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The Illinois Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce a $2,500 grant to CASA of Franklin County, one of 32 grants awarded this year totaling $304,995. CASA of Franklin County recruits, trains and supports volunteers to speak up for the best interest of abused and neglected children in Franklin County Juvenile Dependency Court. According to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, in 2006, Franklin County was 10th in the state with the highest number of child abuse and neglect reports based on population.
As the charitable affiliate of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Foundation’s mission is to ensure meaningful access to the justice system, especially for those with limited means, and to assist lawyers who can no longer support themselves due to incapacity. This past year, through the support of ISBA members, IBF distributed more than $425,000 to support these efforts.
Southern Illinois
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August 25, 2009 |
ISBA News
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August 24, 2009
Central Illinois
- City, homeowner dispute liability for sewer backup, Decatur Herald & Review
Chicago area
- Blago judge: Sealed materials show there's an ongoing probe, Chicago Sun-Times
- Judge releases $50,000 for Burr Oak operations, Chicago Tribune
- Streamwood man gets 4 years for stealing mom's identity, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- Video from jail to judge, Alton Telegraph
State
- AFSCME sues to stop 2,600 layoffs threatened by Quinn, Chicago Tribune
Nation
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August 24, 2009 |
Member Services
What Your Dues Dollars Bring You
Reminder: Dues payments are due by Monday, August 31. If you have already paid your dues, THANK YOU! If you have not yet paid, you can do so online or by phone (call Ann at 800-252-8908); Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express are all accepted. Members can also pay through our flexible automatic dues installment program, Membership Made Easy, which allows payments to be broken up into easily affordable increments. As our membership renewal campaign comes to a close, we'd like to remind you of all the exciting programs and services the ISBA provides its members. By renewing your membership you can: Practice more affordably. The ISBA provides members with free online legal research through Fastcase, which contains a comprehensive 50-state and federal caselaw database, including IL statutes and IL-based federal district court cases. -
August 24, 2009 |
Member Services
Receive a $100 premium credit on your next policy renewal with ISBA Mutual for every member of your firm who attends the ISBA's 5th Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference. Click here to register for the conference, Oct. 22-24, 2009. There is an early bird discount for those who register by August 28, 2009. There are no separate forms to fill out or submit to obtain your premium credit. All you have to do is attend the conference and your premium credit will automatically be applied on your next renewal. We believe that the ISBA Solo and Small Firm Conference offers useful up to date practice information that may help those attending avoid malpractice pitfalls. The premium credit for the Solo and Small Firm Conference applies to the 2009 conference only and may not be applicable to conferences in future years. Please note that this is a premium credit on the renewal of your professional liability insurance policy with ISBA Mutual, not a discount on the registration fee. You will be receiving the brochure to register for the 13th Annual Risk Management Conference in early September. As usual, you will also qualify for a $100 premium credit on your next renewal by attending this conference. Attend both the ISBA 5th Annual Solo and Small Firm Conference and the 13th Annual ISBA Mutual Risk Management Conference and you will receive $200 in premium credit on your next renewal. The dates for the Risk Management Conference this year are:
- October 6, Collinsville
- October 7, Bloomington
- October 8, Oak Brook
- October 9, Chicago
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August 21, 2009
Central Illinois
- Broadlands man gets prison term in 2008 deaths, Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago area
- Suspect's lawyer: Beaten firefighter started fight, Chicago Sun-Times
- Judge denies media request to open all Blagojevich records, Chicago Tribune
- Cubs sued for man's death in wall collapse, Chicago Tribune
- Aurora man gets 16 years for child abuse, porn, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Former Highland bank officer admits embezzlement, St. Louis Post-Disptach
- Corbin comes to class: Judge overturns Columbia school's ban on service dog, Belleville News-Democrat
- Lawyers take $9 million fee in 10-year-old Allstate class action, The Madison St.
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August 20, 2009
Central Illinois
- Former Metamora coach gets four years for sexual abuse of student, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Jury deliberating whether McHenry Co. cops framed murder suspect, Daily Herald
- "Most significant drug conspiracy" busted in Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times
Northern Illinois
- Divorce easier to get, stigma less prevalent, experts say, Quad-City Times
Southern Illinois
- Doctor sued for failing to provide safe place to sit, The Madison St. Clair Record
- Columbia service dog has his day in court, Belleville News-Democrat
- Jurors convict East St. Louis woman of giving fatal dose of morphine to niece, Belleville News-Democrat
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August 19, 2009
Chicago area
- Daughter of General Growth founder sues company's law firm, Chicago Business
- "The Maven" to round out Blago legal squad, Chicago Sun-Times
- Man sues female boss for sexual harassment, Chicago Tribune
- Dolphins blamed in suit against Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Tribune
- Lou Piniella escapes with warning for jaywalking, Chicago Tribune
- Trial date set for Ald.
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August 19, 2009 |
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 July 2009, the ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
- Administrative Law 8
- Animal Law 3
- Bankruptcy 19
- Business Law 7
- Civil Disputes 89
- Civil Rights 22
- Collection 22
- Consumer Protection 21
- Contracts 8
- Criminal Law 74
- Education Law 10
- Elder law 2
- Employment Law 99
- Estate/Probate Law 26
- Family 111
- Government Benefits 4
- Health Law 2
- Immigration 2
- Insurance Disputes 9
- Intellectual Property 10
- Miscellaneous 2
- Municipal Law 4
- Personal Injury 92
- Real Estate 67
- Social Security 12
- Tax 7
- Workers Compensation 6
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August 19, 2009 |
Practice News
Public Act 96-583 was signed into law on Tuesday, August 18. It does four things affecting the award of attorney's fees in family law cases: (1) limits the presumption in favor of summary hearings to prejudgment cases, (2) tolls the deadline for filing a final petition for fees in some instances and permits a stipulated deferral of one year for such a filing, (3) eliminates the requirement that the attorney must file billing statements in court if he or she is seeking a consent judgment, (4) and expands the applicability for fee awards for hearings that are prompted by improper purposes. Effective January 1, 2010.
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August 18, 2009
Central Illinois
- Consent-decree plaintiffs' lawyers seek $1.26 million, Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago area
- School sued over swimmer's paralysis, Chicago Tribune
- Redbox wins partial victory in Universal suit, Chicago Business
Southern Illinois
- Stack to retire as judge in Madison County, Belleville News-Democrat
State
- Quinn signs bill strengthening ethics laws, Springfield State Journal-Register