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  • October 11, 2011 | ISBA News | Practice News
    ISBA Environmental Law Section Council to host networking luncheon

    The ISBA Environmental Law Section Council is pleased to invite all Springfield-area attorneys practicing in the area of Environmental Law to a FREE networking lunch for ISBA members and non-members alike.

    When: October 21, 2011; Noon – 1:00 p.m.

    Where: Illinois Attorney General Office, Helen Radigan Hall, 500 South Second Street, Springfield, IL 62706

    John Kim, Chief Legal Counsel for the Illinois EPA, will present on the new Section 31 process, including compliance agreement (“CCA”) administrative enforcement.

    Kyle Rominger, Deputy Chief Counsel for the Illinois EPA will be speaking on permit streamlining and clean construction demolition debris (“CCDD”).

    Please join us for these brief informative presentations, a light lunch and the opportunity to visit with fellow practitioners in a relaxed setting.

    Please RSVP with Jane McBride, jmcbride@atg.state.il.us by Oct. 18.

  • October 11, 2011 | ISBA News
    Illinois Lawyer Finder makes 700 referrals in September

    The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law.  For the month of September 2011, ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

    • Administrative Law – 15
    • Animal Law - 1
    • Bankruptcy - 14
    • Business Law -     16        
    • Civil Disputes - 53        
    • Civil Rights - 27   
    • Collection - 28
    • Consumer Protection - 16
    • Contracts - 14
    • Criminal Law -     54
    • Education Law -13
    • Elder law - 4
    • Employment Law - 64
    • Estate/Probate Law - 18
    • Family - 112        
    • Government Benefits -14
    • Health Law - 12
    • Immigration - 5
    • Insurance Disputes - 7
    • Intellectual Property - 7
    • Miscellaneous - 2    
    • Municipal Law - 7        
    • Personal Injury - 88        
    • Real Estate - 73
    • Social Security - 25            
    • Tax - 3
    • Workers Compensation - 8

    These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service.

    Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service?  Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.com
    Clients should call (800) 922-8757.
     

  • October 6, 2011 | ISBA News
    Need conference room chairs? ISBA selling 10

    As part of its Chicago office rehab, the Illinois State Bar Association has 10 office chairs available for $100 each. The chairs are green and in good condition. They have been in the Chicago office library for the past few years.

    Contact Joyce Williams, Chicago Office Coordinator, at (312) 726-8775 if interested.

  • September 20, 2011 | ISBA News
    Illinois Law programs review Mental Health issues with children (Oct. 2011)

    Mental Health Concerns in the Juvenile Courts

    School Advocacy for Children with Mental Health Concerns

  • September 20, 2011 | ISBA News
    "Senior Scams" and "Identity Theft" now available for online viewing (September 2011)

    Senior Scams

    Identity Theft

  • September 20, 2011 | ISBA News
    Mental Health programs to air on Illinois Law in October

    "Mental Health Concerns in the Juvenile Court" and "School Advocacy for Children with Mental Health Concerns" two half-hour programs presented by Illinois Law, will air on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago, during the month of October. "Mental Health Concerns in the Juvenile Court" will air at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, October 4 and 18, and "School Advocacy for Children with Mental Health Concerns" will air at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, October 11 and 25. Illinois Law is a cable production of the Illinois State Bar Association.

    Appearing on the shows are Nancy Z. Hablutzel (front), a Chicago lawyer and program moderator; and (from left) Bernard Glos, Ph.D., of Westmont; Joseph T. Monahan, of Monahan & Cohen in Chicago and a member of the ISBA Standing Committee on Mental Health Law; and Phil Milsk, Law Offices of Phil Milsk in New Lenox and a member of the ISBA Education Law Section Council.

    View previous programs online at iln.isba.org/blog/illinois-law-video

  • September 12, 2011 | ISBA News | Member Services
    Illinois Lawyer Finder makes over 800 referrals in August

    The Illinois State Bar Association’s Lawyer Finder Service provides referrals to local lawyers Mondays through Fridays. The Service makes referrals in a number of areas of law. For the month of August 2011 ISBA helped people in need of legal services find lawyers in the following areas:

    • Administrative Law - 16
    • Animal Law - 1
    • Bankruptcy - 15
    • Business Law - 14
    • Civil Disputes - 74
    • Civil Rights - 31
    • Collection - 23
    • Consumer Protection - 18
    • Contracts – 11
    • Criminal Law - 64
    • Education Law - 16
    • Elder law - 5
    • Employment Law - 85
    • Estate/Probate Law - 38
    • Family - 154
    • Government Benefits - 14
    • Health Law - 13
    • Immigration - 3
    • Insurance Disputes - 12
    • Intellectual Property - 7
    • Miscellaneous - 1
    • Municipal Law - 16                
    • Personal Injury - 98
    • Real Estate - 55
    • Social Security - 17
    • Tax - 3
    • Workers Compensation - 5

    These numbers do not include additional referrals made through the online Lawyer Finder service.

    Want to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service?  Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.com

    Clients should call (800) 922-8757.

  • September 8, 2011 | ISBA News
    ISBA Sunday Runners celebrate Annual Mary Hanssel Memorial Run

    The ISBA Sunday Runners celebrated the Annual Mary Hanssel Memorial Run on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 along the lakefront in Chicago.

    The ISBA Sunday Runners have been meeting by the lakefront every Saturday morning for over 30 years to run, walk, and go out for breakfast.

    The only rule of the Sunday Runners Group:  If you come, you come! No need to RSVP.  No apologies.

  • September 8, 2011 | ISBA News
    Share your memories of Sept. 11, 2011

    The 10th anniversary of 9-11 is a reminder of how fragile and precious life can be.  It brought out the best in us as a nation, as we entered a new era marked by national pride and self-sacrifice.

    Members of Congress sang “God Bless America” on the steps of the Capitol while young people signed up for the military, knowing they would probably be sent to a war zone. ISBA lawyers with a military background stepped forward to form the Committee on Military Affairs and trained other members so they could provide needed legal services, often pro bono, to members of the military and their families. 

    How ISBA lawyers choose to commemorate 9-11 is, of course, a personal matter. Some will remember the day by supporting a cause, volunteering or performing an act of kindness.  Others will commemorate the tragedy through discussions and actions year-round. Still others will carry the memory privately in their hearts and prayers.

    What are your thoughts and reflections as we remember this major turning point in all our lives? I invite you to post comments below. 

     

    John G. Locallo, ISBA President

    7 comments (Most recent September 9, 2011)
  • August 31, 2011 | ISBA News
    ISBA leaders attend judicial merit selection conference

    ISBA President John G. Locallo and ISBA President-elect John E. Thies attended the National Summit on Defending Merit Selection earlier this week in St. Louis. The ISBA has been on record in support of the merit selection of judges since 1987.

    The purpose of this conference was for bar leaders from around the country to meet and discuss strategies for advancing and preserving merit selection of judges in their respective states as a way to keep politics out of the courtroom. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was the keynote speaker, and attended one of the plenary sessions.