The Illinois State Bar Association honored members who have been admitted to practice for 50 years at a luncheon Dec. 13 at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Chicago. Moline attorney Martin Katz spoke on behalf of the Class of 1962 Class of Distinguished Counsellors.
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December 12, 2012
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December 10, 2012 | Events
The ISBA Young Lawyers Division held its annual Holiday Party on Dec. 7 at the Cubby Bear in Chicago. The YLD Holiday Party has raised over $350,000 for the Children’s Assistance Fund over the past 14 years.
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December 9, 2012
Recently, the Chicago Alumni Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity recognized two members of our legal community for their career-long contributions to improving our profession. The Hon. William H. Hooks of the Circuit Court of Cook County and Michele M. Jochner, a long-time judicial law clerk for the Illinois Supreme Court and now partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, were given the 2012 Hon. Mary Ann G. McMorrow Service to the Profession Award during a ceremony held at the Hotel InterContinental Magnificent Mile. -
November 15, 2012
ISBA President John E. Thies, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Lawyers Feeding Illinois Campaign Chair Terry Thies announce the campaign's goal to provide 1 million meals to Illinois families at a press conference Wednesday at the ISBA's Chicago Regional Office. -
November 12, 2012
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity recently conducted its Fall 2012 District XI Initiation. The group welcomed nearly 300 new members in a ceremony presided over by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke in the auditorium at the James R. Thompson Center. The initiates pledged to advance the fraternity's core values of integrity, courage, compassion, professionalism and diversity through service to the student, the school, the profession and the community. Among the new members were Hon. Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney, and Gregory Mark, Dean of DePaul University College of Law. -
November 2, 2012
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier administered the attorney’s oath to 113 new lawyers in Carbondale on November 1. -
November 2, 2012
Illinois Supreme Court Justices Charles Freeman, Mary Jane Theis and Anne Burke preceded over two admission ceremonies that admitted 1,682 new lawyers Nov. 1 at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. -
November 2, 2012
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita B. Garman administered the attorney’s oath to 87 new lawyers in Springfield on November 1. -
November 2, 2012
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert R. Thomas administered the attorney’s oath to 199 new lawyers Elgin on Thursday, November 1. -
November 2, 2012
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas L. Kilbride administered the attorney’s oath to 44 new lawyers in Rock Island on Thursday, November 1.