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  • October 12, 2011 | People
    Maurice Dailey Sr. 1922-2011

    Maurice Dailey, Sr., passed away in his sleep at his home in Edwardsville on Sept. 22, 2011.

    Maurice was born June 25, 1922 in Auburn, Ill., to Mae and Daniel H. Dailey. He started his schooling at St. Boniface in Edwardsville and moved to Taylorville when he was 8 years old. After graduating high school, he attended Illinois College in Jacksonville.

    While attending college, he worked for the deaf and blind school. Upon graduation he enrolled in Notre Dame Mid-Shipman's School. From there he served in World War II in the Pacific as captain of a mine sweeper.

    After the war, he returned to Taylorville, working in the mines and eventually entering John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he graduated top of class in June, 1950.

    From college, he relocated to Granite City, Ill. Maurice became associated with Roscoe Forth in 1950.

    Maurice married Judith Ann Jester July 15, 1951, after meeting her in law school. They resided in Granite City until 1973, but his law practice continued in Granite City for a total of 52 years. His practice included real estate, condemnation, probate, banking, corporate and construction law.

  • October 12, 2011 | People | Practice News
    Baker & Daniels and Faegre & Benson to become Faegre Baker Daniels

    Baker & Daniels LLP and Faegre & Benson LLP today announced the combination of their law firms following a vote by partners in both organizations. The combined firm will begin operations as Faegre Baker Daniels on Jan. 1, 2012.

    "We embarked on this journey from the beginning with our clients in mind," said Andrew Humphrey, managing partner at Faegre & Benson. "Both firms identified strategic expansion as important to continue providing the high-quality services and expertise required by our clients. And that remains our focus: meeting the needs of our clients."

    In addition, B&D Consulting, a division of Baker & Daniels, will become FaegreBD Consulting on Jan. 1, 2012. The combination will give the organization a total of 815 lawyers and consultants.

    "The size and added capabilities of the combined firm will give us the ability to devote more resources to larger projects, bring deeper and broader experience to complex matters and transactions, and provide greater expertise in certain niche areas," said Tom Froehle, chief executive partner at Baker & Daniels. "We also believe this more visible platform will help attract and retain the highest caliber talent. Ultimately, this will help us provide better value to our clients."

  • October 6, 2011 | People
    Land of Lincoln Joseph R. Bartylak Pro Bono Award presented to Brent Holmes

    Attorney Brent Holmes was presented with the Land of Lincoln Joseph R. Bartylak Pro Bono Award.  This Award was created in 2011 in memory of Joseph R. Bartylak who was Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation's Executive Director from 1976 to 2003.  It honors a volunteer attorney who has directly achieved outstanding results for low income clients or who has supported Land of Lincoln staff in their delivery of high quality legal services to the poor and elderly.

    The Honorable Matt Sullivan presented the award to Mr. Holmes during a meeting of the Coles-Cumberland Bar Association. Mr. Holmes is a long-time volunteer through the Coles-Cumberland Bar Association who has consistently accepted referrals for eligible clients for over fifteen years.  He has devoted over 55 hours for the three cases he has closed in just the past two years, and he has donated more than 215 hours since he joined the pro bono panel after its formation in 1996.  He accepts contested family law cases in Cumberland County and Coles County.  He obtains divorce judgments, child custody orders, child support orders, QDROs, and other appropriate relief for clients who are unable to afford to hire attorneys.

    “Brent is a model of what the term pro bono lawyer means,” states Clare McCulla, Senior Supervisory Attorney with the Charleston satellite office.  “These are deserving people with meritorious cases who might not have been able to resolve their problems without his help.”

  • September 29, 2011 | People
    ATG's Butera and Miner take top posts with Illinois Land Title Association

    Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (ATG), the premier lawyer service company in the U.S., announced that Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Augie Butera, was recently installed as president of the Illinois Land Title Association (ILTA).  Also, ATG’s Arden Miner, senior manager – underwriting and escrow, was elected to ILTA’s board of directors for a three-year term.  
     
    Both Butera and Miner were officially installed at a formal ceremony recently during ILTA’s 2011 annual convention in Springfield at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel.
     
    As a SVP and general counsel for ATG, Butera manages ATG’s legal and escrow departments, and handles title insurance claims and litigation.  He is also president of ATG subsidiary, The Judicial Sales Corporation.
     
    Butera has served on ATG legal staff since 1986.  He has considerable background in title searching and closing problems.  Prior to joining ATG, Butera worked eight years for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.  He earned his Bachelor’s of Science and law degrees from Chicago’s DePaul University in 1982 and 1985, respectively.

