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YLD Bean Bag Party and Tournament photo gallery

: Event organizers Meghan O’Brien and Elizabeth McKillip adeptly managed the 32-team tournament bracket.

: YLD Secretary Heather Fritsch, YLD Vice Chair Bob Fink and YLD Chair Kelley Gandurski

: Left to right: Board of Governors member Dion Davi, YLD Vice Chair Bob Fink, Sarah Toney, BOG member Gina Arquilla DeBoni, Debra Liss, Frank DeBoni and YLD Chair Kelley Gandurski

: ISBA YLD newsletter co-editor Justin Heather, winner of the ABA’s Young Lawyer of the Year Award, teamed up with his wife, Kim

: The tournament featured 36 teams and benefited the IBF/YLD Children’s Assistance Program.

: Getting ready to start

: Let the games begin

: Play continues

: Good form

: Two opponents get ready to square off at bags

: Friendly banter during a heated competition

: One-sided

Loyola wins AAJ Regional Mock Trials

Antonio Romanucci (seated) with students (from left) Jaclyn Polsinelli, Eva Sosnowska, Kathleen Sullivan and Amber Battin and Cook County Judge Jaime Shapiro.

Antonio M. Romanucci, a partner in the Chicago injury firm of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, congratulates students from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, the winning team in the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Regional Mock Trial Championship held Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 27 and 28) at the Daley Center in Chicago.

The Loyola students included Jaclyn Polsinelli, Eva Sosnowska, Kathleen Sullivan and Amber Battin. Cook County Judge Jamie Shapiro served as a judge of the case. The winning team will compete in the finals in New Orleans March 18-21. Romanucci & Blandin served as regional coordinator of the event for 10 years.

Advocates Society Installation Dinner photo gallery

: ISBA Board of Governors member Umberto Davi, newly installed Advocates Society President Megan Kaszubinski Ferraro and ISBA President John G. O’Brien attend the Advocates Society Installation dinner last week.

: The Honorable Michael Zalewski, Alderman-23rd Ward and Advocates Society Award of Merit Honoree, Megan Kaszubinski Ferraro, newly installed Advocates Society President, and Mark Kupiec, Advocates Society member.

: ISBA President John G. O’Brien and newly installed Advocates Society President Megan Kaszubinski Ferraro

Register now for Celebrating Women Luncheon!

Justice Susan F. Hutchinson

Judge Jane Stuart

The Illinois State Bar Association will present “Celebrating Women in the Profession: Reach Out and Build Our Future” on Tuesday, March 9, at noon at the Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court in Chicago. The deadline for this event has been extended, register today and purchase a table for your firm at www.isba.org/celebratingwomen/rsvp.

Special thanks to those who have already purchased tables:

Avery, Camerlingo & Kill, LLC – Annemarie Kill
Southern Illinois University School of Law – Alice Noble-Allgire
Winston & Strawn – Paula Hudson Holderman
Laner Muchin Dombrow Becker Levin & Tominberg Ltd. – Jill O’Brien & Joseph Gagliardo
Corboy & Demetrio PC – Shawn Kasserman & Michelle Kohut
Johnson & Bell LTD – Joseph Marconi
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP – Lynne Mapes-Riordan

ISBA President John O’Brien will present Presidential Commendation Awards to 2^nd District Appellate Justice Susan F. Hutchinson and Cook County Circuit Judge Jane L. Stuart.

Judge Hutchinson received her B.A. in political science from Quincy University in 1971 and her J.D. from DePaul University School of Law in 1977. She served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in McHenry County (1977-81) and a Judge in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (1981-94). In November 1994, she was elected as a Judge in the Appellate Court, Second District.

Judge Stuart received her B.S. degree in education from Chicago State University in 1970 and her J.D. from John Marshall Law School in 1985. She was the first African-American to be elected as a Student Bar Association Officer. She was an Attorney Examiner at Chicago Title Insurance Co. from 1985-1987 before moving on to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office from 1987-1996. She was elected as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge in 1996.

Co-Sponsoring Organizations include:

Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago
Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women
DuPage Association of Women Lawyers
East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association
Will County Women’s Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Women’s Bar Association of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

Women Everywhere: Partners in service project

Do you want to help others, but have trouble finding the time? WE have the opportunity for you!

The ISBA’s Standing Committee on Women and the Law and the Standing Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the law will help support the WOMEN EVERYWHERE project. The project is seeking volunteers to spend part or all of June 11, 2010, to attend pre-assigned community service agencies dedicated to helping women and children. WOMEN EVERYWHERE direct service activities include gardening, painting, building, and cleaning. Legal education projects include presenting topical seminars and workshops, or providing job training information. Both male and female friends of the legal community are invited to join the volunteer effort.

