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September 2017 Bench and Bar Newsletter
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Editor’s column
By Edward Schoenbaum Jr. (Ret.)
An introduction from Editor Ed Schoenbaum.
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Shakespeare’s cold wisdom—Too early seen unknown, and known too late?
By Edward Casmere
The point of this article is not to advocate for a campaign of carpet-bombing legal briefs and arguments with quotes from Shakespeare, but rather to suggest that this giant of the literary world has gifted lawyers with timeless insights that may help us better “suit the action to the word, the word to the action” as we practice our craft.
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The bench, the bar and the lunch table
By Evan Bruno
In Champaign County, where author Evan Bruno practices criminal law, Bunny’s Tavern in Urbana is every Wednesday’s lunch spot. Any lawyer or judge, regardless of practice area or experience, is welcome. Every legal community needs such a lunch table.
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To disgorge or not to disgorge? That is the question
By Emily A. Hansen
On September 20, 2017, the Illinois Supreme Court will decide In Re the Marriage of Christine Goesel and Andrew Goesel, which will forever shape the future of interim fee awards in dissolution proceedings and will directly impact how divorce attorneys handle payments from their clients.
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