  • September 28, 2011 | People
    Pamela Nehring joins Daley Mohan Groble, P.C. as Partner

    Daley Mohan Groble, P.C. takes great pleasure in announcing that Pamela Nehring has joined the firm as a Partner.

    Formerly Senior General Attorney at BNSF Railway Company, Pam is an environmental attorney experienced in regulatory compliance and transactional counseling, auditing, permitting real estate development projects, enforcement actions, toxic tort, and remediation claims.
     
    Pam received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, cum laude.

    At Daley Mohan Groble, Pam will continue her diverse practice of environmental counseling and litigation. For more information about Pam and Daley Mohan Groble, please visit www.daleymohan.com.

  • September 28, 2011 | People
    Daniel M. Franklin 1952-2011

    Daniel M. Franklin, 52, of Pana died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. He was born Feb. 13, 1959, the son of Dr. Jacob James & Mary Edith Duck Franklin. 

    Dan was a graduate of Pana High School Class of 1977; University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1981; John Marshall Law School, Chicago, with Juris Doctorate Law Degree on June 10, 1984.

    He passed the bar exam and was admitted to practice in the State of Illinois November 16, 1984. He was admitted to practice as an attorney in Central District Court on December 9, 1987 and in the Southern District Courts on July 14, 2006. 

  • September 27, 2011 | People
    Rendleman named Ethics Counsel for ABA's Center for Professional Responsibility

    Dennis A. Rendleman, of Springfield and Chicago, has been promoted to Ethics Counsel in the Center for Professional Responsibility at the American Bar Association (ABA). He will serve as chief counsel to the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and provide oversight for ETHICSearch. Since joining the ABA in April 2009, Rendleman has served as staff counsel for the Standing Committee on Specialization and associate counsel for the Standing Committee on Professionalism and managed the Consortium on Professionalism and the E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award. He is one of the authors of the Annotated Model Code of Judicial Conduct, second edition. 

    Prior to joining the ABA, Rendleman was Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield and spent 23 years at the Illinois State Bar Association leaving in 2003 as General Counsel. Rendleman has engaged in the private practice as a consultant and expert witness in professional responsibility and discipline. As a member of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Committee on Professional Responsibility since 2004, he was involved in redrafting of the 2010 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct based upon the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. He is an original member, since 1998, of the ISBA/CBA/IJA Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee which issues advisory opinions on the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct.  He received his AB (1978) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD (1981) from the University of Illinois College of Law.

  • September 21, 2011 | People
    Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C. welcomes Philip J. Fowler

    Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C. welcomes attorney Philip J. Fowler, who has joined the firm as a Director. Mr. Fowler has a wide range of experience in all facets of litigation, including professional liability, commercial litigation, catastrophic injury and employment law. He is a frequent lecturer and author on a number of legal issues, including ethics and professional responsibility. Mr. Fowler has also been named as a Leading Lawyer in the area of Professional Malpractice Defense.

    Founded in 1984, Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C. continues to build a team of professionals committed to client service and excellence. For information about the firm, contact info@tribler.com.

  • September 20, 2011 | People
    Joseph C. Ponitz named partner of Franks, Gerkin & McKenna P.C.

    Franks, Gerkin & McKenna, P.C. is pleased to announce that Joseph C. Ponitz has been named a Partner of our firm.

    Joe has an extensive legal background that encompasses a wide range of practice areas, including Criminal and DUI Defense, Family Law, and Commercial Litigation.  Prior to joining Franks, Gerkin & McKenna, P.C., Joe served as a Prosecutor with the Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Office.

    Joe attended the Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he was a published author and an editor of the School’s Law Review.  Joe was also awarded the Southern Illinois University Alumni Scholarship Award.  In addition, Joe served as a graduate assistant to a prominent professor and his research was accredited in the Duke Environment of Law and Policy Forum. 

    Joe is fluent in Spanish and volunteers with and serves on the Governance Committee of the Healing Pathways Cancer Research Center.  He is a member of the Cosmopolitan Club of Boone County.  He also serves as an Arbitrator for the Seventeenth Judicial District.  From 2007 to 2010, Joe served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of McHenry County Youth Service Bureau.  

  • September 19, 2011 | People
    Chamberlain opens solo practice in Princeton

    As of Labor Day 2011, Katherine Chamberlain has opened the Law Office of Katherine Chamberlain, P.C. in Princeton, Illinois. As a solo practitioner, Katherine plans to focus her practice on estate planning, guardianships, and real estate. She has also published journal articles on constitutional law and copyright law.

    Katherine graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a JD in 2009 and a master's degree in library and information science in 2010. She received her bachelor of arts summa cum laude in English in 2006 from the University of Alabama.  Please visit her on the web at www.chamberlainpc.com.