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  • June 17, 2016
    Annual Meeting 2016 Improv CLE
    Attendees of the Annual Meeting were treated to a free improv CLE titled "Think Fast: Improving Your Communication Skills Through Improv" on June 17 at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont.
  • June 17, 2016
    Annual Meeting 2016 Installation Reception
    A reception was held before the Installation Ceremony on June 17 during the 140th Annual Meeting at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont.
  • June 17, 2016
    Annual Meeting 2016 Networking Luncheon and Plenary Session
    President-Elect Vincent Cornelius shared his vision and goals for the Association in 2016-2017. He was followed by Irving Miller, from the CBS award-winning hit series The Good Wife, who discussed his perspectives as the show's technical legal advisor.
  • June 17, 2016
    Annual Meeting 2016 Opening Reception
    The 140th Annual Meeting kicked off on Thursday with an Opening Reception at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont.
  • June 17, 2016
    Annual Meeting 2016 Young Lawyers Division
    The ISBA Young Lawyers Division hosted its Section meeting on Friday, June 17, during the Annual Meeting at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont. George L. Schoenbeck, III, of Sosin & Arnold in Orland Park, was installed as new YLD Chair.
  • June 16, 2016 | Practice News
    Quick Takes on Thursday's Illinois Supreme Court opinions
    Our panel of leading appellate attorneys review Thursday's top Illinois Supreme Court opinions in the Civil case Moline School District No. 40 Board of Education v. Quinn and the criminal cases People v. McFadden and People v. Rizzo. CIVIL Moline School District v. Quinn By Joanne R. Driscoll, Forde Law Offices LLP Does legislation (Public Act 97-1161) creating a property tax exemption for one lessee of one metropolitan airport authority violate the special legislation clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV, § 13)?  Affirming the appellate court, the Illinois Supreme Court held that it does. 
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  • June 16, 2016 | Practice News
    Quick Takes for Your Practice: Preparing an estate plan
    Gain an understanding of what it takes to prepare an estate plan for a client from Attorney Ryan Walsh.
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  • June 16, 2016 | CLE
    Post-Provena: Illinois' Not for Profit Property Tax Issues, Part 1 – LIVE Webcast
    Don’t miss this two-hour hot topic live webcast on June 29, 2016 that addresses property tax issues currently being considered by the Illinois General Assembly and Illinois Court in the post-Provena era and the ongoing Carle Foundation Case. State tax attorneys, CPAs, and attorneys with clients that are subject to or are exempt from Illinois income, sales and property tax who attend this seminar will better understand the potential property tax policy issues being considered and how Illinois income, sales, and property taxes may be impacted.
  • June 15, 2016 | Practice News
    ISBA Statehouse Review for the week of June 15, 2016
    ISBA Director of Legislative Affairs Jim Covington reviews legislation in Springfield of interest to ISBA members. This week he covers Filing fees, Mobile Home and Landlord and Tenant Rights Act (House Bill 6285), Unclaimed U.S. savings bonds (House Bill 5607),  Guilty pleas (House Bill 2569), Counties Code (House Bill 4603) and Toxicology results (Senate Bill 3096). More information on each bill is available below the video. Filing fees. The Access to Justice Act created the Statutory Court Fee Task Force to study the current system of fees, fines, and other court costs and propose recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly and Illinois Supreme Court. Its report may be found here.
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  • June 15, 2016 | Practice News
    Best Practice: Managing performance reviews
    By John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMC Q. We are a firm is a 15-attorney firm in Kansas City, Missouri. Our management committee is charged with the responsibility of determining partner, associate and staff compensation. Several years ago we switched to a competency based, goal driven system for partners, associates, and staff. The system requires self-evaluations, peer evaluations for partners and associates, and self-evaluations. This requires extensive performance reviews, tracking, scheduling, and documentation. We are using Excel spreadsheets and MS Word documents and having a hard time managing all of this. Do you have any ideas?