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  • December 16, 2011 | ISBA News
    ISBA Past President Herb Franks' speech to the 1961 Class of Distinguished Counsellors

    50 Year Anniversary Speech

    By Herbert H. Franks, ISBA Past President and Class of 1961

    Today we remember Pearl Harbor and the day of infamy. This is a day of infamy also for Gov. Blagojevich. He got 14 years.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "the life of the law is not logic, it is experience." Holmes must have had our class of senior lawyers in mind when he made this quote, because if there is one thing the people in this class have, it is experience.

    I wonder how many people in this room expected to reach this day. I sure know I didn't.

    After being raised on a farm and slopping the hogs and milking the cows twice a day, almost everything you do in later life is easy.

    How different is the world today! When we were in law school, there might have been one or two women in our class. Now, women are the majority of law students.

    When we came out to try and make our mark and living, the electric typewriter was just gaining acceptance. A few years later came fax machines, and then in dizzying speed came computers, cell phones, iPads, laptops and the list goes on. How we had to change and learn to use these things, things that our grandchildren can do automatically.

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  • December 6, 2011 | ISBA News | Events
    ISBA honors Class of 1961 Distinguished Counsellors

    The Illinois State Bar Association honored members who have been admitted to practice for 50 years at a luncheon on Wednesday at the Westing Michigan Avenue in Chicago. ISBA Past President Herbert H. Franks spoke on behalf of the 2011 Class of Distinguished Counsellors.

    Click here to view photos from the event.

    Here is the Bar Class of 1961 honored as Distinguished Counsellors:

  • November 3, 2011 | ISBA News | Events
    ISBA to recognize Class of 2011 Distinguished Counsellors

    The Illinois State Bar Association will be recognizing members who have been admitted to practice for 50 years at a luncheon on Wednesday, Dec. 7. We are pleased to invite you to join President John G. Locallo as the Association recognizes the 2011 Class of Distinguished Counsellors.

    The luncheon to recognized the 2011 Class of Distinguished Counsellors will be held at The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago, 909 N. Michigan. There will be a reception at 11:15 a.m. and lunch at noon. Tickets are available at $65 per person and advanced registration is required. To purchase tickets, please complete and return the attached registration form.doc.

    If you have any questions, please contact Kim Weaver by e-mail at kweaver@isba.org or by telephone at (800) 252-8908.

    Here is the Bar Class of 1961 to be honored as Distinguished Counsellors:

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