Southern Illinois

The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,360 new attorneys who passed the July 2023 Bar Exam will be held on Thursday, November 9, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. These will be the first bar admission ceremonies held in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Attorney Eric William Evans was born January 30, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Gerald W. and Jane A. Evans.

Sarah E. Toney, of Chicago, and Wesley Gozia, of Carlyle, have been elected treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the Illinois State Bar Association. Their terms will last for one year until the Annual Meeting of 2024.

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laura K. Grandy of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois will retire on March 11, 2024. The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit seeks applications from all qualified applicants to succeed Judge Grandy as bankruptcy judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois with a duty station in East St. Louis, IL.