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  • May 11, 2018 | People
    Edward Samuel Harris 1930-2018
    Edward Samuel Harris

    Edward Samuel Harris, 88, of Chicago, died Friday, March 30, 2018. 
     
    The son of Rochelle (neé Shapiro) and Leo Harris, Edward began working at Leo's Dancewear, the legacy company founded by his father, after school at age 10. He attended the University of Chicago at age 16. Edward was the first in his family to go to college, where his love of learning lead him to law school and an MBA at DePaul University in Chicago. He served eight years in the U.S. National Guard. He retired from Leo's, as the Chief Financial Officer, at age 78. 

    As a lawyer, Edward was committed to fairness in labor relations, contract agreements, and immigrant rights. He lead Leo's Dancewear in weathering the storms of both the Reagan and Bush-era recessions, all the while fighting the rising tide of outsourcing and job cuts. 

  • May 11, 2018 | People
    Thomas V. Hoehne 1945-2018
    Thomas V. Hoehne

    Thomas V. Hoehne, 72, died Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Denver, Colo.

    He was born July 23, 1945 on a U.S. naval base in Seattle, Wash., a son of Nicholas and Geraldine (Hodgin) Hoehne. He married Pamela Shuck in 1971, and they remained good friends through the years and were loving parents to their five children.

    Thomas graduated from Spalding Institute, Creighton University, Northern Illinois University and John Marshall Law School. He was an attorney in Peoria, Ill., for 45 years until his retirement in 2017. 

  • May 10, 2018 | People
    ISBA President Served as Keynote Speaker for the LaSalle County Bar Association’s Law Day Dinner
    ISBA President Hon. Russell W. Hartigan (ret.)

    ISBA President Hon. Russell W. Hartigan (ret.) served as keynote speaker for the LaSalle County Bar Association’s Annual Law Day Dinner on May 3 at Senica’s Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby.

    Hartigan discussed his ties to the Illinois Valley and ISBA member benefits, including Fastcase, free CLE, and the Lawyers’ Assistance Program.

    Law Day, which is held on May 1 every year, began in 1958 through a proclamation by President Dwight Eisenhower. It is a day when Americans celebrate their liberties and appreciate the ideals of equality and justice under the law. 

  • May 10, 2018 | People
    Attorney Stacey A. McCullough Appointed Director of Lawyers Trust Fund
    Stacey A. McCullough

    Attorney Stacey A. McCullough has been named a director for the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois (LTF).

    On April 20, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Stacey to a term on the LTF’s nine-member Board of Directors, to serve from July 1, 2018, until June 30, 2021. The Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Illinois Supreme Court each appoint three directors to the board. She is honored to have been chosen by Justice Robert R. Thomas, representing the Second District.

     

  • May 10, 2018 | People
    Amy Zdravecky Joins Barnes & Thornburg

    Amy Zdravecky recently joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Chicago as a partner in the Labor and Employment Department. 

  • April 16, 2018 | People
    Corrigan and Zanayed Join Andrew Cores Family Law Group

    Attorneys Annette K. Corrigan and James F. Zanayed recently joined the Andrew Cores Family Law Group, a division of Esp Kreuzer Cores LLP. Both are working as associate attorneys out of the firm’s Wheaton office and focus on family law.

    Attorney Annette Corrigan received her juris doctor from Marquette University. After practicing in the Kansas City area, she began practicing law in Illinois in 1991 at a law firm in Naperville, where Corrigan was part of establishing the firm’s first litigation team.

  • April 4, 2018 | People
    William R. Penn 1928-2018
    William Penn

    Judge William R. "Bill" Penn died peacefully on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

    Born in Chicago to Frederick William (Bill) Penn (1971) and A. Marie (Moore) Penn (1976).

    He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Robert John Penn (2010); first ex-wife, Marilyn Penn (2002); stepson, Paul Sinchak (2007); and an infant twin brother of daughter, Laura at birth.

    He is survived by his daughters, Laura J. Penn and Lee Ann Penn; and nephews, Matthew Penn and Jeffrey Penn.

    Bill attended New Lenox Grade School, Joliet Township High School graduating with the Class of 1946, the University of Illinois, and John Marshall Law School. He passed the Illinois Bar Exam and began to practice law in Illinois in 1951. In December of 1951 he was drafted into the USMC during the Korean War and he was honorably discharged in December of 1953.

  • April 4, 2018 | People
    Hon. Robert E. Ginsberg 1945-2018

    Judge Robert E. Ginsberg, age 73, died March 17, 2018. Judge Ginsberg was a retired United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, where he served for 18 years. Previously, he was a professor at DePaul University Washington College of Law. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Gail Ginsberg, his loving daughters, Deborah and Dana Ginsberg, grandchildren, David Ginsberg and Aurora Buntain, sister, Marion Levine, brothers-in-law, Bruce Cohen and Irwin Muskat, and many nieces and nephews, cousins, close friends and former colleagues.

  • April 4, 2018 | People
    Jason Pohren 1978-2018
    Jason Pohren
  • April 4, 2018 | People
    John Cummins 1966-2018
    Jack Cummins

    John J. "Jack" Cummins, age 51, of Chicago, formerly of Geneva, passed away Monday, February 12, 2018 at his home. He was born July 6th, 1966, in Geneva, Illinois, the son of John and Diane (McMaster) Cummins.

    He is survived by his mother Diane (Mike) Cummins-Zak of Batavia; brother Greg (Kim) Cummins of McKinney, Texas; and sister Jenny (Tony) White of Geneva; five nieces and nephews Sean, Lindsey, Christopher, Gracie, and Claire; and many other dear relatives and friends. He was a loving Godfather to Leigh, Sean, and Claire.

    He was preceded in death by his father John J. Cummins, Sr., and paternal and maternal grandparents Tom Cummins, Marie Cummins, Charles McMaster, and Geraldine McMaster.