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  • June 11, 2013 | CLE
    CLE: Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage Law 2013 – Live Webcast!
    Join us from the comfort of your home or office for this live webcast on June 28th that examines the recent developments and hot topics in Illinois’ insurance coverage law. Topics include: uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage; professional liability insurance coverage; insurance coverage issues relating to legal malpractice; and comprehensive general liability insurance.The program is presented by the ISBA Insurance Law Section and qualifies for 2.25 hours MCLE credit.Click here for more information and to register.
  • June 10, 2013 | Practice News
    Supreme Court amends Rule 138
    The Illinois Supreme Court issued an amended Rule 138 on June 3. Check out the changes at http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/Rules/Amend/2013/060313.pdf
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  • June 7, 2013 | Events | ISBA News
    Assembly meeting agenda now online
    The Assembly meeting agenda has been posted at http://www.isba.org/leadership/assembly/minutes. This page is password protected and available only to ISBA members. The Assembly will next meet on Saturday, June 22 at the 137th Annual Meeting at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa in Lake Geneva, Wis.
  • June 6, 2013
    Lake County bans nonlawyer representatives at tax appeals board
    Lake County has become the twelfth county in Illinois to adopt procedural rules that expressly prohibit nonlawyers from representing parties before its tax appeals board of review.The growing trend of counties banning the unauthorized practice of law ("UPL") in their tax appeal boards is in accord with Illinois Supreme Court precedent dating back at least as early as 1987. Lacking any state statute that addresses the issue, the implementation of local UPL rules for tax appeals boards has been officially supported by the ISBA Board of Governors since 1992. Find out more in the June IBJ.
  • June 6, 2013 | People
    Johnson & Bell receives the Seven Seals Award
    Johnson & Bell received the highest state level award from the Illinois Committee of the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (“ESGR”) for its support for members of the United States military services.Presenting the award to firm founder William V. Johnson and firm vice-president Joseph R. Marconi were US Navy Captain Mark T. Hunzeker, the chief of the Navy’s Midwest Region Legal Services Office, Great Lakes Naval Station; Renato Bacci, the incoming chairman of the Illinois ESGR Committee; and William C. Glynn, the Northern Illinois chair of ESGR.Johnson & Bell was selected to receive the award at the recommendation of Frank M. Grenard, one of the firm attorneys.  Grenard is an ombudsman and military outreach volunteer with the Illinois ESGR Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Military Affairs Committee.
  • June 5, 2013 | CLE
    CLE: Medicare and Its Impact on Tort Practitioners – Live Webcast
    Join us from the comfort of your home or office on June 13th for this two-hour live webcast that examines how Medicare impacts tort practitioners and those working toward the resolution of injury claims! Attorneys attending this seminar will better understand: the ins/outs and pitfalls involving the resolution of claims of Medicare eligible claimants; conditional payments, future medical allocations, and the need for a Medicare set-aside; the latest mandatory reporting requirements for lien resolution under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA); how to effectively and efficiently communicate with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; how to protect your client and your client’s interests resolving cases for Medicare eligible – or soon to be Medicare eligible – individuals either for third party claims or worker’s compensation actions; and the important and necessary information to be included in any settlement/release documents.The webcast is presented by the ISBA Tort Law Section and qualifies for 2.0 hours MCLE credit.Click here for more information and to register.
  • June 5, 2013 | Practice News
    Best Practice: Dealing with a problem partner
    Asked and AnsweredBy John W. Olmstead, MBA, Ph.D, CMCQ. Our firm has been discussing how to handle one of our partners. We are a 12-attorney firm in Houston. One of our partners -- who is one of our highest fee producers and best business getter's -- simply won't follow firm policy or play by the rules. He won't turn in time-sheets in a timely manner, he is argumentative with others in the office, and not a team player. He is "me first" while the rest of the partners in the firm are mostly "firm first". We are trying to build a team based practice and this one partner is holding up our progress. Do you have any thoughts or suggestions on how we should handle this?A. Dealing with "maverick partners" is always a challenge. Of course they seem to always be the heavy hitters and this makes it that much more difficult as often there are major clients and large sums of money at stake -- at least in the short term. This can also be major issues and large sums of money at stake in the long term if you don't deal with the maverick partner as well. In addition, you won't be able to achieve the vision and goals the firm is trying to achieve.
  • June 5, 2013
    U.S. Supreme Court Admission Ceremony 2013
    The ISBA takes a group of member and their families to be sworn-in before the U.S. Supreme Court every two years. This year, 48 ISBA members were sworn-in on June 3. The group was able to hear two decisions come down, including the landmark DNA case Maryland v. King and Justice Scalia's scathing dissent.
  • June 5, 2013
    U.S. Supreme Court Admission Ceremony 2013 Sunday reception
    GEICO sponsored a reception on Sunday, June 2, for new admittees and their guests in the Willard Room of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.
  • June 4, 2013 | Member Services | ISBA News
    Illinois Lawyer Finder results for May 2013
    The Illinois State Bar Association's Lawyer Finder service connects consumers to Illinois lawyers - by phone Mondays through Fridays, and around the clock at illinoislawyerfinder.com.Here are the results for May 2013:622 phone referrals made by Lawyer Finder staffMost requested areas of law: Family (114), Personal Injury (89), Employment Law (77), Criminal Law (56), Real Estate (51), Civil Disputes (46)24,868 visits to IllinoisLawyerFinder.com (22,253 unique visitors)766 clicks to Find a Lawyer (from campaign landing pages only)1,017 unique calls to Find a LawyerTop 3 online topics: General/Find a Lawyer, Divorce, Estate PlanningWant to be part of the ISBA Lawyer Finder Service? Call (800) 252-8908 and ask for the Legal Department, or visit www.illinoislawyerfinder.comClients should call (800) 922-8757.