Former Governor and Class of 1959 honoree Jim Thompson spoke on behalf of his fellow classmates.
The Illinois State Bar Association and President John O'Brien honored the 1959 Class of Senior Counsellors at a luncheon Wednesday at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers.
Former Illinois Governor and class member Jim Thompson spoke for his fellow classmates by looking back at his 50-year legal career.
Thompson recalled working on criminal defense cases as a third-year law student at Northwestern. After a turn in the courtroom on a certain case, he received a call from an Illinois State Supreme Court Justice. "Son," Thompson recalled the justice saying, "unless you want to be disbarred before you are barred, I suggest you stay out of the courtroom until you have a law license."
Thompson also recalled the great changes that have taken place over the last 50 years in the legal profession and especially in technology.
"We all had typewriters and carbon paper back then," he said. "I was the last person at Winston & Strawn to get a computer. I thought it would mess up my desk."
Congratulations to all of the members of the 1959 Class of Senior Counsellors.
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