A 1940 graduate of The John Marshall Law School, he has been an officer in the U.S. Secret Service, an agent of the Bureau of Narcotics and Central Intelligence Agency, a lieutenant in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps, and chief investigator for the Cook County state's attorney's police.
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George A. Ranney Jr., a partner in Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, received an honorary degree from Lewis University during commencement ceremonies May 20. A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, he is president of Chicago Metropolis 2020, a leadership coalition to improve regional living and working conditions.
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Retired federal judge Frank J. McGarr, of counsel to Foley & Lardner, Chicago, received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Loyola University during afternoon commencement exercises May 12.
McGarr was honored for his lifelong commitment to the legal profession. He chairs the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment and is a special master of the U.S. Supreme Court adjudicating a boundary dispute between Arizona and California.
Scott Turow, an author and partner in Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, was Loyola's afternoon commencement speaker.
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Northern Illinois University recently honored ISBA past president Cheryl I. Niro of Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, with the Outstanding Alumni Award for the College of Law. Schaumburg attorney and surgeon Kenneth C. Chessick received NIU's Distinguished Service Award.
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Miles J. Zaremski, a partner in Kovitz, Shifrin & Waitzman, Buffalo Grove, is president-elect of the America College of Legal Medicine and will become president in March 2002. He chairs the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Professional Medical Liability.
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Larry Yellen, an attorney and investigative reporter for WFLD-TV in Chicago, received a Herman Kogan Media Award from the Chicago Bar Association on May 10 for a broadcast work titled "Aggressive Drivers."
Bonnie McGrath, president of the Decalogue Society, received a Meritorious Achievement Award in the Kogan competition for a commentary, "In Circuit Court Races, It's Old Fashioned Politics," that was published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
West Suburban Bar slates civil, criminal law panel
The West Suburban Bar Association has scheduled its annual Criminal and Civil Practice Seminar for Wednesday, June 13, in the lower level Gold Medallion Room at Mid-City National Bank, 7222 W. Cermak, North Riverside.
Mark P. Loftus, Patrick Moran and Wanda Zatopa are co-chairs of the program, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m. and will be followed by a reception and dinner. Call (708) 366-1122 to register.
Seminar topics include collections and landlord-tenant, traffic and DUI, technology and e-commerce, malpractice in divorce, and personal injury and workers' compensation.
Among the speakers are Larry E. Smith of Bellwood, a member of the ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council, Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, and Presiding Judge Paul P. Biebel Jr. of the Criminal Division.
Cook County Bar
The Cook County Bar Association seminar, "How to Try a Felony Case," which was scheduled for June 2, has been cancelled. Call Shirley Thomas, (312) 630-1157, for information about future programs.
CARPLS volunteers
The Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services, a Cook County hotline service, has scheduled a training program on bankruptcy matters from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2. Call (312) 738-9494, ext. 317, to register.
CARPLS volunteer attorneys will learn how to provide telephone advice to low-income clients about issues related to personal bankruptcy. The facility is in suite 700, 910 W. Van Buren, Chicago.
DePaul College of Law
The DePaul University Center for Dispute Resolution will offer a five-day, 40-hour family and divorce mediation certificate program from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 5-6-7-11-12. Call (312) 362-6316 to register.
The program will be conducted by Lynn A. Gaffigan, past president of the Chicago chapter of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, and Margaret S. Powers, past president of the Mediation Council of Illinois.
Traffic Conference
Each participant in the 36th annual Illinois Traffic Court Conference Thursday and Friday, June 7-8, at Bradley University in Peoria will receive a comprehensive report of all traffic-related court decisions during the past 18 months.
The ISBA-supported program for judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys includes a reception and prime rib dinner June 7 at the Hotel Pere Marquette.
The conference fee of $45 in advance or $50 at the door covers two breakfasts, two luncheons, a dinner and free housing on campus. Call John F. Kuntz, (309) 677-2227, for details.
Wilmette attorney Robert J. Mangler chairs the Traffic Court Conference. Executive committee members are James J. Ahern, newsletter co-editor and past chair of the ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council; Robert D. Ericsson, Brian M. Nemenoff, G. William Richards and Jerome A. Zienty.
Chicago-Kent College
The Chicago-Kent College of Law's 20th annual Conference on Not-for-Profit Corporations will take place Friday, June 8. Co-sponsors are CPAs for the Public Interest and the Donors Forum of Chicago. Call (312) 906-5090 to register.
Kane County Bar
Philip H. Corboy of Chicago and William C. Murphy of Aurora will discuss "Traditions of Advocacy: A Heritage of Service, Passion and Nobility" during a Kane County Bar Association civil practice luncheon seminar Tuesday, June 12, at St. Charles Country Club. Call (630) 232-6455 to register.
Child Representative
A Cook County Circuit Court Domestic Relations Division child representative eligibility training seminar on Techniques for Interviewing Children will take place at 12 noon Thursday, June 21, in courtroom 1905 of the Richard J. Daley Center. Speakers are Judge La Quietta Hardy, attorney Roslyn Don and professional expert Fran Scott.
