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Rosalyn B. Kaplan passes away

Rosalyn Kaplan, former Illinois solicitor general and current manager of Appeals and Ancillary Litigation for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, passed away Friday at her Near North Side due to complications from cancer. Kaplan, a member of the ISBA Government Lawyers Committee, also worked for the Illinois attorney general’s office for 14 years and was a former president of the Appellate Lawyers Association.

Kaplan graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1981 after teaching high school and college French.

Burial will be private.

Click here to read the obituary in the Chicago Tribune.


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Breaking legal news for Monday, March 8

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Quarles & Brady adds three associates in Chicago office

Kevin Burns

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that the following associates joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group in Chicago:

Kevin J. Burns majored in Economics and Psychology, and received his B.S. degree in 2005 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 2009. Prior to beginning work at Quarles, Kevin gained litigation experience volunteering in the Torts Division at the City of Chicago.

Brooke Krekow

Brooke Krekow received her B.A. in American Cultural Studies from Whitman College in 2002, and her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 2009. While attending law school, Brooke worked in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Center on Wrongful Convictions and Federal Criminal Appellate Clinic. She also externed with Lambda Legal, and volunteered as a mediator in small claims court.

Shannon O'Boye

Shannon F. O’ Boye received her B.A. from New York University in 1998 and her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2009.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 425 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Chicago, Ill.; Naples, Fla.; and Milwaukee and Madison, Wis. The Firm offers an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. Additional information about the Firm may be found at www.quarles.com.


Breaking legal news for Friday, March 5

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Wheatley fills Cook County Circuit Judge vacancy

The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Arthur P. Wheatley as a Circuit Judge of Cook County, Seventh Subcircuit. This fills the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Amanda Toney.

Wheatley’s term runs through Dec. 3, 2012.


Breaking legal news for Thursday, March 4

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CLE: Divorce, Deportation and Disciplinary Complaints: Avoiding Immigration Pitfalls in Family Law

CLE: Divorce, Deportation and Disciplinary Complaints: Avoiding Immigration Pitfalls in Family Law

Understanding how family law and immigration law issues intertwine is critical to ensuring competent representation of a client in any family law matter involving a non-U.S. citizen. Because decisions made in family law matters have serious consequences on the non-citizen’s ability to stay in the United States or obtain a permanent residency, a lawyer not familiar with basic immigration law risks malpractice!

The program, which qualifies for 4.0 hours MCLE credit and 0.50* hour PMCLE, will be held in Chicago on Friday, March 26th, and is designed for all levels of practitioner experience.

Click here for more information and to register.

*Professional Responsibility MCLE credit subject to approval.


“School Discipline” and “Tax Time and Beyond” to air on Illinois Law

Nancy Z. Hablutzel will discuss tax-related issues with William M. Gasa on "Tax Time and Beyond."

Stephen G. Katz and Deborah E. Decker will appear with moderator Nancy Z. Hablutzel (front) on "School Discipline."

School Discipline and Tax Time and Beyond, half-hour programs presented by the Illinois State Bar Association, will air on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago in March and April.

School Discipline will air on on Tuesdays, March 23 and April 6 at 10 p.m. Appearing on the show, moderated by Chicago lawyer Nancy Z. Hablutzel, are Stephen G. Katz, visiting associate director of Labor & Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and attorney Deborah E. Decker, of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein, LLC, in Chicago.

Tax Time and Beyond will air on on Tuesdays, March 30 and April 13 at 10 p.m. Chicago lawyer Nancy Z. Hablutzel will discuss tax-related issues with William M. Gasa, an Enrolled Agent who is a member of the ISBA Federal Taxation Section Council.

“Illinois Law” is a cable production of the ISBA.


Breaking legal news for Wednesday, March 3

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