The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that C. Kate Moreland is appointed Circuit Judge of Cook County, at Large, to the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Victoria A. Stewart. This appointment is effective September 20, 2010, and terminates on December 3, 2012.
Chicago Area
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September 9, 2010 |
Practice News
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September 9, 2010 |
Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Kane County State’s Attorney John A. Barsanti as a Circuit Court Judge in the 16th Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael J. Colwell. The appointment is effective December 1, 2010 and terminates December 3, 2012. Mr. Barsanti, elected as state’s attorney in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, has a total of 27 years as a prosecutor dating to 1979, two years after law school, when he first joined the office. Mr. Barsanti received his Bachelor of Science degree from Carroll College and his juris doctorate from Kent College of Law in Chicago in 1977. He worked for two years in the Illinois Department of Labor before joining the state’s attorneys office. He also worked for the Illinois Appellate Prosecutor’s Office from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Barsanti is a member of the Capital Litigation Bar -- qualified to try death penalty cases --and was appointed to the Capital Litigation Screening Committee by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. He is a member of the Kane County Bar Association, and has been a criminal law instructor at Waubonsee Community College and has served as a faculty member at training seminars for the State Appellate Prosecutor’s Office. He was born and raised in Cicero, and has been a resident of Kane County since 1972. He is married, and the couple has four children.
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September 9, 2010
State
- George Ryan, asking to be released, says wife "terminally ill", Chicago Tribune
Chicago area
- Drugs, knives hidden among the flowers outside courthouses, Chicago Sun-Times
- Lombard crackdown brings 6 DUI arrests, Daily Herald
Nation
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September 1, 2010
Chicago area
- Longtime judge announces retirement, Daily Chronicle
- Kane County State's Attorney eyes judgeship, Daily Herald
- Lawsuit filed over emergency landing at O'Hare, Chicago Tribune
Nation
- Court: University of Wis. must fund prayer activities, Chicago Tribune
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August 31, 2010
Chicago area
- Schaumburg man living in yard gets wish: A jury trial, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- 60 motorists cited or arrested by St. Clair County deputies during roadside safety checks, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
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August 31, 2010 |
ISBA News
RtI – Response to Intervention and Basics of Special Education Law, two half-hour programs presented by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), will air on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago, during the month of September. Response to Intervention will air on Tuesdays, Sept. 7 and 21 at 10 p.m., and Basics of Special Education Law will air on Tuesdays, Sept. 14 and 28 at 10 p.m. Appearing on the shows are (from left) John A. Dively, Jr., J.D., Ed.D., associate professor and chair of educational leadership at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston; program moderator Nancy Z. Hablutzel, a Chicago lawyer; Deborah E. Decker, an attorney at Tabet DiVito & Rothstein, LLC, in Chicago; and Mary Kay Klimesh, an attorney at Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago. “Illinois Law” is a cable production of the ISBA, and can now be viewed online at www.illinoislawyernow.com/tag/illinois-law-video.
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August 31, 2010 |
Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Lorna E. Propes as a Circuit Judge of Cook County, Seventh Subcircuit. This appointment is effective Sept. 10, 2010, and terminates on Dec. 3, 2012. This fills the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Lawrence W. Terrell.
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August 30, 2010 |
People
Thomas Leavens and Jerry Glover (at right), partners in Leavens, Strand & Glover, LLC, were among four entertainment and intellectual property lawyers who spoke at Chicago Theater (anti-) Conference on Sunday, August 22 at Theatre Wit on Chicago’s North Side. Marci Rolnik (center), legal director of Lawyers for the Creative Arts, moderated the discussion, which also included panelists (at left) Alan Salzenstein, a law professor at DePaul University, and Jeffrey Marks, an intellectual property attorney in private practice. The two-day conference, for representatives of young theater arts organizations, included presentations on the legal, marketing and fundraising issues facing Chicago theaters.
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August 27, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_14232" align="alignright" width="174" caption="Amie Joof"][/caption] Amie "Tukung" Joof passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. Amie graduated from St. Joseph’s High School, in The Gambia West Africa, in 1979. Upon completion of her high school studies, she worked in The Gambia in the Statistics Department as a junior clerk.
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August 27, 2010 |
People
Jenner & Block Partner and ISBA Past President Joseph G. Bisceglia has been selected to receive the Humanitarian Award of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce-Midwest (IACC). Mr. Bisceglia is receiving this award for his “outstanding charitable work with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, his long-standing support of and involvement in the Jenner & Block’s pro bono program, and his work for humanitarian causes as President of the Illinois State Bar Association." For the past century, the IACC has been recognizing the accomplishments of influential business men and women. Mr. Bisceglia has an extensive record of charitable service to the greater community. Since 1995, he has spent thousands of hours and other resources in support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the world leader in the treatment and research of childhood cancer, as a committee member of the hospital's annual "4 Stars of Chicago" fundraiser. He has served as co-chair of the event since 2006. During his service on the committee, the event has raised more than $5.4 million for the hospital. As part of his service to the bar, Mr. Bisceglia has been a consistent advocate for human rights and the rights of minorities and the underprivileged. As President of the Illinois State Bar Association, he instituted initiatives designed to increase diversity in the legal profession, including through civic education and educational pipeline programs, and succeeded in obtaining bar association support for resolutions on such issues as civil unions and death penalty reform. Mr. Bisceglia will receive the award at the IACC’s 103rd Annual Gala and Awards Dinner being held on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.