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December 16, 2010 |
Events
The Chicago Alumni Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding at a Centennial Banquet on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the Hotel InterContinental on the Magnificent Mile, 505 North Michigan Ave. The celebration will begin with a reception at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and program commencing at 7:00 p.m. As part of festivities, the chapter and the fraternity's International Executive Board will be honoring Hon. James F. Holderman, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, with the Hon. Mary Ann G. McMorrow Distinguished Service to the Legal Profession Award. As this event is being held during the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., national holiday weekend, the group will also recognize Hon. Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, for his outstanding work in diversifying and administering one of the largest unified court system in the United States. Please consult the attached flyer for instructions regarding the purchase of tickets for this historic event. Payment may be made either by check, or electronically via PayPal.
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December 10, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_16616" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Honorees James Montgomery and Warren Lupel"][/caption] The Illinois Bar Foundation honored James D. Montgomery with its Honorary Fellows Award and Warren Lupel with its Distinguished Service Award at the 2010 Fellows Award Breakfast on Friday morning. Montgomery and Lupel were also honored together in 2000 as Laureate Award Winners. IBF Past President Vince Cornelius presented the Honorary Fellow Award to Montgomery and Sean Berkowitz presented the Distinguished Service Award to Lupel. Click here to view photos from this event.
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December 9, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_16544" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The three female members of the Class of 1960 who were honored (left to right): Charlotte Ziporyn, Carole Bellows and Claireen Herting. "][/caption]
For the 70th straight year, the Illinois State Bar Association conferred the title of "Distinguished Counsellor" on members of the bar for 50 years. ISBA Past President Carole K. Bellows reminded her classmates of the incredible progress made in the area of civil rights since the class passed the bar in 1960.
The luncheon kicks off the ISBA/IBJ Joint Meeting taking place through Saturday at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 E. North Water in Chicago. A full schedule of events is available here.
Click here to view pictures from the event.
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December 9, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
The agenda for Saturday's ISBA Assembly meeting is now available online. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 E. North Water, Chicago. The ISBA Assembly is the supreme policy making body of the Association and routinely meets twice a year.
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December 7, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association will honor the 1960 Class of Distinguished Counsellors on Wednesday at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers. Judge Carole K. Bellows, the country's first female bar association president will address her fellow classmates. A list of the 1960 Class members is below.
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November 30, 2010 |
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All sitting and retired members of the Illinois Supreme Court will be presented with the first annual “Harold Sullivan Award for Judicial Excellence” at the joint Midyear Meeting of the Illinois Judges Association (IJA) and Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) on Friday, December 10, at a 12 noon luncheon, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 E. North Water St. Created by IJA President Lewis M. Nixon, a judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the award was named in memory of the late Judge Harold Sullivan to salute the men and women who serve or have served with distinction on the state’s highest court. Judge Sullivan, who died earlier this year, was instrumental in helping expand the IJA in size and influence. Current justices who will be honored are Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Charles E. Freeman, Robert R. Thomas, Rita B. Garman, Lloyd A. Karmeier, Anne M. Burke and Mary Jane Theis. The retired, living justices who will receive the award are Benjamin K. Miller, James Heiple, John J. Stamos, Mary Ann G. McMorrow, Moses Harrison II, John L. Nickels, S. Louis Rathje, Thomas Fitzgerald and Phillip Rarick. Judge S. Gene Schwarm, Chief Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, will receive the IJA’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Judge Schwarm, who has served as chairman of the Conference of Chief Judges since September 2006, is also chair of the Illinois Supreme Court Judicial Mentoring Committee and co-chair of the Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council. Keynote speaker at the luncheon will be trial attorney, best-selling author, television anchor and legal analyst, Rikki Klieman, who has earned a sterling reputation as one of the nation’s most thoughtful legal authorities.
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November 11, 2010 |
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The Black Women Lawyers' Association will hold "Success in the Courtroom: An Inside Look at the Practice of Law from Behind the Bench" on Thursday, Nov. 18 from 11:45 a.m.-1:45 p.m. The event will be held at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, 525 W. Monroe, 19th floor. Lunch will be served. Contact Jessica Herman at (312) 577-8035 with questions.
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November 10, 2010 |
Events | People
[caption id="attachment_15966" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Front, left to right: Scholarship Recipients Jennifer Weston, Nicholas J. Liadis and Janet Soave. Rear, left to rigth: Chicago Alumni Chapter Scholarship Chair Hon. Julie-April Montgomery; Committee Member Sharon Hunt; Recipients Sierra Marie Falter, Megan Liston and Julie Pirtle; Chicago Alumni Chapter President Michele M. Jochner."][/caption] The Chicago Alumni Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity recently held its 2010 Justice Daniel P. Ward Law Student Scholarship Dinner. The Chicago Alumni Chapter annually awards scholarships to deserving law students, named in honor of the late Daniel P. Ward, who served the profession in a number of distinguished positions: Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Cook County State's Attorney, and Dean of DePaul University College of Law. Justice Ward was a model for the Fraternity's mission of service to the student, the school, the profession and the community, which is exemplified by this year's six recipients, who received a total of $5,000. $1,000 Awardees: Nicholas J. Liadis, DePaul University College of Law; Janet Soave, Loyola University School of Law. $750 Awardees: Megan Liston, The John Marshall Law School; Jennifer Weston, Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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November 4, 2010 |
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[caption id="attachment_15861" align="alignright" width="300" caption="White House senior advisor Valeria Jarrett (back row, left) attended the swearing-in of her daughter, Laura, and friend Anthony Balkissoon. Pictured in the front row are Supreme Court Justices Anne Burke, Charles Freeman and Mary Jane Theis."][/caption] More than 2,200 new attorneys were admitted to practice law in Illinois on Thursday with justices of the Illinois Supreme Court presiding and administering the oath at five separate locations. The largest group, 1,672, was admitted in the First Judicial District at McCormick Place West. New Justice Mary Jane Theis participated in her first admission ceremony with fellow justices Charles E. Freeman and Anne M. Burke. Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride presided over the Third Judicial District ceremony in Moline.