The Illinois Bar Journal’s October issue debuts a five-part series on trial advocacy by retired Justice Gino DiVito, who cofounded and is a partner of the Chicago law firm of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC. He has served as a trial judge and as a justice of the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court. He is the author of the ISBA publication, “The Illinois Rules of Evidence: A Color-Coded Guide,” which is updated annually. In his series, “What I Learned From Teaching Trial Advocacy,” Justice DiVito shares his personal experiences based primarily on trying cases and teaching the four stages of trial advocacy.
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October 9, 2023 | Practice News
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October 5, 2023 | Practice News
A leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Thursday, October 5.
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October 4, 2023 | Practice News
In July 2021, the ISBA launched an ISBA-sponsored radio program on 720 AM WGN Radio in Chicago. The show, Let’s Get Legal, allows ISBA members to book themselves on a friendly call-in show hosted by WGN’s Jon Hansen. The station’s 50,000-watt signal and streaming service reach more than 600,000 adults in the Chicagoland area and throughout the state, and attorneys who appear can gain credibility and name recognition with WGN’s loyal listeners.
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October 4, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Lisa Holder White and the Supreme Court of Illinois have announced the appointment of Jeffrey Scot McKinley as a Resident Circuit Judge in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Mercer County.
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October 4, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will hear comments on five proposals on November 15, 2023, at a public hearing beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, 13th Floor, in Chicago. All proposals must be approved by the Illinois Supreme Court before they can take effect. The hearing will be livestreamed here.
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October 3, 2023 | Practice News
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced today it was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance as part of the Adult Treatment Court (ATC), Category 3, Statewide Discretionary Grant Program. The ATC is a competitive grant program that supports projects that improve, enhance, and expand adult treatment courts services statewide.
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September 28, 2023 | Practice News | Events
The undergraduate Mock Trial Team for the University of Illinois is hosting its 16th Annual Illinois Invitational Tournamenton October 14 - 15, 2023, at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Illinois Trial Team is in need of Central Illinois lawyers to judge the tournament on both Saturday (10/14) and Sunday (10/15).
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September 25, 2023 | Practice News
If, as scheduled, the federal gift and estate tax exemption is reduced by roughly 50 percent effective Jan. 1, 2026, how does that reduction affect federal estate taxes payable by decedents whose lifetime gifts exceed the available exemption at the time of death? This is one of many questions addressed by Gary R. Gehlbach in his October Illinois Bar Journal article, “To Gift or Not to Gift.”
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September 21, 2023 | Practice News
Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the two civil opinions handed down Thursday, September 21, 2023, by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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September 21, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of lawyer disciplinary orders on September 21, 2023. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law.
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