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  • March 28, 2011 | ISBA News
    Online voting for ISBA election set to begin
    Within the next several days ISBA members will be receiving ballots for the 2011 ISBA Election. On Monday, March 28, VR Election Services (VRES), ISBA's election provider, will be emailing e-ballots to members with valid email addresses and mailing paper ballots to members without email addresses. Members receiving an e-ballot will have the option to request a paper ballot from VRES. Likewise, any member receiving a paper ballot will have the option to vote online. Instructions for requesting a paper ballot will be included in the e-ballot email, and instructions for voting online will be printed on the paper ballot. Online voting ends at 4:30 p.m. CT on Friday, April 29th. Paper ballots must be received at VR Election Services in Texas by 4:30 p.m. CT on Friday, April 29, 2011 in order to be counted. The Tellers of the Election will complete the Canvass of the Election no later than May 4, 2011. If you do not receive your emailed or paper ballot by April 4th you may contact VRES at 800.218.4026. All members with their dues paid by March 1st are eligible to vote if there is a contested election in their area. The two contested elections are Cook County Board of Governors, and Downstate under 37 Board of Governors. Because there is no 3rd Vice President contest, out-of-state members do not vote.
  • February 9, 2011 | ISBA News
    Notice regarding online voting in ISBA elections
    As we near the 2011 election for ISBA offices, I want to give you advance notice of important changes being made - changes that can make it easier for you to cast your vote and that, over time, will reduce the cost of conducting elections for the Association. We are introducing the option of electronic voting for the first time this spring, and it is truly an option - all members will be able to choose to vote either electronically or by paper ballot. Here's what this will mean from your perspective: If you have provided ISBA with your email address, you will receive a ballot by email from our vendor, VR Election Services, along with instructions about securely casting your vote electronically. However, if you prefer, you will have the option to request a paper ballot after receiving the email. If you have not provided ISBA with an email address or if the address we have for you is not a valid, functioning address, you will receive a paper ballot and voting instructions through regular mail. Included with the instructions will be information about how to vote electronically if you so choose.
  • February 3, 2011 | ISBA News
    Felice unopposed for ISBA 3rd VP; Other election news
    Wheaton lawyer Richard D. Felice will lead the Illinois State Bar Association as its president in 2014-15. Felice, a former member of the Board of Governors, was the only candidate filing petitions for 3rd vice president by Monday's filing deadline. He will become 3rd vice president at the annual meeting in June and serve one year in each of three vice presidential offices. Following Mark D. Hassakis in the office of president will be John G. Locallo of Chicago, John E. Thies of Urbana, Paula Hudson Holderman of Chicago, and Felice. Six candidates filed for four vacancies on the Board of Governors in Cook County: Patrice M. Ball-Reed, Umberto S. Davi, Martin L. Glink, Christopher T. Hurley, Stephen M. Komie, and John L. Nisivaco. Two candidates filed for Board of Governors Under 37, Downstate: Jennifer Walsh Hammer of Springfield and Tara H. Ori of Waukegan. Also filing unopposed for re-election to their seats on the Board of Governors were Shari R. Rhode of Carbondale and Frank A.Sommario, Under 37, Cook County. Twenty-six seats on the ISBA Assembly from Cook County are up for election. Twenty-four candidates filed petitions by Monday's deadline. This year's filing deadlines were different from previous years, as will be the method of voting by ISBA members. Electronic voting will be offered as an option in addition to paper ballots for contested races.
  • January 25, 2011 | ISBA News
    Don't forget - deadline for nominating petitions is Jan. 31
    Nominating petitions for the upcoming ISBA election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at either the Illinois Bar Center, 424 South 2nd Street, in Springfield or the ISBA Chicago Office at 20 S. Clark Street, 9th Floor, Chicago. Petitions must be physically submitted with original signatures. Petitions submitted via email or fax will not be accepted. This election will decide a new Third Vice President, 7 Board of Governors and 26 members of the Assembly (Cook County). Click here for more information on ISBA elections.
  • January 10, 2011 | ISBA News
    Deadline for nominating petitions is Jan. 31
    Nominating petitions for the upcoming ISBA election must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at either the Illinois Bar Center, 424 South 2nd Street, in Springfield or the ISBA Chicago Office at 20 S. Clark Street, 9th Floor, Chicago. Petitions must be physically submitted with original signatures. Petitions submitted via email or fax will not be accepted. This election will decide a new Third Vice President, 7 Board of Governors and 26 members of the Assembly (Cook County). Click here for more information on ISBA elections.
  • January 3, 2011 | ISBA News
    Nominating petitions being accepted for ISBA election
    Nominating petitions for the upcoming ISBA election may be submitted beginning today, Jan. 3, and must be filed by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 31, 2011 at either the Illinois Bar Center, 424 South 2nd Street, in Springfield or the ISBA Chicago Office at 20 S. Clark Street, 9th Floor, Chicago. Petitions must be physically submitted with original signatures. Petitions submitted via email or fax will not be accepted. This election will decide a new Third Vice President, 7 Board of Governors and 26 members of the Assembly (Cook County). Click here for more information on ISBA elections.
