[caption id="attachment_5253" align="alignright" width="300" caption="ISBA 2nd Vice President Mark Hassakis, Cook County Bar President Marian E. Perkins-Phillips, Special White House Assistant Kareem Dale, WBAI President Patrice Ball-Reed and ISBA President John O'Brien"][/caption]
Kareem Dale, Special White House Assistant in the Office of Public Engagement, visited with the Illinois State Bar Association and local bar associations Monday to seek feedback on issues including Disability Law, Civil Rights and other justice-related issues.
The meetings were held at the ISBA's Chicago regional office, 20 S. Clark.
Chicago Area
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November 2, 2009 |
Events
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November 2, 2009
Central Illinois
- Lawyer: DNA tests to allow Snow to amend petition for new trial, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Courtroom gesture earns McHenry Co. man 6-month jail term, Daily Herald
- Neumann Homes sues towns to recover fees, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Judge to decide whether Joyce Meyer should be party to Coleman civil suit, Belleville News-Democrat
State
- Ill. abortion notification law to take effect, Daily Herald
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October 30, 2009
Central Illinois
- Defendants give different accouts of 2006 attack, Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago area
- Judge allows testimony about Dugan's brain deficiencies, Chicago Tribune
- Jail cook indicted in pot-smuggling scheme, Chicago Tribune
- Drinker Biddle lays off 22 associates, plans to eliminate lockstep, ABA Journal
- Jimmy John's sued over Turkey Tom sandwich, Chicago Tribune
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October 29, 2009
Central Illinois
- Prosecutors: al-Qaida sleeper agent should get 15 years, Chicago Tribune
- Judge grants bond reduction to woman in Beason case, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Tazewell approves settlement with injured jail inmate, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Elmhurst man accused of running $28 million Ponzi scheme, Chicago Tribune
- Bond set at $3 million for fugitive in Hanover Park standoff, Daily Herald
- Woman gets prison for drug test trickery, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Government to mark 100th anniversary of East St. Louis Federal Courthouse, Belleville News-Democrat
- Judge sentences Baron and Budd attorney to week in jail for "grandstanding," The Madison Record
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October 28, 2009 |
Events
The Illinois State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division will host its 12th Annual Holiday Party to benefit the Illinois Bar Foundation/Young Lawyer's Division Children's Assistance Program on Dec. 4 from 6-10 p.m. at the Cubby Bear, 1059 W. Addison. Over $150,000 has been raised to establish children's waiting rooms throughout Illinois and to provide assistance to other child related legal programs. The YLD Children's Assistance Fund is a special fund of the Illinois Bar Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable entity.
- When: Friday, December 4, 2009, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Where: The Cubby Bear Wrigleyville 1059 W. Addison (map and directions)
- What: Complimentary Cover Charge, Open Bar, Appetizers, and LIVE MUSIC
- Cost: $35.00 per person for tickets purchased through November 20 $30.00 per law student for tickets purchased through November 20 $40.00 after November 20 and at the door per person and per law student
- Deadline to register online: December 2
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October 28, 2009
Central Illinois
- Harris Brothers face 60-plus count indictment in Beason slayings, Bloomington Pantagraph
- Sentencing hearing for al-Marri underway, Peoria Journal Star
- Beebe pleads not guilty to disorderly conduct charge; December jury trial set, Quincy Herald Whig
Chicago area
- Jury weighs Aurora rape, kidnapping case, Daily Herald
- Chicago terror suspect could face new charge, Chicago Sun-Times
- Man pleads not guilty to watching women sleep, Aurora Beacon News
- Sailor pleads guilty to molesting Lincolnshire girl, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Belleville attorney and wife claim injuries in auto accident, The Madison Record
State
- "My Cousin Vinny," "Training Day" cited in court rulings, Chicago Tribune
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October 27, 2009
Central Illinois
- Tazewell County set to approve settlement in jail beating, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Drew Peterson suing JP Morgan Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
- 4 years in prison for U.S. marshal in mob leak case, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- Alton officer's conviction puts prosecution of 1,300 cases in doubt, Belleville News-Democrat
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October 27, 2009 |
ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_5039" align="alignright" width="300" caption="IBF Board Member Caesar Tabet of Chicago presents a $5,000 grant check to Brendan Short of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago."][/caption] The Illinois Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce a $5,000 grant to Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago, one of 32 grants awarded in 2009 totaling $304,995. The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law champions economic opportunity through fair laws and policies so that people can move out of poverty permanently. Their attorneys and advocates engage in a wide range of activities, including policy development, impact litigation, community organizing, education, information sharing, and administrative, legislative and media advocacy. While the organization is national is scope, many of the programs it operates focus exclusively on Illinois and it translates those experiences to the national level. This grant specifically supports its Safe Homes Initiative. According to the US Department of Justice, women living in rental housing experience intimate partner violence at three times the rate of women who own their homes. Illinois' Safe Homes Act permits a victim of domestic violence who lives in rental housing to break her lease early or request an emergency lock change if she believes there is an imminent threat of domestic violence against herself or her family.
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October 26, 2009
Chicago area
- Lombard man says legal team failed him during assault trial, Daily Herald
- Judge delays decision on Block 37 receivership, Chicago Business
Central Illinois
- Scheuring says "it's time to face new challenges" as he announces plans to retire as 8th Judicial Circuit Judge, Quincy Herald Whig
- Florida woman pleads not guilty in Beason case, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Trial of former deputy clerk postponed, Bloomington Pantagraph
Southern Illinois
- Sauget fire chief charged with drunken driving in village vehicle, Belleville News-Democrat
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October 26, 2009 |
ISBA News | Practice News
[caption id="attachment_5018" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Appearing on the shows are (front, from left) program moderator John T. Theis, a Chicago lawyer; Cecil J. Hunt II, a professor at The John Marshall Law School; and Michele M. Jochner, judicial law clerk to Justice Charles Freeman of the Illinois Supreme Court; and (rear) Hon. Leonard Murray, an associate judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County"][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association's Illinois Law cable program will air "Review of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decisions" throughout the month of November. This two-part series will air on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on CAN-TV Cable Channel 21. Appearing on the shows will be program moderator John T. Theis, a Chicago lawyer; Cecil J. Hunt II, a professor at The John Marshall Law School; Michele M. Jochner, judicial law clerk to Justice Charles Freeman of the Illinois Supreme Court; and Hon. Leonard Murray, an associate judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County Part 1 will air on Nov. 3 and Nov.