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Articles From Timothy E. Duggan

Great research tool— The ISBA Web site is new and improved! By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, July 2016 A search of the articles in the Bar Journal and newsletters could be one of your most valuable starting search tools. It is free, easy and may save you from re-inventing the wheel.
Advising clients on home inspector’s limitation of liability By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 2015 The limitations on scope and liability can be a trap for the unwary
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Chairman’s corner By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 2005 This is my last Chairman’s Corner. It has been an honor and a pleasure to be Chairman of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Council for the 2004-2005 Section Council Year.
Power to the people-ISBA form exchange By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, May 2005 A previous Chairman's Corner recommended the ISBA discussion group forums for their usefulness as a research tool.
Practice trap: Lawyer’s comments on pending cases By Matt Maloney & Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, May 2005 Contemporary broadcast and print media have a profound effect on the judicial process. People know more now about what's going on everywhere in the world than they ever knew before.
Chairman’s corner: Proposals to help earning power By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2005 President Ole Bly Pace asked each Section Council to propose at least one practical idea to help members of that Section improve their earning power.
Chair’s column: ISBA Web discussion groups as a research tool By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2005 ISBA Web discussion groups can be used as research tool, either by merely asking your question on the list-serve, or searching the discussion group archives for prior discussions on a subject.
Chairman’s corner: Thoughts on the nobility and honor of our profession By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, February 2005 Eight years ago the Honorable Judge Richard Mills, United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, spoke at a memorial service for the local attorneys who had passed away in the recent years.
Chairman’s corner By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, January 2005 At the Annual Meeting, ISBA President Ole Pace presented a theme of his presidency, as "Making a Life and Living in the Law."
Chairman’s corner: Sale of practice, cable TV production, seminars and publications By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 2004 The Supreme Court Rules Committee met in Chicago to consider the ISBA's proposal for sale/ transfer of practice. On September 10, 2004 President Ole Pace presented the ISBA position.
Chairperson’s corner By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, September 2004 Welcome to the 2004-2005 Section Council Year. It is an honor for me to be chairman of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Council.
Part 2: Reciprocal or mutual wills—implied consequences By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, May 2002 In a previous issue of this newsletter, an article by the same name discussed the factors that courts would consider to determine if wills were executed pursuant to contract, reviewed specific cases to highlight how the analysis of such factors worked in practice, and noted that ordinary disposition schemes have been argued to evidence contractual wills.
Part 1: Reciprocal or mutual wills—implied consequences By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2002 A simple and common request can have significant consequences which may be unintended: a married couple, each with children from prior marriages, wants wills which leave everything to the surviving spouse and then, upon the death of the survivor, the estate is to be divided among all of their children from their prior marriages.
Quick reference guide to the Business Corporation Act—Part II By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, April 2001 Part I of this summary of the Business Corporation Act was printed in the May 2000 issue of this newsletter.
Quick reference guide to the Business Corporation Act—Part I By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, May 2000 I have not found the Business Corporation Act to be user-friendly. Most of the lack of clarity is due to the organizational problems of drafting the desired flexible inter-related and alternative methods of corporate organization, operations, and flow of authority.
Joinder of pending claims for injuries due to two or more accidents By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 1999 It is not uncommon to have a personal injury client who is injured in a second accident, or even a third accident, while the first claim is pending.
Effective waiver of beneficial interests and expectancies in judgment of dissolution of marriage By Timothy E. Duggan General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, February 1999 There are a number of cases in which a party fails to change his beneficiary designations after dissolution of marriage, leaving an ex-spouse as the designated beneficiary of life insurance, pension plan, or other asset.

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