Trial Advocacy
The National Institute for Trial Advocacy will conduct an advocacy teacher training program Thursday through Saturday, June 21-23, at the Loyola University School of Law, Chicago. Call (800) 225-6482 to register.
The program includes five intensive workshops: delivering specific and constructive techniques; effectively demonstrating key points of techniques; teaching a group while critiquing an individual; team teaching and critiquing multiple performances, and critiquing case analyses.
Fibromyalgia Awareness
The causes of fibromyalgia, treatment options and related legal issues will be reviewed during a symposium Saturday and Sunday, June 23-24, in the University of Illinois Circle Center, Chicago. Sponsors include the Fibromyalgia Association Created for Self-help and the National Fibromyalgia Awareness Campaign.
Among the topics are personal injury, workers' compensation, Social Security disability and equal employment opportunity.
Call Michael Rothman in the Law Office of Martin L. Glink, (847) 394-4900, for complete details.
Equal Employment
The St. Louis District office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will conduct a technical assistance program seminar Thursday, June 28, at the Chateau on the Lake Resort Hotel in Branson, Mo. Call John Fultz at (314) 539-7943 for details.
Seminar proposals due June 14
The deadline for ISBA sections and committees to submit proposals for fall Law Ed Series seminars is Thursday, June 14. Call the CLE registrar at (800) 252-8908 to obtain a proposal form and list of criteria.
The ISBA Committee on Continuing Legal Education will meet during the 125th Annual Meeting this month at The Abbey on Lake Geneva to review the proposals.
Several Law Ed Series seminars will be conducted during the Annual Meeting from June 21 to 23. See the story on page 10 and additional information in the special section on pages 12 and 13.
Juvenile justice issues aired in cable programs
Two half-hour ISBA cable television programs on juvenile justice will be broadcast this month on Chicago Access Network Channel 21 in Chicago.
"A New Approach to Juvenile Justice" may be seen at 10 p.m. Tuesdays, June 5 and 19. "Community Alternatives to Juvenile Court" will be aired at 10 p.m. Tuesdays, June 12 and 26.
Panel moderator for both programs is Nancy Z. Hablutzel, a member of the ISBA Child Law Section Council, the Committee on Legislation and the Special Committee on Cable Television Programming.
Panelists include Child Law Section Council member Catherine M. Ryan, chief of the Cook County state's attorney's Juvenile Justice Bureau.
Others are Teresa G. McGinnis, an assistant state's attorney in the 6th Municipal District Juvenile Division, Markham, and Sharon Covey-Sink, director of Bloom Township Youth and Family Counseling and Related Services.
The programs are part of the ISBA cable series, "Illinois Law: Legal News You Can Use." For more information, call the Public Affairs Department, (800) 252-8908.
IRELAND
THE ALPS
Tours to Ireland, the Alps popular with members
More than a hundred ISBA members and guests already have signed up for European travel programs scheduled this fall in Ireland and the Alps. Representatives of Global Holidays, the tour coordinator, will be on hand during the ISBA Annual Meeting this month to answer questions and take reservations.
Call (800) 842-9023 for full details, or pick up a brochure in the ISBA office. Summaries of the two travel programs follow.
Coast of Ireland
Nine-day tours in Ireland are scheduled Sept. 7 to 15 with departure from Chicago, and Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 with departure from St. Louis. Forty people have signed up for the Chicago departure, and 44 for the St. Louis departure.
The price is $1,169 per person, double occupancy, plus $78 in government taxes and fees. Singles may sign up for $1,419 each.
Included are round-trip charter air transportation on an Omni Air International DC10-30 non-stop to Shannon, Ireland; seven nights in first class hotels with full Irish breakfasts daily, and deluxe motorcoach travel with experienced Irish guides.
Tour destinations include County Limerick at the head of the Shannon estuary, where every nook and cranny hold ancient castles, magnificent cathedrals and delightful medieval architecture.
County Waterford reveals evidence that Vikings, Normans and the Anglo-Irish all have settled in the countryside during past centuries. The mile-long quayside is lined with blue, yellow, pink and white houses.
County Kerry near the southwest coast is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and many colorful lakes. Historic Tralee is noted internationally for its Rose of Tralee Festival, and Kenmare is a sprightly market town with a panorama of hazy mountains.
Several optional excursions are available to the Cliffs of Moher and Burren Region, Galway and Connemara, Bunratty Folk Park and King John's Castle, the Ring of Kerry, Blarney Castle and Cobh, and Dublin City with dinner at Edward Langton's. Special event include a medieval banquet and a traditional Irish Ceili evening.
Switzerland/Austria
For the nine-day Best of the Alps tour in Switzerland and Austria that will take place Sept. 1 to 9 with Chicago depaerture, 46 ISBA passengers have signed up. The cost is $1,199 per person, double occupancy, plus $62 in government taxes and fees. The rate for singles is $1,449.
The round-trip charter flight non-stop to Zurich, Switzerland, will be on an Omni Air International DC10-30. Accommodations in first-class hotels are for four nights in Seefeld, Austria, and three nights in Adelboden, Switzerland.
Other features include daily buffet breakfasts, deluxe motorcoach transportation between the airport and hotels, a scenic transfer from Seefeld to Adelboden via Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and services of a professional guide.