooga who took on the Johnson's defense. He also took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fearing for his life after Johnson was lynched, Parden fled to Southern Illinois and practiced in East St. Louis for 40 years. He argued three cases in front of the Illinois Supreme Court. "I was born and raised in East St. Louis and have practiced law in St. Clair County since the 1970s and have never heard that story," ISBA Past President Jack Carey said. "What [Parden] did was remarkably brave." Curriden said it is unclear why Parden moved to Southern Illinois. It is believed that he had family in East St. Louis and that drew him there. Curriden said he learned everything he knows about Parden from St. Clair County Judge Milton Wharton. Curriden was drawn to the case of Ed Johnson while as a law student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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October 22, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association's Solo and Small Firm Conference continues today at the Springfield Hilton. Plenary speaker Mark Curriden will be presenting "Contempt of Court: A Lynching that Changed the American Justice System" and Dustin Cole will be presenting "Practice Pointers for the Changing Legal Landscape." Follow all of the action at IllinoisLawyerNow.com or on Twitter at #isbassf.
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October 21, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
ISBA's Solo & Small Firm Conference in Springfield (Hilton Springfield) kicks-off today! Interested in going and earning up to 14 hours MCLE credit, including 4 hours PMCLE credit? On-site registration is still available. Find out more at www.isba.org/conference. Follow all of the action at IllinoisLawyerNow.com or on Twitter at #isbassf.
