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January 6, 2025 | Practice News
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January 2, 2025 | CLE
Learn how to effectively advocate for your clients residing in nursing facilities with this informative online seminar. Elder law attorneys, family law practitioners, trusts and estate counsel, and senior lawyers with basic practice experience who attend this program will better understand: what you need to know about nursing facility law; the advocacy options you have for nursing facility residents, including administrative remedies and litigation; how to identify important provisions of federal nursing facility law; and how to spot issues in common nursing facility disputes. -
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Practice News
On June 18, 2024, this court [the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit] issued notice that it proposed modifications to Circuit Rules 46 and 51, and the creation of Circuit Rule 46.1. The court carefully considered the comments received. The court hereby provides notice of adoption of the aforementioned changes, effective immediately [Dec. 31, 2024]. /s/ Christopher Conway, Clerk
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December 30, 2024 | Practice NewsMarcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Tenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Caryn J. Kamp as associate judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Ms. Kamp received her undergraduate degree in 2003 from the University of Missouri-Columbia in Columbia, Missouri, and her Juris Doctor in 2006 from Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Kamp is currently affiliated with Kamp Law Office, Ltd. in Peoria, Illinois and Peoria County Public Defender’s Office in Peoria, Illinois.
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December 23, 2024 | Events
The ISBA Assembly met on Friday, December 13, at the 2024 Joint Midyear Meeting held at the JW Marriott Chicago. -
December 22, 2024 | Events
The Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and the Illinois Judges Association (IJA) hosted a luncheon at the 2024 Joint Midyear Meeting on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Chicago. IJA President Judge Mary Colleen Roberts presented Justice David K. Overstreet with the Lifetime Achievement Award. -
December 19, 2024 | Practice News
Leading appellate attorneys review the Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, December 19. -
December 19, 2024 | Practice NewsThe Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Robert C. Marsaglia of Morris to serve as a Commissioner of the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) for a term beginning on January 1, 2025, and expiring on December 31, 2027. The ARDC is the Supreme Court agency that oversees lawyer licensing and investigates allegations of lawyer wrongdoing in Illinois.
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December 19, 2024 | Events
The 2024 Joint Midyear Meeting was held Dec. 12-13, 2024, at the JW Marriott, 151 West Adams Street, Chicago. Attendees celebrated the profession, discussed issues of mutual interest to the bench and bar, attended business meetings, earned CLE credit, and expanded their social and professional networks at receptions and dinners. -
December 18, 2024 | Practice NewsThe Illinois Supreme Court announced today the release of its policy on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the courts, following the approval of a report submitted by the Illinois Judicial Conference (IJC) Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.1 comment (Most recent December 19, 2024)