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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady announced that Donna L. Otis, an attorney in the Firm's Chicago office, has been selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by Chicago Volunteer Legal Services ("CVLS"). The award was presented at CVLS' 2010 annual ceremony on November 10, 2010
Ms. Otis is a member of the Firm's Trusts & Estates group. Her experience includes preparing wills and trusts; financial and health care powers of attorney; traditional bypass trust and marital deduction planning, generation-skipping transfer tax planning, probate of decedents' and disabled adults' estates and trust administration; and Guardian Ad Litem for minors' and adult estates. She earned her law degree from John Marshall Law School and her undergraduate degree from Roosevelt University.
CVLS is the first and pre-eminent pro bono civil legal aid provider in Chicago. Their staff and 3,000 volunteer attorneys provide a wide range of free legal services and offer the most comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective civil legal aid and representation to Chicago's poor and working poor.
Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples and Tampa, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.
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November 17, 2010 |
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November 16, 2010 |
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Madalyn Maxwell died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield after a brief illness. Ms. Maxwell was born in Nashville, Illinois on January 9, 1926, the daughter of (Illinois Supreme Court Justice) Ralph L. Maxwell and Beulah House Maxwell. She attended schools in Urbana and Nashville, Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and received her law degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana. She married Thomas H. McGary in Springfield on July 4, 1968. He preceded her in death in 1999.
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November 16, 2010 |
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Lawrence Schad passed away last week after a golf-cart accident at the Evanston Golf Club in Skokie. Schad was a partner in the Chicago firm of Schad, Diamond and Shedden. Schad specialized in plaintiff class-action law. He recently was the lead attorney on a case representing policyholders of Royal Maccabees Life Insurance Co., and negotiated a $93 million settlement, which included more than $421,000 for the Illinois Bar Foundation.
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November 16, 2010 |
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[caption id="attachment_16092" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Mark Wojcik"][/caption] ISBA Secretary and John Marshall Law School Professor Mark E. Wojcik was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame last week at the Chicago Cultural Center during a ceremony presided over by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Wojcik is a professor and scholar on international law and sexual orientation law at John Marshall, where he has been teaching since 1992. He was honored for his leadership in the legal profession and for promoting legislative change - including lobbying for civil unions and for a repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. He founded the Gay and Lesbian Law Association while as a student at John Marshall.
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November 12, 2010 |
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Susan H. Brandt, 59, Bloomington, died at 7:23 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 9, 2010) at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. Susan was born Dec. 20, 1950, in Bloomington, the daughter of William R. and Jean Kuhle Brandt. Susan grew up as a member of Second Presbyterian Church and had attended the Unitarian Universalist Church, both in Bloomington. She graduated from Bloomington High School in 1969, received her B.A. degree in economics from the University of Colorado in 1973 and her J.D. from the University of Georgia in 1977. Susan was a partner at Livingston, Barger, Brandt and Schroeder Law Firm, Bloomington. She was a member of the Illinois Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the McLean County Bar Association. She also helped organize the Women’s Lawyer Association. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church, Bloomington, with the Rev. Susan Baller-Shepard officiating. A private family burial will be in Funks Grove Cemetery, Funks Grove. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Carmody-Flynn Williamsburg Funeral Home, Bloomington. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Community Cancer Center, 407 E. Vernon Ave., Normal, IL 61761. She is survived by one son, Samuel H. Brandt, Bloomington; her father, William R.
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November 11, 2010 |
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Frank E. DeSchepper, 85, passed away late last month at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. He was a longtime member of the ISBA Tort Section. Mr. DeSchepper was born in Chicago and graduated from DePaul University and DePaul Law School. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from 1943-1946. He was employed by Insurance Company of North America - which later became CIGNA - first in Chicago before transferring to Bloomington and then Peoria. Read the full obituary in the Bloomington Pantagraph.
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November 10, 2010 |
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Stellato & Schwartz, Ltd. is pleased to announce the addition of three new associates, who are recent admittees to the Illinois Bar: Jeremy S. Macklin, a graduate of John Marshall Law School; Matthew D. Rose, a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law; and Jordan M. Tank, also a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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November 10, 2010 |
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[caption id="attachment_15966" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Front, left to right: Scholarship Recipients Jennifer Weston, Nicholas J. Liadis and Janet Soave. Rear, left to rigth: Chicago Alumni Chapter Scholarship Chair Hon. Julie-April Montgomery; Committee Member Sharon Hunt; Recipients Sierra Marie Falter, Megan Liston and Julie Pirtle; Chicago Alumni Chapter President Michele M. Jochner."][/caption] The Chicago Alumni Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity recently held its 2010 Justice Daniel P. Ward Law Student Scholarship Dinner. The Chicago Alumni Chapter annually awards scholarships to deserving law students, named in honor of the late Daniel P. Ward, who served the profession in a number of distinguished positions: Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Cook County State's Attorney, and Dean of DePaul University College of Law. Justice Ward was a model for the Fraternity's mission of service to the student, the school, the profession and the community, which is exemplified by this year's six recipients, who received a total of $5,000. $1,000 Awardees: Nicholas J. Liadis, DePaul University College of Law; Janet Soave, Loyola University School of Law. $750 Awardees: Megan Liston, The John Marshall Law School; Jennifer Weston, Northern Illinois University College of Law.
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November 4, 2010 |
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Miranda L. Soucie has joined the Central Illinois law firm of Spiros Law, P.C. as an associate attorney. Soucie recently graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2010. Soucie is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association - where she served as an Assembly Member in 2009, and the Vermilion County Bar Association. Spiros Law, P.C. offers experienced representation in a variety of person injury cases, including medical negligence, workplace injuries, serious traffic and trucking accidents, nursing home neglect and abuse and wrongful death.
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November 4, 2010 |
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Polsinelli Shughart PC congratulates Paul A. Jenny and Jeremy S. Unruh who were elected to shareholder status effective November 1, 2010, the start of the firm’s new fiscal year. Both practice in the Chicago office of Polsinelli Shughart. Paul A. Jenny, who was promoted from associate to shareholder, is in the office’s Business department. He is a registered patent attorney focusing on the fields of life sciences and biotechnology. He is involved in patent prosecution, opinions, client counseling and patent licensing matters. Jenny holds a J.D. from the University of North Carolina, 2001. Jeremy S. Unruh, who was promoted from associate to shareholder, is in the Trial department. He handles business and commercial litigation matters. Unruh's commercial practice includes general banking litigation, shareholder valuation disputes, internal fraud investigations, and white collar criminal defense. He holds a J.D. from Washburn University, 1999. The promotions are part of the continuous growth of Polsinelli Shughart. Nationally, the firm elected 17 attorneys to shareholder status in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and Phoenix. About Polsinelli Shughart PC With more than 500 attorneys, (www.polsinelli.com is a national law firm that is a recognized leader in the areas of business litigation, financial services, real estate, business law, construction, life sciences, environmental and natural resources, health care, insurance coverage/bad faith, and labor and employment.
