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  • July 17, 2014 | People
    Schiller DuCanto & Fleck welcomes former Lake County judge as new partner

    The law firm of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP announces the addition of Judge Joseph Waldeck as a new partner to its legal team. Waldeck brings nearly 20 years of experience from the bench, previously serving as an Associate Judge in the 19th Circuit in Lake County. During his judicial career, he focused on juvenile, domestic abuse and family law matters.

    “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve for the last two decades. During my tenure on the bench, I have developed a great deal of respect for the attorneys at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck. The firm has an established reputation of excellence in the practice of family law and I hold them in the highest regard for both their legal knowledge as well as their standard of ethics,” said Waldeck. “I look forward to returning to the practice of family law and I hope to offer my judicial experience, insight and knowledge to help navigate clients complex litigation to achieve the best possible results.”

    The firm of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP is the largest family law firm of its kind in the country. It is internationally recognized as a model for firms practicing in family law and primarily focusing on solving affluent clients’ problems to achieve the best possible results. Its mission of ensuring quality, knowledge and experience to clients is evident through numerous awards, including being named as one of the best law firms in 2011-2014 by U.S. News & World Report.It is also recognized as having outstanding lawyers in peer ratings and publications such as Best Lawyers in America and Law Dragon Top 500.

  • July 16, 2014 | People
    Jordan Pack joins Segal McCambridge

    Segal McCambridge Segal & Mahoney is pleased to announce that Jordan Pack has joined the team in our Chicago office. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association

    Jordan Pack represents clients in toxic tort matters.  Prior to joining Segal McCambridge in 2014, Mr. Pack worked in a defense litigation firm in St. Louis, MO, handling employment and commercial litigation matters. He is familiar with all phases of litigation, and has experience in trial preparation, drafting petitions, contracts, and substantive motions, interviewing witnesses, and creating summarized depositions.

    Mr. Pack earned his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law (2012), during which he worked a clerkship to the Honorable William D. Stiehl, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.  He holds a B.A. in biology from the University of Kansas (2008). Mr. Pack is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.  He served as a volunteer mentor and tutor at UrbanFUTURE, Fanning Middle School in St. Louis from 2011 to 2014.

  • July 10, 2014 | People
    William H. Luking 1947-2014

    William H. Luking, legislative advisor to mayors, governors, legislators, and countless clients, died June 12, 2014, of natural causes. He was 66.

    Luking was born Aug. 7, 1947, in Connersville, Ind., to Lowell and Elizabeth McCarthy Luking. The eldest of nine children, he is survived by siblings: Mary Anne Morris, Beth Luking, Meg Luking, Gene Luking, Joe Luking, Charlene Wood, Laura Jamison, and Rosemary Card.

    For the last several years, Luking enjoyed spending time with his close companion, Claire Manning.

    A 1965 graduate of Connersville High School, he graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1969 and in 1972 from Northwestern University Law School, where he was an editor for the prestigious criminal law journal. Luking held a commission as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves.

  • July 8, 2014 | People
    Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd welcomes 2 associates to Chicago office

    Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd. is pleased to welcome Robert Campobasso and Emily Westfall as associates in its Chicago office.

  • July 7, 2014 | People
    ATG marks its 50th Anniversary

    Founded 50 years ago by a small group of downstate Illinois lawyers, Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. has evolved into a family of companies offering a broad spectrum of services to more than 4,000 lawyers in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. The company now garners revenue in excess of 100 million annually and will issue its three millionth title insurance policy this year.

    “Our 50th anniversary is a celebration of our founding members and the thousands of law firms and agents who have together built the company into the success it is today,” said Peter Birnbaum, ATG President and CEO. It’s also a celebration of our staff—loyal stewards of the company who believe in our mission to be the premier lawyer service organization for the benefit of the public.”

    ATG was founded in 1964 thanks to the efforts of Urbana attorney Stanley B. Balbach and his law partners Richard L. Thies and Charles M. Webber. Balbach’s early efforts built the foundation, and he remained active with the organization until his retirement from the board of directors in 2007. Balbach died in 2012 at the age of 92. Birnbaum cites newly elected Board Chair Ward F. McDonald, who served as CEO from 1970-1983, as the person most responsible for bringing ATG from a concept into a thriving business. “It was Ward’s unique ability to promote the ATG mission that built it into a grassroots movement, and over time—a formidable force in the legal and real estate communities.”

