ISBA News

The Illinois State Bar Association's Lawyer Finder service connects consumers to Illinois lawyers - by phone Mondays through Fridays, and around the clock at illinoislawyerfinder.com.

Here are the results for April 2013:

• 683 phone referrals made by Lawyer Finder staff
• Most requested areas of law: Family (117), Employment Law (75), Personal Injury (78), Criminal Law (68), Real Estate (66), Civil Disputes (51)

• 24,285 visits to IllinoisLawyerFinder.com (21,431 unique visitors)
• 635 clicks to Find a Lawyer (from campaign landing pages only)
• 898 unique calls to Find a Lawyer
• Top 3 online topics: Employment Law, General/Find a Lawyer, Divorce

Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service? Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.com

Clients should call (800) 922-8757.

Here is the Tellers report for the 2013 ISBA election:

CONTESTED RACES (winners in bold)

Third Vice-President – 1 to be elected

• Vincent F. Cornelius, Wheaton   2,016
• Carl R. Draper, Springfield           1,592

Board of Governors – Cook County – 4 to be elected

• Deane Beth Brown, Chicago                  434   
• Al Durkin, Chicago                              599   
• Karen McNulty Enright, Chicago           731   
• Celia Gamrath, Chicago                       851   
• Mark L. Karno, Chicago                         416             
• Pamela J. Kuzniar, Chicago                    372   
• Pamela Sakowicz Menaker, Wilmette      464       
• Timothy E. Moran, Chicago                             439   
• J. Damian Ortiz, Chicago                       343
• David Sosin, Orland Park                     567   

Board of Governors – Area 2 (Circuits 17, 19 and 22) – 1 to be elected

• Cheri N. Greenlee, Rockford                  108
• Elizabeth M. Rochford, Lake Forest       150
• Mark W. Simons, Waukegan                    50

Darryl K. McPherson, a United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, today received the 2013 Law Enforcement Award from the Illinois State Bar Association at a ceremony held at the E.M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, 219 S. Dearborn, in Chicago. ISBA President-elect Paula H. Holderman presented the award.

The ISBA’s Law Enforcement Award was created to recognize sworn law enforcement officers for conduct that promotes justice and to distinguish those individuals whose service to the public brings honor and respect to the entire criminal justice system. It is given sparingly to recognize those who truly excel in the field of law enforcement.

During his time at the helm of the U.S. Marshals Service for the Northern District of Illinois, Marshal McPherson has made a significant contribution to preventing and minimizing the impact of crime. He has also led the Marshals Service in getting involved in numerous community and charitable events that shed a favorable light on law enforcement.

The last day to vote in the ISBA election is tomorrow, April 30. VR Election Services, ISBA’s election provider, has e-mailed e-ballots to members with valid email addresses and mailed paper ballots to members without email addresses. If you haven’t received your e-ballot, please check your email spam under the suffix vres.us. If your e-ballot is not in your spam folder, or if you received an electronic ballot and want to vote by paper ballot, please contact VRES at (800) 218-4026 or by email at custserv@vres.us.

Online voting ends at 4:30 p.m. CT on Tuesday, April 30th. Paper ballots must be received at VR Election Services in Texas by 4:30 p.m. CT on Monday, April 29, in order to be counted.

View candidate bios at www.isba.org/elections/bios