WOMEN EVERYWHERE is an annual volunteer project that provides direct services to women and children in need through community service at agencies.

For additional information, or to sponsor a Women Everywhere Project, please contact Co-chairs Shital Patel at (312) 803-2511 or Michelle Kohut at (312) 346-3191 or at MMK@CorboyDemetrio.comMMK@CorboyDemetrio.com, or visit www.wechicago.org.

Taste of France photo gallery

: IBF Past President David Sosin and current IBF President Vince Cornelius

: The Illinois Bar Foundation hosted the 1st annual Taste of France fundraiser last week at Genevieve Lethu. The sold-out event raised funds for IBF programs.

: ISBA Board of Governors member Naomi Schuster, Michele Jochner and Andy Schleifer

: ISBA President-Elect Mark Hassakis and his wife Janet (left) with Sharon Kincaid

: ISBA Board of Governors member Dion Davi, ISBA Director of Bar Services Janet Sosin, John Kincaid and Sharon Kincaid

: Susan Hartigan and Matt Burke

: ISBA President John O’Brien with Janet Hassakis (right) and guest

: Left to right: Michele Jochner, Janet Hassakis, ISBA President-Elect Mark Hassakis, Michelle Browder and Pat Browder

ISBA to honor Hutchinson, Stuart at Celebrating Women Luncheon

Justice Susan F. Hutchinson

Judge Jane Stuart

ISBA President John O’Brien will present Presidential Commendation Awards to 2^nd District Appellate Justice Susan F. Hutchinson and Cook County Circuit Judge Jane L. Stuart.

Co-Sponsoring Organizations include:

Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women
DuPage Association of Women Lawyers
East Central Illinois Women Attorneys Association
Will County Women’s Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Women’s Bar Association of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

Nordic lawyers to hold smorgasbord

The Nordic Law Club will hold its annual Spring Smorgasbord and program on Monday, March 22, in the Tower Club on the 39th floor of Chicago’s Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive.

The guest speaker, Prof. Anne-Marie Andreasson-Hogg of the Center for Scandinavian Studies at North Park University, will reveal mysteries of Viking mythology.

The event will begin with a 5:30 p.m. cash-bar reception, followed at 6:30 p.m. by a festive array of Swedish meatballs, salmon and herring hors d’oeuvres, codfish, and rice pudding with lingonberries.

Advance reservations, at $60 for Nordic Law Club members and $65 for non-members, must be made by March 16 to Treasurer David G. Clark, Law Office of Peter B. Canalia, Suite E-2, 18525 S. Torrence Ave., Lansing, IL 60438.

Lawyers United to Help Haiti Rebuild: A Call to Action

Victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti will be the focus of fundraising and volunteer recruiting efforts at a reception and dinner in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel on Wednesday, March 31 from 5 – 8 p.m.

Hosted by the Haitian American Lawyers Association of Illinois (HALA), Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity – Chicago Alumni Chapter (PAD), and the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti, the event, Lawyers United to Help Haiti Rebuild, will feature remarks from Honorary Co-Chairs Jerold S. Solovy, Jenner & Block; Judge George N. Leighton (retired), Neal & Leroy; and ISBA Past President Timothy L. Bertschy, Heyl Royster, Peoria.

Tickets start at $150 per person or $50 (Reception only) for students and attorneys admitted in 2009-2010. Phone 312-726-6072 for reservations or information.

Still time to register for Young Lawyers Bean Bag Party and Tournament

The Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers will hold a Bean Bag Party and Tournament on March 6 to benefit the Illinois Bar Foundation/YLD Children’s Assistance Program.

The YLD Children’s Assistance Fund is a special fund of the Illinois Bar Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable entity.

When: Saturday, March 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Mahoney’s Pub and Grille, 551 N. Ogden Ave. (on Ogden near Grand), Chicago (map and directions)
What: Appetizer bar and domestic draft beer, mixed well drinks and soft drinks
Cost: $35.00 per person per wristband or $100.00 for entrance fee for Bean Bag Tournament for a team of two with two wristbands. You must be at least 21 years old to participate.
Deadline: Bean Bag Team registration and pre-registration for a wristband is open until Tuesday, March 2. Thereafter wristbands can be purchased at the door the day of the event

Click here to register

Prizes will be given to the first and second place teams. Questions? Email Elizabeth at elizabeth.mckillip@icemiller.com

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