Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Thomas presided over the Second District in Elgin. Appellate Justice Ann B. Jorgensen made the motion to admit the class. Cook County Circuit Judge Russell W. Hartigan, third vice president of the Illinois State Bar Association, and Lisle attorney James McCluskey, who is a member of the ISBA Board of Governors, seconded the motion.
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May 13, 2015
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May 13, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride presided over the Third District ceremony held at the Third District Appellate Court Building in Ottawa. Joliet attorney Vincent F. Cornelius, second vice president of the Illinois State Bar Association, also gave remarks. -
May 13, 2015
Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita B. Garman presided over the Fourth District ceremony at the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield. The speaker for the ceremony was Circuit Judge April G. Troemper in Springfield of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Other speakers included ISBA President-Elect Umberto S. Davi, a solo practitioner in Western Springs, and William F. Moran III, a managing partner at Stratton, Giganti, Stone, Moran & Radkey in Springfield. -
May 13, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier presided over the Fifth District ceremony at the Southern Illinois University School of Law Auditorium in Carbondale. The speaker for the ceremony was Russell K. Scott, a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors. -
May 12, 2015
McLean County attorney Mike McElvain and McLean County Judge Elizabeth Robb (Ret.) were honored by the Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation at a reception April 30 at the McLean County Museum of History (Old Courthouse) in Bloomington. -
May 12, 2015 | Events
The Allerton Conference provides an opportunity for attorneys, judges and law professors from throughout the State to discuss important issues affecting civil procedure and litigation and to suggest new Supreme Court Rules and legislation. The goal is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the civil justice system in Illinois.
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May 4, 2015
The Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier, Illinois Supreme Court Justice, 5th District, was honored at the 2015 Lawyers’ Assistance Program Joseph R. Bartylak Award Dinner on Friday, April 17, at the Sangamo Club in Springfield. ISBA President Richard D. Felice received the Executive Director's Award. -
May 3, 2015
The fourth edition of the ISBA Solo & Small Firm Practice Institute was held on April 16 in East Peoria. The focus was Building Your Practice and Preparing for the Future. The next Institute will be held in Chicago on May 14. -
April 27, 2015
The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted its Annual Bean Bag Party and Tournament on April 25 at the Printer's Row Bar Louie in Chicago. The event raised funds for the IBF/YLD Children's Assistance Fund. -
April 21, 2015
The ISBA Women and the Law Committee hosted a reception in Springfield on Friday, April 17 at the Inn at 835.