  • July 1, 2014 | People
    Judge Lisa Holder White appointed to 4th District Appellate Court

    The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed the Hon. Lisa Holder White, Resident Circuit Judge of Macon County, Sixth Judicial Circuit, to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth Judicial District. White has been assigned to duty with the Fourth District Appellate Court since 2013. This vacancy was created by the death of the Hon. John McCullough. It is effective July 1, 2014, and terminates on Dec. 1, 2014,

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  • June 26, 2014 | People
    Marvin S. Andich 1922-2014

    Marvin S. Andich, 92, of Rock Island, died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Silver Cross Nursing Center, Rock Island.

    Funeral services are 3 p.m. Tuesday at Congregation Beth Israel at the Tri City Jewish Center, Rock Island. Burial is in the Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island, is assisting the family. Memorials may be made to the Congregation Beth Israel, the Jewish Federation of the Quad-Cities or to the American Cancer Society/Relay for Life — Marla's Marvels' Team.

    Marvin S. Andich was born Jan. 5, 1922, in Rock Island, a son of Louis and Sadie Pollack Andich. He married Beverly A. Shapiro on May 27, 1948, in Davenport. She died Jan. 22, 2013.

    Marvin graduated from Rock Island High School and Augustana College. He received his juris doctorate from the University of Iowa School of Law. He practiced law in Rock Island for almost 60 years at the law firm of Andich and Andich. In early years, he served as a hearing officer for the Illinois Department of Revenue and in later years served as an Assistant Illinois Attorney General. Marvin also owned with his late brothers the Readmore Book World stores in Rock Island and Moline, as well as the Andich Brothers News Agency.

  • June 26, 2014 | People
    Charles Hendrix 1919-2014

    Charles Wade "Chuck" Hendrix, 94, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle, passed away at his home in Champaign on Sunday, June 8, 2014.

    He was born in Danville on Aug. 13, 1919, to Charles and Maude Hendrix.

    Chuck was a young Army officer at the beginning of World War II when he met a beautiful Army nurse, Adeline Dorothy Jablonski, in Brownwood, Texas. Soon after, they both shipped overseas to the European Theater, where Chuck served with the 25th Calvary Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Armored Division, and Adeline with the 32nd General Hospital. They courted and became engaged in England and were married on June 30, 1945, in Aachen, Germany. His wife survives.

    Also surviving are his daughters, Patricia H. Chicoine (Jim Sczudlo) of Houston and Adele M. Hendrix (Jerry Rietveld) of Northfield; three grandchildren, Jason S. Chicoine (Julie) of Chaska, Minn., and Katrina Rietveld and Irena Rietveld, both of Northfield; one step-grandson, James P. Sczudlo of Winston-Salem, N.C.; and two great grandchildren, Lexi Chicoine and Bailey Chicoine of Chaska. Chuck also is survived by his brother, Dr. J.W. Hendrix (Mary) of Kalamazoo, Mich.; his daughter-in-law, Thavil Hendrix of West Richland, Wash.; a niece; and five nephews.

    Chuck was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Virginia J. Hendrix; and his son, Charles E. Hendrix.

  • June 25, 2014 | People
    Teresa Sullivan joins litigation firm Schopf & Weiss LLP

    Schopf & Weiss LLP is pleased to announce that Teresa A. Sullivan has joined the firm as an associate. Ms. Sullivan is a 2012 law graduate from the University of Chicago and received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Ms. Sullivan was previously a litigation associate with Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP.

  • June 25, 2014 | ISBA News | People
    Downers Grove Police Sergeant receives Law Enforcement Award

    Sergeant Joel Marquez, of the Downers Grove Police Department, received a 2014 Law Enforcement Award from the ISBA on Wednesday, June 18  during a ceremony at the DuPage County Administration Building Auditorium in Wheaton.

    Sergeant Marquez was nominated by Robert J. Anderson, a circuit judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. ISBA Second Vice President Vincent Cornelius presented the award.

    The ISBA’s Law Enforcement Award was created to recognize sworn law enforcement officers for conduct that promotes justice and to distinguish those individuals whose service to the public brings honor and respect to the entire criminal justice system. It is given to recognize those who truly excel in the field of law enforcement. In addition to Sergeant Marquez, four other law enforcement officers from judicial districts throughout Illinois are being honored.

    Sergeant Marquez was recognized for his exceptional work to educate his fellow law enforcement officers on the long-term impact that the crime of domestic violence has on families in DuPage County.