ISBA President Richard D. Felice and his wife, Marnell, took an ISBA group on a river cruise through Southern France April 24-May 2. ISBA group travel is a great way to enjoy travel and network with fellow attorneys. Find out about upcoming trips at tinyurl.com/ohrgyer.
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The fifth edition of the ISBA Solo & Small Firm Practice Institute was held on May 14 at the Chicago Office. This was the final practice institute for this bar year. Dates for next year's institutes will be available soon.
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Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier presided over the Fifth District ceremony at the Southern Illinois University School of Law Auditorium in Carbondale. The speaker for the ceremony was Russell K. Scott, a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors.
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Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Thomas presided over the Second District in Elgin. Appellate Justice Ann B. Jorgensen made the motion to admit the class. Cook County Circuit Judge Russell W. Hartigan, third vice president of the Illinois State Bar Association, and Lisle attorney James McCluskey, who is a member of the ISBA Board of Governors, seconded the motion.
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Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court administered the attorney’s oath to 600 new attorneys on Thursday, May 7 at five separate locations across the state.
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Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride presided over the Third District ceremony held at the Third District Appellate Court Building in Ottawa. Joliet attorney Vincent F. Cornelius, second vice president of the Illinois State Bar Association, also gave remarks.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Rita B. Garman presided over the Fourth District ceremony at the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield. The speaker for the ceremony was Circuit Judge April G. Troemper in Springfield of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Other speakers included ISBA President-Elect Umberto S. Davi, a solo practitioner in Western Springs, and William F. Moran III, a managing partner at Stratton, Giganti, Stone, Moran & Radkey in Springfield.
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McLean County attorney Mike McElvain and McLean County Judge Elizabeth Robb (Ret.) were honored by the Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation at a reception April 30 at the McLean County Museum of History (Old Courthouse) in Bloomington.
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The Allerton Conference provides an opportunity for attorneys, judges and law professors from throughout the State to discuss important issues affecting civil procedure and litigation and to suggest new Supreme Court Rules and legislation. The goal is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the civil justice system in Illinois.
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The Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier, Illinois Supreme Court Justice, 5th District, was honored at the 2015 Lawyers’ Assistance Program Joseph R. Bartylak Award Dinner on Friday, April 17, at the Sangamo Club in Springfield. ISBA President Richard D. Felice received the Executive Director's Award.