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The Illinois State Bar Association's Board of Governors welcomed five new members at a meeting Friday in Chicago.
The new members are: 3rd Vice President John E. Thies of Urbana, James M. McCluskey of Lisle, Lisa M. Nyuli of South Elgin and Russell K. Scott of Belleville. Gina Arquilla of Chicago was elected to fill the "under 37" Cook County seats.
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The Board elected Carl Draper of Springfield to serve as Secretary and Mauro Glorioso of Westchester as Treasurer.
Other actions taken included approving two professional ethics opinions in accordance with the Illinois Supreme Court's New Rules of Professional Conduct.
Northern Illinois
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July 20, 2009 |
ISBA News
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July 20, 2009
State
- Lawmakers stay in background of U. of I. scandal, State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Blago pal Monk won't plead not guilty tomorrow, Chicago Sun-Times
- Ex-NBA star Walker in court for gambling debts, Chicago Tribune
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July 20, 2009 |
Member Services
Ethics help is just a phone call or click away
Illinois State Bar Association members can review our online database of ethics opinions, searchable by subject or opinion number, or get personal guidance from a qualified ISBA attorney by calling the Ethics InfoLine (800) 252-8908. Click here to review the ISBA's online database of ethics opinions. -
July 17, 2009
Central Illinois
- Local jury foreman: "We are hung, and we'd like to be sprung", Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Prosecutors: DNA ties postal worker to 4 rapes, Chicago Tribune
- Lathrop and Gage opens Chicago office, plans "aggressive recruiting", ABA Journal
- Police nab former NBA star Walker in casino, Chicago Tribune
- SEC dismisses insider training complaint against Mark Cuban, Chicago Tribune
- Prosecutors win Oswego crash appeal, Aurora Beacon News
- Lawyers picked for Kane County budget fight, Aurora Beacon News
Northern Illinois
- Closing arguments in NFL player's trial set for today, DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Southern Illinois
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July 16, 2009
Nation
- Sotomayor testimony completed, AP
- Sessions: Senate to vote on Sotomayor before August recess, Wall Street Journal
- Day 4 of the Sotomayor hearings, ABA Journal
- Homeless man, jailed for failing to support boy who wasn't his, is freed, ABA Journal
State
- Whitney to run for governor again, Champaign News-Gazette
Central Illinois
- Machines no longer a gamble, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
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July 16, 2009 |
Events
The Illinois State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division will hold its 5th Annual Golf Classic on Tuesday, Sept. 1 at the Odyssey Golf Club in Tinley Park. This event will benefit the Illinois Bar Foundation YLD's Children's Assistance Fund. Schedule:
- Registration: 10:30 a.m.
- PMCLE program: 11 a.m.
- Shotgun start: 12:30 p.m.
- Cocktails, dinner, silent auction: 4 p.m.
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July 16, 2009 |
Practice News
By Rodney R. Nordstrom Consisting of Moe Levine's most memorable lectures and summations, a new book, Moe Levine on Advocacy, offers everything the reader expects. Don Keenan does an excellent job in the forward to motivate the reader to read more of the book. Specifically, Keenan divides Levine's (1908 -1974) trial advocacy skills into five main points: mastery of the understatement, appeal to each audience's uniqueness, appeal to jurors' spirituality, elevation of jury's consciousness of the community and challenging jurors to make the "right" decision. These five cardinal points summarize Levine's smooth approach to effective summation.
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July 15, 2009 |
Member Services | Practice News
Judging by the traffic on ISBA's criminal-law listserver, few topics are more important to day-to-day criminal defense practice than expungements. And on that topic, Coles County lawyer Jeremy J. Richey has some advice for his peers -- don't put them off. In a recent post to his excellent East Central Illinois Criminal Law & DUI Weblog, he says this: "Since expungement is a slow process, a person should seek expungement the first day he is eligible for it and not when he needs it later down the road." Read the whole thing. And if you're an ISBA member, sign up for the criminal-DUI-traffic listserver and other e-mail discussion groups here.
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July 15, 2009
Nation
- Sotomayor declines to give abortion views, Chicago Tribune
- Day 3 of Sotomayor hearings, ABA Journal
- Prisoner attempts suicide in St. Louis courtroom, Post-Dispatch
- N.J. Attorney General seeks unemployed lawyers willing to work for free, ABA Journal
- Court sides with preacher jailed for predicted God would smite judge, ABA Journal
- Ask questions to avoid killer clients, shrink recommends, ABA Journal
State
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July 15, 2009 |
Events
The Winnebago County Bar Association will hold its 64th Annual Clambake on July 31 at the Macktown Forest Preserve, 12 miles north of Rockford on Route 2. Lunch is from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Dinner is from 6-7:40 p.m. Members price is $130 for all day with golf, $100 for food only. Non-members price is $170 for all day with golf, $140 for food only. Reserve by Friday, July 24. Call (815) 964-4992 for more information.