Don’t miss this nuts-and-bolts examination of the personal injury litigation process! This back-to-basics seminar covers all aspects of the personal injury litigation case – from pretrial to post-trial – and pays particular attention to updated and emerging issues.
ISBA members, sign up to receive The Bar News' biweekly e-newsletter by emailing emailpreferences@isba.org
-
January 17, 2014 |
CLE
-
January 16, 2014 |
Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Cook County Circuit Judge Laura Liu to the 1st District Appellate vacancy created by the death of Justice Patrick Quinn.According to the Chicago Sun-Times, sitting Appellate Justice Bertina Lampkin will move into Quinn's vacancy and Liu will move into Lampkin's spot.The appointment is effective Feb. 3.
-
January 15, 2014
"Smells like money to me." Whether or not any farmer actually said it, it's someone's sardonic response to complaints about foul odors associated with hog production. But as town increasingly meets country in exurban Illinois, unhappiness about livestock odors is no laughing matter for farmer or homeowner alike.Perhaps both sides got some good news in Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Hilltop View, where "an Illinois appeals court has rejected an insurer’s denial of coverage to hog confinement operators pursuant to a standard 'pollution exclusion' provision in an umbrella liability policy," as Kristine Tidgren reports in the latest ISBA Agricultural Law newsletter. Read her article.
-
January 15, 2014 |
Practice News
Chief Justice Rita B. Garman of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for a Circuit Court vacancy in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.The Woodford County resident circuit vacancy is created by the retirement of Judge John B. Huschen on March 31, 2014. Judge Huschen has been a resident Circuit Judge since 1998.
-
January 15, 2014 |
ISBA News | Practice News
The Illinois State Bar Association's Delivery of Legal Services’ Committee has updated its Disaster Legal Services Manual and the newest version is now available at www.illinoislawyerfinder.com/disastermanual
-
January 15, 2014 |
Practice News
Asked and AnsweredBy John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMCQ. Our firm is an eight attorney firm located in Minneapolis. We have 5 partners and three associates. I serve as the managing partner and frankly I do not have the time or the skills to do an effective job. My performance as managing partner is marginal at best. We have recently been discussing hiring a professional legal administrator to manage the firm. What are the essential skill sets we should look for?
-
January 15, 2014 |
Practice News
The Illinios Supreme Court has appointed the Hon. Mitchell L. Hoffman to Circuit Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Fourth Subcircuit. This appointment is effective Feb. 3, 2014 and terminates on Dec. 5, 2016. Judge Mitchell currently serves as an associate judge in the 19th Circuit.
-
January 15, 2014 |
Events
The Chicago Lawyers Hockey Team of the Chicago Masters Hockey League recently played their 6th annual United Center charity game against the Chicago Celebrity Allstars Hockey Team, which team included some Chicago Blackhawks alumni. The game benefited the Chicago Legal Clinic. Those photographed in the back row are (left to right): Michael B. Quigley, David M. Goldman, Lowell D. Snorf, III, C.J. Koroll, Patrick D. Thompson, Kevin M. Magnuson, James R. Foley, and David Vander Ploeg. Those photographed in the front row are (left to right): Kent D. Sinson, Michael B. Goldberg, Most Rev. Thomas J. Paprocki, and Steven L. Demitro (Captain).This year's game went to the Chicago Celebrity Allstars Hockey Team who defeated the Chicago Lawyers 5-4.
-
January 14, 2014 |
ISBA News
ISBA President Paula H. Holderman interviews DeKalb attorney Mary Petruchius, Chair of the ISBA's Standing Committee on Women in the Law. They discuss the committee's plans to make a difference in the professional lives of our state's women lawyers and the upcoming networking event at NIU College of Law on March 21.
-
January 13, 2014 |
Practice News
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced Monday the appointment of Judge James P. Flannery, Jr. as Presiding Judge of the Law Division effective immediately. Judge Flannery, currently a trial judge in the Law Division, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Law Division Presiding Judge William D. Maddux who retired Jan. 11, 2014.1 comment (Most recent January 14, 2014)