Chicago Area

Using Mediation to Settle Disputes 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 Saturday, March 13 at 11 a.m., and Monday, March 15, at 9 p.m. Appearing on the show to discuss mediation, increasingly being used as a tool to settle business and personal disputes outside of the courtroom, are three former Cook County judges who retired from the bench and now provide mediation services, including (from left) Karen Shields, James Henry, and Stephen A. Schiller.  Also pictured is Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jesse G. Reyes, a previous IJA president who serves as moderator. 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.

[caption id="attachment_8928" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Justice Susan F. Hutchinson"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8929" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Judge Jane Stuart"][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association will present "Celebrating Women in the Profession: Reach Out and Build Our Future" on Tuesday, March 9, at noon at the Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. The deadline for this event has been extended, register today and purchase a table for your firm at www.isba.org/celebratingwomen/rsvp. Special thanks to those who have already purchased tables:

• Avery, Camerlingo & Kill, LLC - Annemarie Kill
• Southern Illinois University School of Law - Alice Noble-Allgire
• Winston & Strawn - Paula Hudson Holderman
• Laner Muchin Dombrow Becker Levin & Tominberg Ltd.

[caption id="attachment_8928" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Justice Susan F. Hutchinson"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8929" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Judge Jane Stuart"][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association will present "Celebrating Women in the Profession: Reach Out and Build Our Future" on Tuesday, March 9, at noon at the Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. ISBA President John O’Brien will present Presidential Commendation Awards to 2nd District Appellate Justice Susan F. Hutchinson and Cook County Circuit Judge Jane L. Stuart. Judge Hutchinson received her B.A. in political science from Quincy University in 1971 and her J.D. from DePaul University School of Law in 1977. She served as an Assistant State's Attorney in McHenry County (1977-81) and a Judge in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (1981-94). In November 1994, she was elected as a Judge in the Appellate Court, Second District. Judge Stuart received her B.S. degree in education from Chicago State University in 1970 and her J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1985. She was the first African-American to be elected as a Student Bar Association Officer. She was an Attorney Examiner at Chicago Title Insurance Co.

Longtime tax attorney Frank Edelman passed away earlier this month at his Gold Coast home on the North Side of Chicago. Mr. Edelman received both his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from Northwestern University. Mr. Edelman balanced work as a real estate tax attorney doing "mitzvahs" -- good deeds. He represented worthy organizations for free when they needed help. Click here to read the full obituary in the Chicago Sun-Times.