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    November 9, 2018 | ISBA News
    5th District Admission Ceremony, November 2018
    New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on Nov. 8 at five separate locations across the state. The Fifth Judicial District ceremony was held in the auditorium of Southern Illinois University's School of Law in Carbondale.
  • November 9, 2018 | CLE
    CLE: Illinois Uniform Powers of Appointment Act
    Gain a better understanding of the Illinois Uniform Powers of Appointment Act with this half-day seminar in Chicago or via live webcast on Dec 13. Attorneys in the practice areas of estate planning, probate, tax planning, trust construction, tax preparation, trust and estate administration, beneficiary and fiduciary representation, and chancery who attend this program will gain a better understanding of: the Illinois Uniform Powers of Appointment Act; powers of appointment; the background of the Uniform Act and the Illinois Act; the provisions under the Illinois Act; changes to the Uniform Act; and drafting powers of appointment, including modifications.
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    November 8, 2018 | ISBA News
    2nd District Admission Ceremony, November 2018
    New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on Nov. 8 at five separate locations across the state. The Second Judicial District ceremony was held at Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, in Elgin.
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    November 8, 2018 | ISBA News
    4th District Admission Ceremony, November 2018
    New attorneys were admitted to practice in Illinois on Nov. 8 at five separate locations across the state. The Fourth Judicial District ceremony was held in the auditorium of the Michael J. Howlett Building, Second and Jackson Street, in Springfield.
  • November 8, 2018 | Events | ISBA News
    Illinois Bar Foundation to Honor Three at Annual Fellows Breakfast
    The Illinois Bar Foundation will honor Hon. Dennis J. Burke, Ret., and Ruth Ann Schmitt with the 2018 Distinguished Service to Law & Society Awards at the annual Fellows Breakfast on Dec. 7 at the University Club Chicago. Richard R. Winter will receive the 2018 Honorary Fellow Award.
  • November 8, 2018 | Practice News
    Best Practice Tips: Gradually Selling a Law Practice to an Associate
    Asked and Answered  By John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC Q. I am the owner of an elder law firm in Phoenix, Arizona. I have one full-time associate, one part-time associate, and three staff members. I am earning around $300,000 a year from the practice and my full-time associate’s salary is $100,000 a year. I am 60 years old and would like to retire and be out of the practice in five years. I would like to begin phasing down and working part time in the next year or two. My full-time associate has been with the firm for 10 years. I feel that I should be entitled to some sweat equity from the practice in the form of retirement compensation or buy-out. With this said I would prefer that my practice “stay in the family” and be sold to my associate rather than selling my practice to an outside buyer. I would appreciate your suggestions.
  • November 6, 2018 | CLE
    ISBA Hosts CLE Event Focused on Branding for Female Attorneys
    (L-R) Shira Truitt, The Truitt Law Firm, LLC; Carol Jones, Jill M. Metz & Associates; ISBA Board of Governors Member Ava George Stewart; ISBA Third Vice President Anna Krolikowska; Masah SamForay, The Foray Firm; and Annemarie Kill, Avery | Kill, LLC. Several ISBA leaders recently attended a CLE event focused on personal branding for female attorneys. "Advancing Your Firm: Personal Branding for the Female Lawyer" was held Nov. 1 at the ISBA Regional Office in Chicago. The half-day seminar detailed traditional and modern business branding and ethical marketing strategies for reaching diverse populations. 
  • November 6, 2018 | Member Services
    Lawyer Referral Service Makes More than 800 Referrals in October
    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 October 2018 there were more than 800 referrals given. Here are the results for October 2018:
  • November 6, 2018 | CLE
    CLE: Expert Witnesses – Find Them, Prep Them, Challenge Them
    Discover how to find, utilize, and confront expert witnesses during your next case. Expert witnesses play a valuable role by offering unbiased evidence that helps prove something important to the case. Regardless of their expert knowledge and independent opinions, though, they are oftentimes discredited as an expert or shown that their opinion is not without bias by opposing counsel. Civil litigators, workers’ compensation lawyers, and administrative law attorneys – and any other practice areas where retained experts are required or encountered – with all levels of practice experience who attend this seminar on Dec. 12 will better understand: how to find an expert for your next case; how to prepare your expert for trial; how to present your expert for the deposition or direct examination; and how to confront the opposing counsel’s witness during the cross-examination.
  • November 5, 2018 | Practice News
    Over 1,200 New Illinois Lawyers to Be Admitted on Thursday
    New attorneys will be admitted to practice in Illinois on Thursday, Nov. 8, with Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Court justices presiding and administering the attorney's oath to 1,283 new attorneys at five separate locations across the state.  All of the candidates set to be sworn in have passed the Illinois State Bar Examination and a required ethics examination and were certified by the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness. They will bring the total number of licensed attorneys in Illinois to approximately 98,000. The largest group, 1,051, will be admitted in the First Judicial District during two ceremonies at the Arie Crown Theater, located at 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, in Chicago. The ceremonies will be at 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Illinois Supreme Court Justices Mary Jane Theis and P. Scott Neville, Jr., will preside over the morning ceremony.