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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.
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ISBA News
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December 10, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
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December 9, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
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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.
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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 8, 2010 |
ISBA News | Member Services
The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of November 2010 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
- Administrative Law - 5
- Animal Law - 4
- Bankruptcy - 15
- Business Law - 13
- Civil Disputes - 53
- Civil Rights - 21
- Collection - 18
- Consumer Protection - 22
- Contracts - 4
- Criminal Law - 66
- Education Law -23
- Elder law - 3
- Employment Law -109
- Estate/Probate Law -20
- Family - 129
- Government Benefits -14
- Health Law - 6
- Immigration - 3
- Insurance Disputes - 3
- Intellectual Property - 6
- Municipal Law - 29
- Personal Injury - 79
- Real Estate - 54
- Social Security - 14
- Tax - 2
- Workers Compensation - 11
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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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December 6, 2010 |
ISBA News
The Illinois State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division recently received an ABA Award of Achievement in recognition of the group's Children Assistance Fund. These awards are designed to encourage project development by recognizing the time, effort, and skills expended by young lawyer organizations in implementing public service and bar service projects in their communities. The ISBA YLD Children’s Assistance Fund, in concert with the Illinois Bar Foundation, seeks to provide grants to organizations across the state related to children and law. It also focuses on providing children's waiting rooms available at courthouses around the state. ABA YLD Chair-Elect Michael Bergmann (right) presented the award to (from left) YLD Secretary Meghan O'Brien, YLD Immediate Past Chair Kelley Gandurski and YLD Chair Bob Fink.
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December 6, 2010 |
ISBA News
The Austin Fleming Newsletter Editors Award honors outstanding editors of ISBA newsletters. The award is based on meritorious service to the Association and is not necessarily to be given every year. Some criteria to be considered:
- Length of service as editor or co-editor
- Quality of work in writing and editing material for publication
- Importance of subject matter to the newsletter’s audience
- Reputation of the editor in the field covered by the newsletter
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December 3, 2010 |
ISBA News | Member Services
The 2010 Guide to Illinois Statutes of Limitation contains Illinois civil statutes of limitation enacted and amended through September 2010, with annotations. Designed as a quick reference for practicing attorneys, it provides deadlines and court interpretations and a handy index listing statutes by Act, Code, or subject. Initially prepared by Hon. Adrienne W. Albrecht and updated by Hon. Gordon L. Lustfeldt. Published November 2010; 86 pages. Printed Book (Includes tax and shipping) * Member Advantage: $35.00 * Non-Members: $45.00 FastBook (Available for download now!) * Member Advantage: $32.50 * Non-Members: $42.50 For more information and to purchase a book visit www.isba.org/store/books/2010guidetoillinoisstatutesoflimitation. For questions or to purchase by phone please call Janice Ishmael at 800.252.8908 or e-mail her at jishmael@isba.org.
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December 2, 2010 |
ISBA News | People
Every year the ISBA Young Lawyers Division sponsors the Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest, which is open to all YLD members and awards $3,500 in prize money for the best article on “useful, practical…topics important to practicing lawyers,” to quote the rules. The first-place winner appears in the February Illinois Bar Journal, but many of the nonwinning articles also appear in the IBJ. It’s always a competitive field, and winning is a big deal in which the authors can take great pride. So congrats to these distinguished lawyers: first place, David C. Holland and Gilbert C. Lenz, Chicago, who wrote "Immigration Bias and Jury Selection in Illinois"; second place, Matthew S. Dionne, Mt. Vernon, who wrote "After Union Planters: Its Implications and Avoiding Malpractice"; and third place, Sarah A. Smith, Chicago, for "Is There Anonymous Online Speech in Illinois? Rule 224 versus the First Amendment." The first place winners will each receive a check for $1,000 (splitting the $2,000 prize), second place $1,000, and the third place $500. We want to thank our distinguished contest judges as well: Justice Susan F. Hutchinson of Woodstock and the second appellate district; Retired Judge Stephen E. Walter, Grayslake; Karen A. Enright, Chicago, an ISBA Board of Governors member; Paul A. Meints, Bloomington, a longtime and active ISBA volunteer; and frequent IBJ contributor Beth C. Boggs of St. Louis.
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November 18, 2010 |
ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_16145" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Illinois Bar Foundation President Vincent Cornelius passes the gavel to new IBF President George Mahoney at the Foundation’s recent board meeting. Mahoney will serve until 2012."][/caption] Illinois Bar Foundation President Vincent Cornelius, of the Law Offices of Vincent F. Cornelius, recently passed the gavel to Board Vice President George F. Mahoney, of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, making Mahoney the new President of the IBF Board of Directors for 2010-2012. Also nominated that day was board member Shawn Kasserman of Corboy & Demetrio, who will be Secretary of the Executive Committee for the next two years. Mahoney is a Gold Fellow of the IBF, and is also the previous Chair of the IBF Development Committee. Kasserman is a Diamond Fellow, was the 2009 Board Gala Chair, and is the current Development Committee Chair. Cook County Circuit Judge Debra Walker was previously appointed as IBF Vice President. She will serve for two years after Mahoney’s term.
