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Co-editor’s note By John L. Nisivaco Tort Law, March 2000 Our first article is written by Scott D. Lane and Joseph M. Dooley from Lane & Lane in Chicago.
Editor’s corner By Edna Turkington-Viktora General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, March 2000 In response to the American Judicature Society's call for state participation, Honorable Charles Freeman, then Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, designated a team of four judges to represent Illinois in a national conference on pro se litigants held recently in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Editor’s notes State and Local Taxation, March 2000 The City of Chicago administrative hearing process is commenced by issuing a ticket.
Editor’s column By Malcolm L. Morris Business Advice and Financial Planning, February 2000 This edition of "The Counselor" is devoted to the upcoming collegium
Editor’s note By Michael L. English Federal Taxation, February 2000 At the December 9, 1999 meeting of the Federal Taxation Section Council, it was announced that one of the members of the section council, Professor Karen V. Kole had accepted the position of Director of the Federal Tax Clinic of the Center for Law and Human Services (CLHS).
Editor’s notes Real Estate Law, February 2000 Regular subscribers of Real Property will recognize the authors of both articles included in this issue; both have been frequent contributors in the past , and both are highly respected authorities in their respective fields.
Letter from the editor Corporate Law Departments, February 2000 Have you ever wanted to be a published writer? If so, The Corporate Lawyer has the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for people interested in writing articles for future issues of The Corporate Lawyer.
Chairman’s column By Michael S. Cohen Family Law, January 2000 I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.
Editor’s note By Cecilia Hynes Griffin Family Law, January 2000 Thanks for the many responses I received from readers of the newsletter regarding topics of interest.
Co-editor’s note By John L. Nisivaco Tort Law, December 1999 Our first article is written by Cook County Circuit Court Associate Judges Daniel T. Gillespie and Mary K. Rochford.
Editor’s note By John L. Conlon Administrative Law, December 1999 This edition of the newsletter has articles on important topics for antitrust practitioners.
Letter from the editor By Michael Todd Scott Corporate Law Departments, December 1999 This is the third edition of The Corporate Lawyer for the 1999-2000 year, and we are on track of meeting our goal of bringing you six editions this year.
Editor’s column By Malcolm L. Morris Business Advice and Financial Planning, November 1999 As the calendar year draws to its end, the section council is busy laying plans for next year's activities as explained in our chair's column.
Editor’s corner By John T. Phipps General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, November 1999 ISBA President Cheryl I. Niro has proclaimed the theme of her bar year as the "Lawyer as Healer."
Editor’s note By Michael L. English Federal Taxation, November 1999 At the September 24, 1999, meeting of the Federal Taxation Section Council, the members of the council heard a guest presentation by Edith Siler, Senior Attorney with the Office of IRS District Counsel, in Chicago.
Editor’s notes By Eleanor F. Dein Sharpe Real Estate Law, November 1999 This issue of Real Property supplies information on both familiar topics and others that may not be familiar to many of us.
Editor’s note By Cecilia Hynes Griffin Family Law, October 1999 In order to best serve our readers, we would like to know what topics you would like to see in the newsletter.
Editors’ notes By Paul A. Meints & Mark E. Zumdahl Trusts and Estates, October 1999 This issue is unusual from a couple of perspectives, none of which is really obvious to the reader.
Letter from the editor Corporate Law Departments, October 1999 In this issue of The Corporate Lawyer, we have several articles that I think our readers will find interesting. First, we have an article on basics of the income tax treatment of state and federal grants by Don Johnson of the Pinkneyville firm Johnson, Seibert & Bigham.
Newsletter editor’s corner General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, October 1999 Congratulations to Chris Freese, Vice-Chair of General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Council.
To our readers Employee Benefits, October 1999 The first issue of the 1999-2000 edition of the Employee Benefits Newsletter addresses the topic of IRS compliance programs.
Editor’s column By Malcolm L. Morris Business Advice and Financial Planning, September 1999 At long last, "The Counselor" arriveth. Our apologies for the delay.
Editor’s notes By Paul A. Meints & Mark E. Zumdahl Trusts and Estates, September 1999 This first issue of Volume 46 of the Trusts and Estates newsletter contains four articles.
Editor’s notes Real Estate Law, September 1999 The first article selected for this issue of Real Property is based on a very recent United States Supreme Court decision and should be of much interest to those practitioners who represent commercial mortgagors or their mortgagees, as well as those involved in mortgage foreclosures.
Inside Administrative Law, September 1999 Inside, immediately following Terry Shafer's article (which begins on this page) concerning the Commonwealth Edison property tax case, you will find a report on an unusual dispute between two federal agencies, the EEOC and the Department of Veteran Affairs.
To our readers Employee Benefits, September 1999 The theme of this issue of the Employee Benefits Newsletter addresses the topic of employee benefits litigation.
Letter from the editor By Michael Todd Scott Corporate Law Departments, August 1999 This is the first issue of the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Our goal this year is to once again increase the number of issues of The Corporate Lawyer we bring you. 
Newsletter editors’ corner By John T. Phipps General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, August 1999 This issue of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section newsletter contains three articles relating to representing clients with licensing problems
Editor’s note Labor and Employment Law, July 1999 This issue contains an interesting article pointing out distinctions between substantive law and remedies under the Illinois Human Rights Act in comparison to federal law.
Editor’s notes By Gary R. Gehlbach Real Estate Law, June 1999 This issue contains five excellent articles. The first, by Ed Jarot, is an important note on pending Illinois legislation regarding land trusts and of particular interest to attorneys who wish to return to using Illinois land trusts for family gifting purposes, especially to reduce potential taxable estates through annual exclusion gifting.

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