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Share stories and swap best practices with other solo and small firm lawyers from around the state at the 2010 ISBA Solo & Small Firm Conference’s Networking Reception at the Illinois Executive Mansion on Friday, Oct. 22. (Sponsored by ISBA Mutual Insurance Company) This event will be a great way to wind down after a day packed with programming and give you a chance to make some new personal and professional acquaintances (and catch up with old friends too) over food and drinks.
While there you’ll also be able to tour the official residence of the Governor of Illinois – a three-story red brick Italianate style mansion designed by Chicago architect John M. Van Osdel, completed in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Mansion is one of three oldest continuously-occupied governor’s mansion in the United States. The libraries, bedrooms, parlors, sitting rooms, etc. are maintained as they may have looked in the 1800s. The Mansion has hosted many important social events, including receptions for seven U.S.
Central Illinois
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July 7, 2010 |
Events
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July 7, 2010 |
Events
[caption id="attachment_12931" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Mark Curriden"][/caption] NYT bestselling author Mark Curriden (“Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching that Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism”) will be the morning plenary speaker at the 2010 ISBA Solo & Small Firm Conference on Friday, Oct . 22. He will be telling the true account (based on his book) of the only two African-American lawyers practicing law in Tennessee in 1906 and their representation of a black man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to death. This sequence of events led to the first and only criminal trial ever held in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Curriden will also be speaking at a breakout session later that day regarding “The News Media and Your Law Practice.” So who is Mark Curriden? He is a writer and frequent lecturer on topics including legal history, trends at the Supreme Court of the United States, the American jury system and relationships between lawyers and journalists. He has made presentations on these topics to numerous federal and state judicial organizations, state bar associations, law firms and law schools throughout the country. In April 2004, Mr. Curriden was appointed to serve on the ABA’s Blue Ribbon Panel on the future of the American jury system. Interested in learning more about Mr.
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June 30, 2010
Central Illinois
- Judge to review records improperly obtained by police in murder case, Bloomington Pantagraph
- Basketball player Hill dismissed from ISU after pleading guilty to sexual abuse, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Judge suspends Addison murder trial after witness refuses to testify, Daily Herald
- Wrongly convicted man gets $6.3 million from city, Chicago Tribune
- Driver guilty in crash that killed 5 Oswego teens, Daily Herald
SCOTUS
- Confirmation all but sure, Kagan ending hearings, Bloomington Pantagraph
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June 29, 2010
Central Illinois
- Court seeks to protect siblings of beating victim, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Judge rejects arguments that anti-depressants affected man's DUIs, Bloomington Pantagraph
- Theft trial delayed for former president of Danville Crimestoppers board, Champaign News-Gazette
- Alderman's solicitation trial set for October, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Facebook, Twitter and divorce, Chicago Tribune
- Senate OKs Feinerman for U.S.
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June 24, 2010 |
People
The law firm of Sgro, Hanrahan & Durr, LLP of Springfield, Illinois is proud to announce the affiliation of Ellen C. Bruce as an associate. Ms. Bruce is a 2005 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and obtained her undergraduate degree from the Colby College of Waterville, Maine. She has prior experience as an Assistant Attorney General with the General Law Division. She will be concentrating her practice in the field of general civil law including litigation, Workers' Compensation, automobile accidents and estate planning.
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June 22, 2010
Central Illinois
- Springfield man confirmed as U.S. Attorney for central Illinois, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Testimony: Alleged sexual assault victim feared "dungeon", Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Burge defense rests, Chicago Tribune
- Consumer group threatens lawsuit over McDonald's Happy Meal toys, Chicago Business
Nation
- In law schools, grades go up, just like that, New York Times
- Judge blocks offshore drilling moratorium, Chicago Tribune
- Law firms express "growing enthusiasm" for contract lawyers, ABA Journal
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June 15, 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 Seventh Judicial Circuit. The vacancy was created by the appointment of Justice Thomas R. Appleton to the Fourth District Appellate Court on June 4, 2010. Justice Appleton has been an at-large Circuit Judge in Springfield since 1992. 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. Notices of the vacancy has been posted in courthouses throughout the Circuit. The application form and instructions may be obtained by visiting the Illinois Supreme Court’s website at www.state.il.us/court and follow the instructions on the “Latest News” scroller announcing the Seventh Judicial Circuit vacancy. Applications must be submitted via mail to:
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- 3607 North Vermilion, Suite 1
- Danville, Illinois 61832
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June 14, 2010
Central Illinois
- Bank sues farmer over Towando Grain Co. money, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Tape: Blago and alleged shakedown, Chicago Tribune
- Algonquin man gets probation, hefty fine for growing pot indoors, Daily Herald
SCOTUS
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June 10, 2010
State
- Illinois foreclosure activity down in May, Chicago Business
- Judge to Blagojevich: Stop gesturing at trial, Springfield State Journal-Register
Central Illinois
- South Peoria man guilty of murder, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Witness: Burge said cop killer who claims he was beaten by police "got what he deserved," Chicago Sun-Times
Southern Illinois
- Owner of abused, abandoned pit bull gets probation; "she got off easy for what she did to him," Belleville News-Democrat
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June 8, 2010
Central Illinois
- Pelo lawyers try to get guilty verdict overturned, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Judge to Blagojevich: No tweeting in court; jury sworn in, Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Teachers Union to sue over class sizes, Chicago Sun-Times
- Death penalty not sought in Oak Brook New Year's Day murder, Daily Herald
- Lawyer accused of using ethnic, sexual slurs in court, Chicago Tribune
