The Public Servant

The newsletter of the ISBA’s Standing Committee on Government Lawyers

June 2010 • Volume 11 • Number 4 •

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In This Issue

From the Chair

By Lisle A. Stalter

An introduction to the issue from the committee's chair.
In Memoriam: Roz Kaplan

By Kathryn A. Kelly & Lynn Patton

Remembering one of our own.

Drug asset forfeiture: Will the courts quiet the critics?

By Adam W. Ghrist

Those who argue against drug forfeiture need to answer this question: Do you want to rid your community of the illegal sale of drugs and the crime that comes with it?

Someone you should know—Tom Ioppolo, Assistant Attorney General

By Ronald A. Rascia & Ann Hagerty

Learn about Top Ioppolo, supervising attorney for the Illinois Attorney General's Civil Rights Unit.

The Illinois Supreme Court says: “Ryan gets nothing.” Illinois taxpayers under no obligation to fund his retirement

By Sharon L. Eiseman

It is irrelevant to the Court that the felonies for which Ryan was convicted were not committed during his service as Lieutenant Governor or as an Illinois legislator.

Summary of recent decisions

By Edward J. Schoenbaum

Recent decisions of interest to government lawyers.

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