[caption id="attachment_4666" align="alignright" width="300" caption="IBF Grants Committee Member Sharon Eiseman of Chicago presents a $10,000 grant to Sandy Blake of Life Span. "][/caption]
The Illinois Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce a $10,000 grant to Life Span's Center for Legal Services in Des Plaines, one of 32 grants awarded this year totaling $304,965. Life Span provides legal services to victims of domestic violence in Chicago and the north and northwest suburbs.
The $10,000 grant was made to support the salary of an attorney in the Des Plaines office, providing legal services to victims of domestic violence in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago. The attorney provides representation to clients in both the Rolling Meadows (District 3) and Skokie (District 2) Courthouses. The Des Plaines office currently turns away 40 percent of the victims of domestic violence who reach out for services, because, although they fit in the guidelines, they do not have enough attorneys to take the cases.
ISBA member Sandy Blake is the attorney in the Des Plaines office.
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October 12, 2009 |
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October 7, 2009 |
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[caption id="attachment_4684" align="alignright" width="300" caption="ISBA President John O'Brien is asked about mortgage foreclosure issues and lawyers' public service activities before he presented the Lincoln Media Awards on Oct. 9 in Peoria."][/caption] The Peoria Journal Star, the Kane County Chronicle and three other newspapers received the 2nd annual Abraham Lincoln Media Award from the Illinois State Bar Association at a ceremony at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria, on Friday, October 9. The Champaign News-Gazette, the Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake and the Aurora Beacon-News also received the award. The ISBA presentation took place during the Illinois Press Association's annual Illinois Excellence in News & Editorial Contest awards luncheon. ISBA President John G. O'Brien presented the award to the Journal Star for its front page series, "Legal actions against enemy combatant," written by Andy Kravetz. "The ISBA media award recognizes media outlets and/or individual members of the media who have been exemplary in helping foster the public's understanding of the law and the legal system," said O'Brien. "The Journal Star series clearly deserves this recognition."
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October 2, 2009 |
Events | ISBA News
ISBA member E. Lynn Grayson will be presented with a "Women with Vision" award by the Women's Bar Association of Illinois at the 68th Annual Join Professional Reception on Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Hotel Allegro. The event starts at 5 p.m. Grayson was nominated by the ISBA's Women & the Law Committee. Click here to view her bio. Individual tickets for the reception and award presentation are $85 for current members, $100 for non-members and $125 at the door. Contact Eriana Spencer Echols at (312) 341-8530 or e-mail wbai@wbaillinois.org.
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October 1, 2009 |
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[caption id="attachment_4377" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Paula H. Holderman"][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association election cycle begins today and Board of Governors member Paula H. Holderman of Chicago has announced her candidacy for third vice president. The complete notice of elections is on pages 6 and 7 of the Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly that was recently mailed to members. Seven contests are scheduled for seats on the Board of Governors: Cook – 3 to be elected Incumbents: Russell W. Hartigan – Chicago Paula H. Holderman – Chicago* Mark E. Wojcik – Chicago Area 2 (Circuits 17 & 19) – 1 to be elected Incumbent: Bernard Wysocki – Waukegan Area 5 (Circuits 5, 6, & 11) – 1 to be elected Incumbent: Stephen R. Pacey – Paxton Under Age 37 – Downstate – 1 to be elected Incumbent: Dion U. Davi – Wheaton** Under Age 37 – Cook – 1 to be elected Incumbent: Gina Arquilla DeBoni – Chicago * Eligible to run, but would only be entitled to serve two years. Under the bylaws the third vice-president automatically succeeds to the office of second vice-president; therefore, there is no incumbent for this office. ** Ineligible to succeed due to age limitations. The entire Downstate Assembly and 39 Assembly seats from Cook County are up for election. Nominating petitions may be filed no earlier than January 15, 2010 and must be filed by 4:30 p.m.
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September 29, 2009 |
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[caption id="attachment_4387" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Appearing “Health Information Privacy and Advanced Directives” will be (from left) Guy C. Hall, Nancy McKenna, Mary D. Cascino and program moderator Karen A. White."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_4388" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Appearing on "Basic Estate Planning" will be Cascino, Gregg A. Garofalo and White."][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association's Illinois Law cable program will air "Health Information and Advanced Directives" and "Basic Estate Planning" during the month of October. The show will air on CAN-TV Cable Channel 21 on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. "Health Information Privacy and Advanced Directives" will air on Oct. 6 and 20. Appearing on this program will be Guy C. Hall, an attorney at the Champaign law firm of Dobbins, Fraker, Tennant, Joy & Perlstein; Nancy McKenna, of McKenna & Associates, in Chicago; Mary D.
