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Freeborn & Peters LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has elevated several attorneys to equity partner, effective June 25.
The firm’s new equity partners include Shelly A. DeRousse and Steven D. Pearson. The attorneys previously were partners.
Courtesy the American Bar Endowment
Lawyers have tremendous power to change people's lives through legal representation and systemic advocacy. At the Community Activism Law Alliance (CALA) in Chicago founded by Lam Ho in 2014, a group of lawyers and activists are changing how lawyers and communities work together. The CALA model of “community activism lawyering” shifts the practice of law from a transactional relationship focused on an individual client/case crisis to a transformative proactive partnership for systemic change. Lawyers serve individual clients; yet, with the promise of preventing future crisis, better systems are put in place to address critical community needs.
The ISBA Springfield and Chicago offices will be closed for the holiday beginning Thursday, July 4. They will reopen on Monday, July 8. During this time, members can expect the following:
All business and e-newsletter distribution will resume as usual on Monday, July 8.
Hon. James F. McCluskey, the Illinois State Bar Association’s immediate past president, will be honored at a reception hosted by the Illinois State Bar Association and Illinois Bar Foundation at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 240 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook on Thursday, July 18 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online.
Before becoming an associate judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Judge McCluskey was a founding member of Momkus McCluskey, LLC. There he handled 60 jury trials as a commercial litigator. In addition to serving as the 2018-2019 ISBA president, Judge McCluskey served as president of the DuPage County Bar Association, and is a member of the Kane County Bar Association and West Suburban Bar Association. He is a Gold Fellow of the IBF. He received a bachelor’s degree from Elmhurst College, a J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law, and an L.L.M. from the John Marshall Law School.
The Illinois Department of Central Management Services is seeking an assistant labor counsel in Chicago.
Responsibilities of the position include performing technical and legal work in the areas of labor agreements and arbitration; representing the state in arbitration hearings and before the Illinois Labor Relations Board; reviewing resolutions and disciplinary actions; recommending administrative action on labor relations issues; and carrying out public speaking assignments at off-site locations.
ISBA Second Vice President Anna Krolikowksa was among those who attended the Alliance of Illinois Judges’ Installation of Officers and Annual Meeting on June 26 in Chicago. She is pictured with Alliance of Illinois Judges President Hon. Mary Cay Marubio.
Art Hubacher and Matthew Ames are pleased to announce the formation of Hubacher Ames & Taylor, PLLC with the addition of J. Kirk Taylor as a name member of the firm.
With the addition of Taylor, the firm will also add a Chicago office to the firm's base in Fairfax, Virginia.
Governor J.B. Pritzker’s administration has appointed attorney Mauro Glorioso to be the executive director and general counsel of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB).
Glorioso has served the PTAB in a number of capacities, most recently as chairman of the board. Prior to that, he was a member of the statewide five-member board. Board members are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
Prior to becoming a board member, Glorioso served as an administrative law judge at the agency. Glorioso is a past president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers and has been active in the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA). He served three terms on the ISBA Board of Governors.
Attorney Antonio M. Romanucci was installed as the president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on June 7. ISBA President Elect David Sosin attended the event.
The Illinois Supreme Court today amended Rule 295, which pertains to matters assignable to associate judges.
The amended Rule, which goes into effect July 1, provides:
“The chief judge of each circuit or any circuit judge designated by him or her may assign an associate judge to hear and determine any matters deemed suitable by the chief judge or designated circuit judge, including the trial of criminal cases in which the defendant is charged with an offense punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.”