The ISBA's Springfield and Chicago offices will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 30 due to inclement weather. The State and Local Tax CLE event will start at 9 a.m. as previously scheduled on Thursday, Jan. 31. All other ISBA services will resume at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 31.
Chicago Area
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January 29, 2019 |
ISBA News
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January 29, 2019 |
People
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, partner Michael W. Drumke has been nominated to the American Bar Association (ABA) Board of Governors (SOC) for a three-year term that will commence following the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in August.
Drumke’s practice focuses on trials involving complex business litigation matters, including toxic tort, product liability, pharmaceutical, class action, and commercial litigation. He serves as national trial counsel in mass tort litigation across the country and has served as national coordinating counsel for manufacturers in asbestos-related litigation and lead counsel for several premises owners named in toxic tort litigation in the Midwest.
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January 29, 2019 |
ISBA News
The deadline to submit nominating petitions for the ISBA election is Thursday, Jan. 31, at 4:30 p.m. at either the Illinois Bar Center, 424 S. 2nd St., Springfield, or the Chicago Regional Office at 20 S. Clark St., Suite 900, Chicago.
Members of the ISBA will elect a third vice president, 11 seats on the Board of Governors, 45 seats on the Assembly in Cook County, and 88 seats on the Assembly outside Cook County.
One board seat is open in each of the following Areas: Area 2 (Circuits 17, 19 and 22), Area 4 (circuits 10, 14, and 15), Area 5 (Circuits 5, 6 and 11), Area 7 (Circuits 1, 2 and 4), Under Age 37 in Cook County, and Under Age 37 outside Cook County. Additionally, five seats are open in Cook County.
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January 25, 2019 |
People
The law firm of Roetzel & Andress has named attorney Michael Scotti III to lead the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group.
Based in Chicago, Scotti joined Roetzel in 2015. He concentrates his practice exclusively in the area of complex commercial litigation and provides corporate and strategic advice to the firm’s clients on risk management issues. Scotti previously was a Partner at Freeborn & Peters for 15 years. For over 25 years, he has been representing companies and high-net-worth individuals in business litigation.
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January 25, 2019 | ISBA News
The Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation honored state Rep. Steven Andersson (R-Geneva) at the Kane County Fellows Reception on Jan. 22, 2019, at Riverside Receptions in Geneva, Illinois.
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January 24, 2019 |
People
Attorney Jennifer Bunker Skerston has joined the law firm of Reilly Law Office, LLC as partner. As a result of this partnership, the name of the firm will now be Law Offices of Reilly & Skerston, LLC.
James T. Reilly founded Reilly Law Office, LLC in 2006, and the practice has focused on civil and criminal litigation, Social Security disability, and family law. Since joining the firm as an associate in 2017, Skerston has added estate planning and administration to the firm’s areas of practice.
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January 17, 2019 |
People
Mercer Cook, 88, was born May 31, 1930, in Washington, D.C.
He was a graduate of Dunbar High School, earned a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, and received a J.D. from the University of Chicago. After college, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
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January 14, 2019 |
People
Champ W. Davis, Jr., 78, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, at home in Oak Brook.
Born in Springfield, Davis attended the University of Illinois, earning a bachelor’s degree in general engineering and his J.D. at the College of Law, where he served on the Law Review and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. He was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
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January 9, 2019 |
People
Goostree Law Group has announced the opening a third office in Naperville, located at 1770 Park St., Suite 205, south of Diehl Road and east of the Nike Sports Complex.
Goostree Law Group has launched a new website to accompany the new office. Clients can schedule a free consultation in the office by calling 630-364-4046.
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January 9, 2019 |
Practice News
The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit is seeking applicants for a bankruptcy judge position for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois with duty station in Chicago.
Applicants must also be willing to travel to other locations in the Seventh Circuit to handle cases. Interested applicants may obtain an application by accessing the Court of Appeals website.