  • May 11, 2010 | ISBA News
    Election results are in - Enright, Hartigan, Wojcik, Bas win Board seats
    [caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignright" width="234" caption="Clockwise from upper right: Karen Enright, Mark Wojcik, Russell Hartigan, Jamie Bas"][/caption] The results from the Illinois State Bar Association's election are in and incumbents Russell W. Hartigan and Mark E. Wojcik have been re-elected to the Board of Governors. Karen M. Enright of Chicago picked up the third Cook County seat. Jamie L. Bas of Swansea was the winner in the Under 37 Downstate race. Hartigan is a partner at Hartigan & O’Connor P.C. in Chicago. He focuses his practice in civil litigation, municipal, personal injury and real estate. He is the current board liaison to the Civil Practice Section Council, Local Government Law Section, Committee on Legal Education, Admission and Competence. Wojcik is a professor at the John Marshall Law School where he has taught legal writing, torts, human rights and international subjects. He previously chaired the ISBA’s International and Immigration Section and served on the Human Rights Section Council, the Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, and the Special Committee on GATS. Enright is a partner at Winters Enright Salzetta & O’Brien, L.L.C. in Chicago.  She focuses her practice in personal injury and won the 2009 ISBA Board of Governors Award. Enright was president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois from 2007-2008. Bas is an associate at DeFranco & Bradley P.C.
  • March 24, 2010 | ISBA News
    ISBA election time - watch your mail
    [caption id="attachment_9755" align="alignright" width="300" caption="ISBA presidents past, present and future: Past President Jack Carey, current President John O'Brien, newly-elected 3rd VP Paula Holderman, 2nd VP John Locallo, President-elect Mark Hassakis and 3rd VP John Thies "][/caption] Ballots will be mailed to ISBA members on April 1 for contested elections for the Board of Governors and the Assembly. Also watch for information about the candidates in the Spring edition of Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly, on its way to your mailbox now. Six candidates are seeking three seats on the Board of Governors in Cook County, two challengers are seeking the Under 37 Board seat outside Cook County, and 127 seats in the 201-member Assembly are being filled. Assembly contests are in the 3rd, 7th, and 18th circuits. Learn about the candidates and vote!
  • February 23, 2010 | ISBA News
    Candidates line up for ISBA elections
    Eight of the 25 seats on the ISBA Board of Governors and 127 seats in the 201-member Assembly are up for election this spring. Paula Hudson Holderman was the sole candidate for 3rd vice president and is therefore elected. Members in areas where there are contested races will receive ballots in early April with results to be announced May 11. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name in contested elections. For Third Vice-President – 1 to be elected
    • Paula Hudson Holderman, Chicago
    For Board of Governors – Cook County – 3 to be elected
    • Kimberly J. Anderson, Chicago              6
    • Karen McNulty Enright, Chicago            4
    • Gregg A. Garofalo, Chicago                   3
    • Russell W. Hartigan, Chicago                 2
    • Stephen M. Komie, Chicago                   1
    • Mark E. Wojcik, Chicago                        5
    For Board of Governors – Area 2 (Circuits 17, 19 & 22) – 1 to be elected
    • Bernard Wysocki, Waukegan
    For Board of Governors – Area 5 (Circuits 5, 6 & 11) – 1 to be elected
    • Steve Pacey, Paxton
    For Board of Governors – Under 37 – Downstate – 1 to be elected
    • Jamie L. Bas, Swansea                1
    • Tara H. Ori, Waukegan               2
    For Board of Governors – Under 37 – Cook – 1 to be elected
    • Gina Arquilla DeBoni, Chicago
  • February 17, 2010 | ISBA News
    Holderman to head ISBA in three years
    [caption id="attachment_8473" align="alignright" width="212" caption="Paula Holderman"][/caption] Paula Hudson Holderman has been elected 3rd Vice President of ISBA. Holderman, Chief Attorney Development Officer  at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago,  will serve a year in each of the three vice presidential posts before taking office as president in 2013. She will be sworn in as 3rd vice president at the ISBA Annual Meeting in June. At that time,  Mark Hassakis of Mt. Vernon will be sworn in as president, John Locallo of Chicago will become president-elect, and John Thies of Urbana will be 2nd vice president. Holderman has been an active member of the ISBA for more than 25 years since then-president Richard Thies appointed her to the Criminal Justice Section Council in 1984 while she was serving as an Assistant State's Attorney in Champaign County trying murder and other felony cases. She also served as zoning counsel to the Champaign County Board. She is proud to have been the first woman to serve as president of the Champaign County Bar Association. Later, she was elected to the ISBA Assembly from the 6th Judicial Circuit. After relocating to the Chicago area in 1989, she had a suburban solo practice focusing on real estate and school zoning matters for four years before she began teaching at the John Marshall Law School. She taught trial advocacy and supervised the school's clinical programs until 1999.