Have you especially enjoyed your ISBA section or committee newsletter this year? Nominate the newsletter’s editor for the prestigious Austin Fleming Newsletter Editors Award.
Nomination criteria
This award honors outstanding editors of ISBA newsletters. The award is based on the concept of meritorious service to the ISBA and is not necessarily to be given every year.
Examples of criteria to be considered:
- Length of service as editor or co-editor (minimum 10 years)
- Quality of work in writing and editing material for publication
- Importance of subject matter to the newsletter’s audience
- Reputation of the editor in the field covered by the newsletter
If you have any questions, please contact Celeste Niemann at cniemann@isba.org.
Deadline for awards submission is Monday, March 3, 2025.
Past Winners
2024
Raymond Reott, Environmental Law newsletter, over 20 years
2023
Stanley Kaminski, Tax Trends, 21 years
2022
Mary Ann Connelly, Tax Trends, 20 years
2020
John Nisivaco, Tort Trends, 21 years
2019
Samuel Levine, Construction Law, 8 years and Real Property, 15 years
2018
Richard Hannigan, Workers’ Compensation Law, 18 years
2017
Kate Kelly, Government Lawyers, 17 years, 63 issues, 784 pages
Lynn Patton, Government Lawyers, 16 years, 62 issues, 764 pages
2016
Jeff Simon, Law Office Management & Economics, 24 years, 87 issues, 764 pages
2015
Julie Ann Sebastian, Administrative Law Newsletter, 13 years, 122 issues, 1,095 pages
2014
Jeffrey A. Mollet, Agricultural Law newsletter, 13 years, 89 issues, 516 pages
2013
Tom Sandquist, Commercial Banking, 21 years, 95 issues, 782 pages
2012
Lewis F. Matuszewich, International & Immigration, 14 years, 95 issues, 1032 pages
2011
Tom Cavenagh, ADR, 15 years, 73 issues, 760 pages
2010
John Brechin, Local Government, 30 years, 219 issues, 1200+ pages
2008
W. Eugene Basanta, Health Care Law, 20 years, 75 issues, 916 pages
2007
Gary Gehlbach, Real Property, 22 years, 137 issues, 1,180 pages
2006
John Phipps and Edna Turkington-Viktora, General Practice, 7 years, 54 issues, 528 pages
2005
Paul Freehling, Administrative Law, 32 years, 176 issues, 1,113 pages
Michael Lied, Labor & Employment Law, 17 years, 77 issues, 664 pages
2003
Michael Todd Scott, Corporate Law, 5 years, 45 issues, 480 pages
2000
Paul Meints, Agricultural Law, 17 years, 62 issues, 568 pages
1998
Malcolm Morris, Business Advice, 17 years, 29 issues, 304 pages
1997
Allen Landmeier, State & Local Tax, 15 years, 65 issues, 438 pages
1996
Jill Berkeley, Insurance Law, 7 years, 27 issues, 348 pages
Donald Parkinson, Criminal Justice, 13 years, 133 issues, 1096 pages
1995
John Brechin, Local Government, 15 years, 105 issues, 668 pages
1992
Harry Schaffner, Family Law, 6 years, 35 issues, 272 pages
1991
James J. Heyda, Criminal Justice, 7 years, 58 issues, 462 pages
1988
Harry Rhode, Trusts & Estates, 9 years, 48 issues, 539 pages
1985
Frank J. Wiedner, Workers Comp, 23 years, 85 issues, 424 pages
Dennis Dohm, Bench & Bar, 13 years,145 issues, 154 pages
Paul Freehling, Jr., Administrative Law, 15 years, 76 issues, 362 pages
1982
Clell L. Woods, Illinois Courts Bulletin, 26 years
1981
Stephen C. Miller/Austin Fleming, Trusts & Estates, 25 years, 95 issues, 484 pages