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September 25, 2009 |
ISBA News
The WILL-TV documentary Lincoln: Prelude to the Presidency, which the Illinois State Bar Association helped produce for the Lincoln bicentennial, has been nominated for a Mid-America Emmy Award. The Lincoln program focused on Abraham Lincoln's experiences as a lawyer on the circuit in central Illinois and was nominated for best historical documentary. Alison Davis Wood produced the program, and Tim Hartin and Colin Hartin were co-producers. Wood was also nominated in the program writing category, and Tim Hartin and Colin Hartin were nominated along with Julius Bolton for program photography. The Lincoln documentary aired last February on PBS stations across the country during Lincoln's Bicentennial. Click here to order the DVD.
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September 16, 2009 |
ISBA News | Member Services
The Illinois State Bar Association's Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of August, 2009, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:
- Administrative Law 4
- Animal Law 1
- Bankruptcy 21
- Business Law 17
- Civil Disputes 105
- Civil Rights 22
- Collection 28
- Consumer Protection 21
- Contracts 11
- Criminal Law 72
- Education Law 17
- Elder law 5
- Employment Law 84
- Estate/Probate Law 23
- Family 137
- Government Benefits 12
- Health Law 3
- Immigration 8
- Insurance Disputes 8
- Intellectual Property 6
- Miscellaneous 7
- Municipal Law 7
- Personal Injury 106
- Real Estate 70
- Social Security 14
- Tax 5
- Workers Compensation 17
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September 9, 2009 |
ISBA News
Subscribers to the Daily Herald in DuPage, Kane, and Lake counties awoke today to the third edition of the ISBA's Legal Health Checkup. The 12-page insert informs readers of legal situations they may face, and promotes use of a lawyer. A total of 114,000 Daily Herald readers received the Legal Health Checkup, which is a project of the ISBA Committee on Strategic Marketing for Illinois Lawyers. Topics covered include Patients' Rights, Foreclosure Scams, Legal Rights on the Job, Child Support and Estate Planning. The Checkup's bottom line message is that legal problems require the assistance of a lawyer. Readers are urged to consult their lawyer, and if they need help in finding a lawyer, ISBA's Illinois Lawyer Finder Service is promoted, along with the lawyer referral services of the DuPage, Kane and Lake county bar associations.
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September 1, 2009 |
ISBA News
The Illinois Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), has announced the recipients of its new grants totaling $304,965 awarded to 32 law-related nonprofit organizations, including: Chicago
- Apna Ghar, Inc., $7,500
- Cabrini Green Legal Aid, $15,000
- CARPLS, $25,000
- Center for Conflict Resolution, $5,000
- Center on Halsted, $5,000
- Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, $8,000
- Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation, $15,000
- Equip for Equality, $20,000
- Family Rescue, $7,500
- Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice, $10,000
- Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, $5,000
- Illinois Legal Aid Online, $20,000
- Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, $7,500
- Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services, $10,000
- Public Interest Law Initiative, $15,000
- Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, $5,000
- CASA of Franklin County, Benton, $2,500
- CASA of Jefferson County, Mt. Vernon, $2,000
- CASA of McHenry County, Woodstock, $2,000
- Center for Prevention of Abuse, Peoria, $5,000
- Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois, Springfield, $13,465
- Macon County CASA, Decatur, $5,000
- Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., Rockford, $15,000
- St. Clair County CASA, Belleville, $10,000
- Dove Domestic Violence Program, Decatur, $10,000
- Life Span, Des Plaines, $10,000
- Catholic Urban Programs/Neighborhood Law Office, East St.
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August 28, 2009 |
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[caption id="attachment_3686" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nancy Z. Hablutzel (from left), Lawrence O. Wagner and Ophelia Navarro will appear on "Surviving the Mortgage Crisis.""][/caption] The Illinois State Bar Association's Illinois Law cable program will air two shows "Surviving the Mortgage Crisis" and "How to Choose the Right Lawyer for You" during the month of September on CAN-TV Cable Channel 21. [caption id="attachment_3687" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nancy Z. Hablutzel (front, from left), Bonita B. Hwang Cho and (rear, from left) Jesus Perez and M. Yaser Tabbara will appear on "How to Choose the Right Lawyer for You.""][/caption] "Surviving the Mortgage Crisis" will air on Sept. 1, 15 and 29 at 10 p.m. This program will be moderated by Chicago lawyer Nancy Hablutzel with commentary by Lawrence O. Wagner of the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago and Ophelia Navarro, Executive Director of the Spanish Coalition for Housing. "How to Choose the Right Lawyer for You" will air on Sept. 8 and 22 at 10 p.m.