Berger Schatz has announced that Brian J. Blitz and Claudia Gallo have become partners of the firm.
Blitz received his B.A. from the University of Texas in 1999 and his J.D. from the University of Illinois in 2002. He represents clients in all areas of family and matrimonial law, dispute resolution and litigation. Mr. Blitz is also the author of several articles on the financial aspects of divorce.
Gallo received her B.A. from Loyola University in 1996 and her J.D. from IIT-Kent in 1999. She represents clients in all areas of family and matrimonial law, including divorce, paternity and custody matters. Her work includes every aspect of representation necessary in family law matters such as contested court proceedings, complex negotiation and financial analysis.
Chicago Area
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April 30, 2010 |
People
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April 30, 2010
Nation
- Judge: Obama won't have to testify at Blagojevich trial, Chicago Sun-Times
- College student brought to court in chains after missing jury duty, ABC News
- As hundreds of law firms report e-mail scams, one loses bid for insurance coverage, ABA Journal
Central Illinois
- Bloomington man denied sex assault conviction reversal, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Judge denies gag order in McHenry murder case, Chicago Tribune
- Metra board hires attorney to investigate its director, Daily Herald
- Former Blago chief of staff enters new guilty plea, Chicago Tribune
- Foreclosure suit hits St.
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April 29, 2010
Chicago area
- Jury hears testimony in Kane County coroner probe, Daily Herald
- Jury ordered, again, to continue deliberations in sex case, Daily Herald
Nation
- Senate Committee Advances Federal Court Camera Access, The Blog of Legal Times
- Partner push-out: Nearly 8 percent of women partners were de-equitized, survey finds, ABA Journal
- With Missouri move, idea of uniform bar exam finally gets legs, ABA Journal
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April 29, 2010 |
People
Longtime municipal attorney Louis Cainkar, 98, passed away on April 20 at his Evergreen Park home. Mr. Cainkar was considered the pre-eminent municipal attorney in the southwest suburbs for decades. His timing for going into municipal law was propitious, as the Chicago area was in the midst of its postwar boom and suburban cities and villages were blossoming throughout the region. Over the years, his firm's clients included suburbs from Alsip to Summit in addition to many municipal units such as park and library districts. He was a hands-on attorney who sat through many long, tedious sessions of city councils and village boards. Read Mr. Cainkar's full obituary in the Chicago Tribune.
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April 28, 2010
Chicago area
- Des Plaines lawyer charged over bad checks, Daily Herald
- Murder suspect can't act as own attorney in retrial, Chicago Sun-Times
- 100 years old and facing foreclosure, Chicago Tribune
- Judge: Indiana doctor accused of fraud competent for trial, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- Judge O'Malley to retire July 31, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
- McDonald's Happy Meals on wrong end of the law in California county, Crain's Chicago Business
SCOTUS
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April 28, 2010 |
People
Noted civil liberties attorney Burton Joseph, 79, of Evanston, passed away late last month in San Francisco. Mr. Joseph was a partner in the Chicago law firm of Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson. He defended activists arrested at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, acted as executive director of the Playboy Foundation and was a founding member of Lawyers for the Creative Arts. In his most celebrated case, in the late 1970s, he successfully persuaded the American Civil Liberties Union to back the National Socialist Party of America --a Nazi group -- in its efforts to be allowed to march through heavily Jewish Skokie. As the son of Jewish cemetery owners on Chicago's West Side, Mr. Joseph's stand cost him some friends, but "though he violently disagreed with what the Nazis said, he strongly believed in their right to say it," his daughter Jody said. The Nazis were eventually allowed to march but decided to do so in Chicago instead. The battle was later dramatized in the TV movie, "Skokie," and inspired scenes in "The Blues Brothers." Obituaries for Mr. Joseph: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, New York Times
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April 28, 2010 |
People
Vincent F. Cornelius, J.D. ‘89, Attorney at Law and Principal in the law offices of Vincent F. Cornelius, has been named a recipient Northern Illinois University Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumni Award for the College of Law.
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April 27, 2010
Central Illinois
- Peoria County State's Attorney Lyons says office will handle smoking ban violations, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Doctor sues Chicago hospital after being attacked, Chicago Sun-Times
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April 27, 2010 |
Events
Retired U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Abner J. Mikva will be honored on Thursday, April 29, with the Union League Club of Chicago's Distinguished Public Service Award. A reception will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a luncheon at noon. The Union League Club is located at 65 W. Jackson, Chicago. Judge Mikva, a Hyde Park resident who has devoted much of his legal career to fostering civil rights to reduce prejudice in housing, employment and education, will be cited for his decades of exceptional commitment to community and country and scores of significant civic contributions, including service in all branches of government -- as an Illinois state legislator, a U.S. Congressman, legal advisor to a U.S. president and chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia circuit. Currently the senior director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School, Judge Mikva and his wife, Zoe, co-founded the Mikva Challenge, a non-partisan civic leadership program that encourages more than 5,000 Chicago youth to serve as election judges, volunteer for political campaigns, and create local activism projects to improve their schools and communities. According to Union League Club vice president, attorney Robert Karton, “this is a singular honor conferred on individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to civic or public service.” Judge Mikva joins a roster of previous Union League Club Distinguished Public Service awardees: entertainer Danny Thomas; Msgr. Ignatius McDermott, founder of Haymarket Center, a Chicago rehab institute; U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois judges Abraham Lincoln Marovitz and George N.
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April 27, 2010 |
Practice News
[caption id="attachment_10741" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Michael B. Hyman, Ameet Sachdev, Larry Yellen, Robert J. Anderson"][/caption] Media Coverage of the Courts will be the topic of Judicial Perspective, a half-hour cable program presented by the Illinois Judges Association (IJA), airing on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago, on Tuesdays, May 4 and May 18 at 10:30 p.m. Appearing on the show are program moderator Michael B. Hyman, a Cook County Circuit Court judge and IJA officer; Ameet Sachdev, a legal reporter for the Chicago Tribune; Larry Yellen, investigative reporter for Fox Chicago News; and Robert J. Anderson, a judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit. The Illinois Judges Association, formed in 1971, provides continuing legal support to members of the judiciary and education to the public on matters regarding the court system.
