Winners named in 2010 Lincoln Award Legal Writing contest

The winners of the ISBA's 2010 Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest have been named. Geoffrey T. Burkhart, Chicago, took first place with "Voir Dire Under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b):  Navigating the Complex Straits of a Seemingly Simple Rule."  His article will appear in the February issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. The second-place winner is Samuel G. Wieczorek, Chicago, who wrote "The Outside Sales Exemption:  Does it Really Apply to Your Client?" Third place is a tie and it goes to Paul A. Rodrigues, Chicago, for "After Caperton:  Judicial Disqualification and Elections in Illinois" and Nicholas P. Cholis, Chicago for "Title VII and Retaliatory Litigation Conduct:  How Attorney Conduct May Expose Your Client to Additional Liability under the Civil Rights Act." The first place winner will receive a check for $2,000, second place $1,000, and third place $500. Plaques will be presented to all four winners at the ISBA Annual Meeting, which will be held June 2010. Twenty-seven manuscripts were submitted in the 2010 contest.  The contest judges were Hon. Mary Jane Theis, Chicago; Hon. Diane M. Lagoski, Mount Sterling; Keith A. Hebeisen, Chicago; Celia G. Gamrath, Chicago; and, A. Ben Mitchell, Mount Vernon. We wish to thank all the winning contestants, and other contestants, for entering the contest.