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  • November 15, 2013
    Distinguished Counsellors Class of 1963
    The Illinois State Bar Association honored the Distinguished Counsellors Class of 1963 on Thursday at the Union League Club in Chicago. Gino Divito delivered remarks for the class.
  • November 5, 2013
    1st District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Illinois Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman presided over the bar admission ceremonies in at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. Justices Anne M. Burke and Mary Jane Theis also participated.
  • November 5, 2013
    2nd District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Justice Robert Thomas presided over the 2nd District ceremony at the Hemmens Memorial Building in Elgin.
  • November 5, 2013
    3rd District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Justice Thomas L. Kilbride presided over the 3rd District admission ceremony at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Rock Island.
  • November 5, 2013
    4th District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Chief Justice Rita B. Garman presided over the 4th District ceremony at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield.
  • November 5, 2013
    5th District Admission Ceremony, October 2013
    Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier presided over the 5th District admission ceremony at the SIU School of Law in Carbondale.
  • October 22, 2013
    IBF Gala 2013 Gallery 1
    The Illinois Bar Foundation held its 15h Annual Gala on Oct. 18. Manny Sanchez, of Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman, was honored with the Distinguished Award for Excellence.
  • October 22, 2013
    IBF Gala 2013 Gallery 2
    The Illinois Bar Foundation held its 15h Annual Gala on Oct. 18. Manny Sanchez, of Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman, was honored with the Distinguished Award for Excellence.
  • October 18, 2013
    DuPage Association of Women Lawyers honor President Holderman, Past President Bahr
    The DuPage Association of Women Lawyers (DAWL) honored ISBA President Paula H. Holderman and Irene Bahr, a past ISBA and DAWL president, on October 10, during a luncheon at Klein Creek Golf Club, in Winfield. The awards recognized Holderman and Bahr for their “inspiration of women in bar leadership.”
  • October 16, 2013
    Law Merit Badge Day 2013 at Daley Center
    Nearly 30 Boy Scouts from 17 different troops of the Chicago Area Council earned their “Law” merit badge upon completing a day-long clinic offered by NESA CHICAGO in a courtroom of the Richard J. Daley Center on October 5, 2013. The panel was comprised of judges and attorneys from various backgrounds around the city, each of which are Eagle Scouts, including Judge Joseph D. Panarese (Associate Judge, 1st Municipal District Circuit Court of Cook County) and attorneys Howard L. Huntington (of Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC), Lawrence Chesler (retired Sr.