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Edward G. Vogt, 79, of Kankakee, died on Monday, Nov. 14.

Mr. Vogt was an attorney. He was born Nov. 16, 1931, in Chicago, the son of Edmund Wisnewski and Margaret Rychloch Vogt. He was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Loyola Law School. He practiced law in Kankakee for 40 years, during which time he tried more than 100 jury trials.

In retirement he substituted in local high schools and was known as "Mr. V." His hobbies were singing, railroading and recitation of Shakespeare. He was an avid tennis player and bridge enthusiast. Ed was an environmentalist and was a volunteer legal counsel for preventing the garbage dump in Kankakee. He loved his home and yard work. Ed read historical novels, played Scrabble and loved a spirited debate on any issue.

Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Ann Shannon, of Kankakee, whom he married Nov. 29, 1959, in Evergreen Park; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Steven and Diane Vogt, of Evergreen Park, Bob Vogt, of Chicago, and John Vogt of Seattle, Wash.; five daughters and three sons-in-law, Katy and Paul Cirzan, of Ashland, Ore., Michelle and Heinz Schuller, of Oak Park, Mary Vogt, of Los Angeles, Calif., Anna Vogt and partner, Jennifer Mitchell, of Berkley, Calif., Shannon and Steven Smith, of Corvallis, Mont.; and seven grandchildren, Lexie, Rachel and Hailey Vogt, Teddy and Katy Schuller, Audrey Cirzan and Ronan Smith.

He was preceded in death by his parents and stepfather, John Firpach.

Frank Kimball, 58, died of an aortic dissection Friday, Oct. 28, in Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, according to his brother, who also is an attorney. He was a longtime resident of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Mr. Kimball grew up in California and was a 1974 graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles. He went on to law school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, graduating in 1977.

Mr. Kimball came to Chicago in 1986 as a partner with McDermott, Will & Emery, where his practice included corporate and commercial litigation.

For several years, he led the firm's hiring effort, both at law schools and in recruiting practicing lawyers. Around 1992, Mr. Kimball opened his own legal search and consulting firm, Kimball Professional Management.

Read the full obituary in the Chicago Tribune

ISBA members Mary D. Cascino of Chicago and Darcy J. Chamberlain of Oak Brook were elected Fellows to the College at the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel's (ACTEC) 2011 national meeting held in mid-October at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California.

Established in 1949, ACTEC is a nonprofit association of more than 2,600 trust and estate lawyers who practice throughout the United States, Canada and the world. Candidates for election as an ACTEC Fellow must meet rigorous eligibility criteria including, but not limited to, no less than 10 years experience in the active private practice of probate and trust law or estate planning.

"ACTEC includes the premier trust and estate practitioners and law professors and we welcome the fall 2011 Fellows who have demonstrated exceptional skill and made significant contributions to the field of trust and estate law," said ACTEC President, Mary F. Radford. "ACTEC offers an incomparable environment for practitioners and professors to engage with the best and the brightest on "hot topics" and presents state, regional and national opportunities for collegiality."

Membership in The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel is by election of the Regents of the College. Individual lawyers and law professors who meet the membership criteria are nominated by fellows of the College, and subject to careful review by both state and national membership selection committees, prior to consideration by the Regents of the College.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced today that Stephen Swedlow has joined the firm as partner in the Chicago office. Swedlow has 15 years of trial and appellate experience representing clients ranging from public corporations and individuals and classes in high-profile, complex and high-stakes matters. He has been repeatedly selected as a “Top Attorney” by Legal News. Swedlow was a Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalist in 2003 by the Trial Lawyer for Public Justice.