Cook County Public Administrator Louis G. Apostol recently received the public service award from the Northern Illinois University College of Law Alumni Council.
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November 15, 2018 |
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November 13, 2018 |
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The International Legal Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi, a 150-year-old law student-based organization dedicated to professionalism and civility in the practice of law, has announced the election of its international officers for the 2018-2020 biennium: President Patricia Hodny, Vice President Alma Esperanza Santa Ana Vara, Director Michael Phillips, Director Javier Christian Súarez Torres, and Director Constance Mutong, who collectively will serve as members of the Phi Delta Phi Board of Directors, known as its council. Executive Director Tim Wheat will continue his service to Phi Delta Phi as an ex officio member of the council. Also elected were three justices of Phi Delta Phi’s court of appeals (its board of trustees): Chief Justice Joseph F. Vitu, Jr., Justice Jeffrey Flint Buebendorf, and Justice Julie Sumner.
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November 12, 2018 |
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Emery Laurence Duffy, 87, of Crystal Lake, died Monday, Nov. 5, in McHenry. He was born November 14, 1930, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Joseph P. and Laura (nee Schulte) Duffy.
Duffy was a devoted family man and well-known attorney in McHenry County. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951, fought in the Korean War, and was honorably discharged in 1953 as a master sergeant. During his service, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He started his law practice in Savannah, Georgia, in 1960 alongside his brother, attorney Robert Duffy. He moved to Illinois in 1971 to be closer to his wife’s parents and his mother, and was admitted to the Illinois Bar. He practiced law in Crystal Lake until his retirement.
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November 9, 2018 |
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Mark A. Braun, 93, died Nov. 3 surrounded by his family. He was born in Athens, Wisconsin on May 18, 1925, the second son of the late Albert and Florence (Brady) Braun.
He graduated from Athens High School in 1943. After three years in the U.S. Navy flight program and undergraduate studies at Marquette University, he graduated from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1949. He began his career with Klohr & Merrick, whose practice concentrated in workers compensation law. Braun focused on that field, a distinct departure from common law. His practice included issues of interpretation in the evolution of the workers compensation statute and cases leading to the codification of the principles of indemnity and contribution.
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October 31, 2018 |
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Morgan Legal Group, LLC and Fairchild Law Offices, LLC announced today they have combined their law practices to form Fairchild Morgan Law, a high-end corporate boutique law firm with offices in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Fairchild Morgan Law will provide a broad range of corporate legal services with a concentration in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private offerings, inbound and outbound foreign investments, commercial real estate, commercial contract review, and outside general counsel services. The practice will serve private and publicly held companies and nonprofits operating both domestically and abroad.
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October 30, 2018 |
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A. Traub & Associates has announced the hiring of Breanna Traub, MSW, LCSW, as its staff licensed clinical social worker.
She will focus on the firm’s need for social work services for its individual clients and support the firm’s broad base of representing the interests of children.
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October 29, 2018 |
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The paralegal studies program at College of DuPage has received reapproval from the American Bar Association.
Sally Fairbank, coordinator of the program, said the second consecutive seven-year approval period reflects the program’s ability to meet the rigorous standards set by the ABA.
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October 26, 2018 |
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(L-R) (Madison County Bar Association President David Weder; Judge Barb Crowder; Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier ; ISBA Second Vice President Dennis Orsey; Madison County Chief Judge David Hylla; Judge Julie Katz; and Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Director Clarissa Gaff.
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October 23, 2018 |
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(L-R) Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel President Bradley Nahrstadt; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Second Vice President Laura Beasley; Kevin Hoerner; Hon. David Overstreet; and Illinois State Bar Association Second Vice President Dennis Orsey.
The 2018 Fifth District Candidates Forum was held Oct. 22 in Collinsville.
The forum was cosponsored by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Illinois State Bar Association, Madison county Bar Association, and the St. Clair Bar Association.
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October 18, 2018 |
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Levin & Perconti recently announced that co-founder and partner Steven Levin was elected to the Leadership Council of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care.The advocacy organization, known as Consumer Voice, is dedicated to protecting the rights of nursing home residents.