ISBA Director of Legislative Affairs Jim Covington reviews bills in Springfield of interest to ISBA members. In this episode he covers the Personal property exemptions, Illinois Power of Attorney Act, Security deposit and email, Community association fees and the Common Interest Community Association Act. More information on each bill is available below the video.
Asked and Answered
By John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC
Q. I am a 52-year-old solo practitioner in Memphis with one non-attorney staff member. While I do have some concerns about my long term succession exit strategy my immediate concerns are more short term in nature. How do I cover and serve my clients if I take vacation, get sick, or get busy and need help? What are your thoughts?
In a decision that gives more strength to the terms of joint parenting agreements, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that reasonable clauses of such agreements should be honored and enforced by lower courts that had already incorporated those terms into a judgment of divorce. Find out more in the November IBJ.
Brooks Brothers will hold a one-day Corporate Shopping Event on Friday, November 16, 2012. This offer is 30% savings (regular price merchandise only) at Brooks Brothers U.S. and Canadian stores and online at BrooksBrothers.com
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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 October 2012, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
Here are the results for Tuesday's judicial elections for all circuits outside of Cook.
Results from 1st Circuit judicial elections and retentions for the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. All judges facing retention were retained.
View results for all judicial elections and retentions outside of Cook.
Winners in Bold (ISBA ratings at right).
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James G. Riley (R) | Q Nomination of ISBA delegates to the ABA House of DelegatesAt the December 15, 2012 meeting of the ISBA Assembly, two delegates to the ABA House of Delegates will be elected, one from Cook County and one from the area outside Cook County. The nominees for these positions must be members of the ISBA in good standing from the appropriate area. The elected delegates will serve for two-year terms commencing June, 2013 and will join the ISBA delegation at the ABA meeting in San Francisco in August, 2013. The current incumbents are Joseph Bisceglia of Chicago and Timothy Bertschy of Peoria, both of whom are eligible for re-election. Nominations must be made in writing by at least 20 ISBA members in good standing from the appropriate area. Nominations must be filed with the office of the Executive Director not later than Monday, November 26, 2012. Further information and nominating petitions are available from the office of the Executive Director, Illinois State Bar Association, 424 S. Second Street, Springfield, Illinois, 62701 or by contacting Kim Weaver at 800.252.8908 or kweaver@isba.org. Don't forget to use ISBA's judicial evaluations in the voting boothThe Illinois State Bar Association has judicial evaluations for every county in Illinois. Check them out at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations Visit Illinois Lawyer Now on Wednesday for results from around the state. ISBA voices support for attorney-client privilege in letters to Kirk, DurbinISBA is voicing its support for legislation in Congress addressing a situation that may open the door to breaches of attorney-client privileged information. In letters to U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, ISBA president John E. Thies urged passage of S. 3394, which clarifies when privileged information is submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the privilege is not waived as to any third party. |