Chief Judge Stephen J. Culliton has announced that two finalists have been selected and certified for the vacancy created by the retirement of Associate Judge Joseph S. Bongiorno. The circuit judges will select either Brenda M. Carroll or James D. Orel by secret ballot.
Chicago Area
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November 19, 2010 |
Practice News
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November 19, 2010 |
People
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP has announced that four new associates recently joined the firm:
- Joshua E. Bidzinski received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2010 and his B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2007.
- Elizabeth A. McElaney received her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 2010 and her B.A. from Boston College in 2004.
- Kristine C. Reveille received her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2010 and her B.A. from Northwestern University in 2006.
- Nathaniel S. Widell received his J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 2010 and his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2004.
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November 19, 2010 |
Practice News
Chief Judge Stephen J. Culliton released the names of people who have applied for the Office of Associate Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit of Illinois, DuPage County. Two vacancies were created by the election of Associate Judges Dorothy F. French and Ronald D. Sutter as Circuit Judges. As part of the review process of applicants for the Office of Associate Judge, Chief Judge Culliton invites public comment by letter. All letters must be received on or before Nov. 30, 2010. Comments should be addressed to:
- Chief Judge Stephen J. Culliton
- 18th Judicial Circuit Court
- 505 N. County Farm Road, Room 2015
- Wheaton, Illinois 60187
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November 18, 2010 |
People
Longtime Rosemont village attorney Peter M. Rosenthal passed away last Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rosenthal was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago Lab School. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan. He joined the Ancel Glink law firm in Chicago, which specializes in municipal law. While there, he began representing local governments, including Rosemont and Fox River Grove. Mr. Rosenthal and several colleagues formed their own firm - Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Donahue - in 1987. Mr. Rosenthal worked closely with Donald E. Stephens, Rosemont's mayor from 1956 until his death in 2007. "Every major development and most contracts that are in existence today in the village are all things that Peter had his fingerprints on," said Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens. "He was involved in all of the redevelopment from the late 1970s on until the present, and that's pretty much a great majority of the redevelopment of Rosemont." Read the full obituary in the Chicago Tribune.
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November 17, 2010
Chicago area
- Prosecutors: NU students wore illegal wire, Chicago Tribune
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November 17, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_16125" align="alignright" width="300" caption="From left to right: Andrea Kitamura, Development Coordinator for the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network; Ian Rexroad, Story Chapter Treasurer; Sierra Falter, Story Chapter Justice; and Ashley Steitz, Story Chapter Fundraising Chair."][/caption] The Joseph Story Law School Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity at DePaul University College of Law recently held its 6th Annual Founder's Day Auction. This event commemorated the 108th anniversary of the founding of the Chapter. In accordance with the fraternity's mission of service to the community, the students directed that a portion of the proceeds from the event be donated to the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network. At the conclusion of the event, a check for $1,800.00 was presented to the Network, an organization which not only administers the City of Chicago/State of Illinois 24-hour, toll-free Domestic Violence Help Line - which has assisted over 100,000 women and children in need since its inception in 1998 - but also spearheads advocacy efforts to improve the practices of the legal system in regards to domestic violence issues.
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November 17, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_16121" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Donna Otis"][/caption] The national law firm of Quarles & Brady announced that Donna L. Otis, an attorney in the Firm's Chicago office, has been selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by Chicago Volunteer Legal Services ("CVLS"). The award was presented at CVLS' 2010 annual ceremony on November 10, 2010 Ms. Otis is a member of the Firm's Trusts & Estates group. Her experience includes preparing wills and trusts; financial and health care powers of attorney; traditional bypass trust and marital deduction planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, probate of decedents' and disabled adults' estates and trust administration; and Guardian Ad Litem for minors' and adult estates. She earned her law degree from John Marshall Law School and her undergraduate degree from Roosevelt University. CVLS is the first and pre-eminent pro bono civil legal aid provider in Chicago. Their staff and 3,000 volunteer attorneys provide a wide range of free legal services and offer the most comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective civil legal aid and representation to Chicago's poor and working poor. Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples and Tampa, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.
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November 16, 2010
Chicago area
- Cook County to pay $55.3 million to settle jail strip search case, Chicago Tribune
- Weekly release rejected for driver who killed motorcyclist while painting nails, Chicago Sun-Times
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November 16, 2010 |
People
Lawrence Schad passed away last week after a golf-cart accident at the Evanston Golf Club in Skokie. Schad was a partner in the Chicago firm of Schad, Diamond and Shedden. Schad specialized in plaintiff class-action law. He recently was the lead attorney on a case representing policyholders of Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Co., and negotiated a $93 million settlement, which included more than $421,000 for the Illinois Bar Foundation.
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November 16, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_16092" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Mark Wojcik"][/caption] ISBA Secretary and John Marshall Law School Professor Mark E. Wojcik was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame last week at the Chicago Cultural Center during a ceremony presided over by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Wojcik is a professor and scholar on international law and sexual orientation law at John Marshall, where he has been teaching since 1992. He was honored for his leadership in the legal profession and for promoting legislative change - including lobbying for civil unions and for a repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He founded the Gay and Lesbian Law Association while as a student at John Marshall.
