On September 8, 2023, the Illinois State Bar Association presented the 5th Annual Abraham Lincoln's Legal Legacy: Lessons for Today's Lawyers - Science and Technology's Rapidly Evolving Impact on the Law.
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September 13, 2023 | CLE | Events
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September 7, 2023 | People
The Honorable James E. "Jim" Garrison, age 82, of Plainfield, IL, formerly of Peoria and Joliet, IL, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at his home. Jim was born on March 23, 1941, in Peoria, IL.
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September 7, 2023 | People
Terence "Terry" Madsen, 69, of Princeton, passed away on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, in Liberty Village Manor Court of Princeton surrounded by family following a battle with cancer.
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September 7, 2023 | CLE
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August 16, 2023 |
Practice News
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that they will begin accepting applications from those interested in serving as a Federal District Court Judge in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. The Senators will be assisted by a screening committee whose task is to review and vet District Court candidates and advise the Senators regarding the candidates’ qualifications and fitness for the position.
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July 19, 2023 | CLE
Don’t miss ISBA’s 5th Annual Abraham Lincoln’s Legal Legacy seminar as we take an in-depth look at how inventions and advancements in science and technology create opportunities for lawyers to represent innovators, as well as those clients who are disrupted by the innovation (including the legal profession). The program takes place at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located on the historic island that supported part of the railroad bridge subject to Lincoln’s famous case of Hurd et al v. Rock Island Bridge Company (often called the Effie Afton trial.)
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June 22, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Associate Judge Kimberly DiGiovanni as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the 16th Circuit Kane County.
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June 12, 2023 | People
Born on the south side of Chicago to Frank and Margaret (Swanson) Donahue, Jack was a proud alum of St. Rita High School who later graduated from Loyola University School of Law.
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June 6, 2023 | People
John P. “Jack” Rowe, Attorney-at-Law, of Dundee Township, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded and cared for by his family, on May 21, 2023.
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May 10, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the assignment of Judge Margaret J. Mullen, Ret. to the 2nd District Appellate Court. Judge Mullen is being assigned to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Donald C. Hudson on April 11, 2023. The assignment is effective May 11, 2023, and will continue until June 1, 2027, or until further order of the Court.