Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court announced the swearing-in of new Fifth District Appellate Court Clerk Cortney E. Kuntze at a ceremony held in the Fifth District Appellate Court Courtroom in Mount Vernon.
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January 6, 2024 | Practice News
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November 25, 2023 | Events
New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on Nov. 9 at six separate locations across the state. The Fifth Judicial District was split into two sessions. The first ceremony at 9:00 a.m. was held at the Southern Illinois University School of Law Auditorium, 1150 Douglas Drive, in Carbondale. Illinois State Bar Association 3rd Vice President Perry Browder spoke at the ceremony.
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November 17, 2023 | ISBA News
The ISBA’s Rural Practice Initiative Committee created the Rural Practice Fellowship Program in 2020 to increase access to attorneys in rural areas of Illinois. The aim of the Program is to connect rural and small-town attorneys and law firms looking to hire summer law clerks and full-time associates with law students and attorneys interested in practicing law in rural communities in Illinois.
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
Justice David K. Overstreet of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 50 new lawyers between two bar admission ceremonies on Thursday, November 9, in the Fifth Judicial District.
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November 6, 2023 | Practice News
The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,360 new attorneys who passed the July 2023 Bar Exam will be held on Thursday, November 9, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. These will be the first bar admission ceremonies held in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 22, 2023 | People
George R. Ripplinger, Jr., of Belleville, IL, was born in East St. Louis, IL, on April 19, 1945.
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July 17, 2023 | People
Attorney Eric William Evans was born January 30, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Gerald W. and Jane A. Evans.
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July 10, 2023 | People
Rebecca Whittington, 62, passed away at the University of Louisville Jewish Hospital on July 8, 2023.
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June 23, 2023 | People | ISBA News
Sarah E. Toney, of Chicago, and Wesley Gozia, of Carlyle, have been elected treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the Illinois State Bar Association. Their terms will last for one year until the Annual Meeting of 2024.
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June 1, 2023 | People
Hon. Larry Olen Baker, 81, of Elizabethtown, IL, passed away May 16, 2023, at Baptist Health Paducah. He was a retired Judge and Retired Lt. Commander in the United States Naval Reserve.