The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,360 new attorneys who passed the July 2023 Bar Exam will be held on Thursday, November 9, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. These will be the first bar admission ceremonies held in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southern Illinois
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George R. Ripplinger, Jr., of Belleville, IL, was born in East St. Louis, IL, on April 19, 1945.
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Attorney Eric William Evans was born January 30, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Gerald W. and Jane A. Evans.
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Rebecca Whittington, 62, passed away at the University of Louisville Jewish Hospital on July 8, 2023.
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Sarah E. Toney, of Chicago, and Wesley Gozia, of Carlyle, have been elected treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the Illinois State Bar Association. Their terms will last for one year until the Annual Meeting of 2024.
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Hon. Larry Olen Baker, 81, of Elizabethtown, IL, passed away May 16, 2023, at Baptist Health Paducah. He was a retired Judge and Retired Lt. Commander in the United States Naval Reserve.
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April 19, 2023 |
Practice News
Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laura K. Grandy of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois will retire on March 11, 2024. The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit seeks applications from all qualified applicants to succeed Judge Grandy as bankruptcy judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois with a duty station in East St. Louis, IL.
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Bernard G. Heiligenstein, 93 of Carlyle, IL, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022, at Trenton Village in Trenton, Illinois.
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In Collinsville, we honored ISBA Past President Dennis J. Orsey, 2020-21, and ISBA Past President Jack C. Carey, 2008-09, IBF Charter and Diamond Champion, for their service to the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Foundation, and the legal community on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.
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Richard Edward Boyle passed away peacefully at age 85 surrounded by his loving wife Janet and all three of his children.