Chief Judge Robert K. Kilander accepted applications for the vacancy through April 30.
New solicitor general
Gary S. Feinerman, a partner in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, has been appointed by Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan as supervising attorney for the Criminal and Civil Appeals Divisions.
A 1991 graduate of the Stanford University Law School and one-time U.S. Supreme Court law clerk, Feinerman replaces former solicitor general Joel D. Bertucci, who resigned in January to become a partner in Mayer, Brown.
CVLS 'Golf Fore Justice' outing scheduled June 12
For the second year, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation will hold its benefit golf outing on Thursday, June 12, at Tamarack Golf Club in Naperville. An 8:30 a.m. shotgun start is scheduled.
The fee of $125 per person includes use of a golf cart, a buffet lunch with prizes, and 18 challenging holes of golf over bent grass, abundant sand and water. Individuals and foursomes may sign up by calling Phil Mohr at (312) 332-3528.
Several levels of financial sponsorship opportunities are available for law firms, corporate legal departments, and vendors of products and services for the legal community. Call Peter Ashmore at (312) 332-1688 for details.
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CVLS will conduct a free one-hour seminar for pro bono volunteers at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, in suite 900 at 100 N. LaSalle Street. George Apostolides of Arnstein & Lehr will discuss "Cost Effective Discovery."
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New CVLS board members will be elected to three-year terms during a 12 noon meeting Thursday, May 8. For information on board service, call deputy director Margaret Benson at (312) 332-5542.
More benefit dates
The Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights will begin its fourth annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards luncheon and program at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago. Call Jenny Mack, (312) 660-1313.
Honorees are Robert Glaves, executive director of the Chicago Bar Foundation; Juan E. Mendez, director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame, and the AON Corp. Keynote speaker is Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland.
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The Metro Board of Metropolitan Family Services of Chicago will begin its summer season Friday, May 30, with its third annual METROPOLIS reception for young professionals at Galleria Marchetti, 825 W. Erie. Call Nancy Lynn, (312) 986-4139, or Molly Bukro, (312) 986-4225.
An Italian buffet and dancing to live music are planned. Proceeds will benefit programs on child abuse prevention, child protection and domestic violence, including those of the Legal Aid Bureau.
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Former U.S. attorney general Janet Reno will be introduced by Illinois Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan when she is honored Wednesday, June 11, during the annual gala dinner of Access Living in the Grand Ballroom of Navy Pier, Chicago. Call Gary Arnold, (312) 253-7000, ext. 199.
Clarence Wood, chair of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations and president of the Jane Addams Hull House Association, will be master of ceremonies for the program, which will include a tribute to Justine Dart, who died June 22.
New hands on deck
Joanne R. Driscoll of Kevin M. Forde Ltd., Chicago, is the current president of the Women's Bar Foundation. Other officers are Jacqueline S. Lustig, Beth Clark Rodriguez and Mary Frances Hegarty, vice presidents; Rosemary Krimbel, vice president-treasurer; Laura Guzik, secretary, and Bernadette M. Barron, assistant treasurer.
Board members are foundation past presidents Sharon L. King and Dolores K. Hanna, Sharon L. Eiseman, Etha Beatrice Fox, Bernadette Freeman, Patricia E. Mullin, Dixie Lee Peterson, Jean M. Prendergast, Kaarina Salovaara, Judith L. Schuch, Patricia Unsinn and Aimee B. Storin.
The honorary council includes R. William Austin, Laurel G. Bellows, Janice R. Forde, Rita A. Fry, Mary Ann Hynes, Christine A. Leahy, Florence E. Miller, Leonard J. Schrager and Joyce E. Tucker.
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Chicago attorney Beth C. Valukas has been named executive director of Belle Center of Chicago, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the rights and expectations of all children to be fully included in the community.
A 2001 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, Valukas was staff counsel for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest. She also has been a grants coordinator for The Night Ministry and a law clerk for the Department of Justice.
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Linda Berny is the new executive director of the Kane County Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). She has previous experience in finance, client services and human resources with the Square D. Co., Keebler, and Cigna Retirement and Investment Services.
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David LaPorte, a partner in Querry & Harrow, Chicago, has been elected to the board of directors of the Chicago Legal Clinic.
William Daley to receive Freedom Award on May 9
Six years ago, William M. Daley was to receive a John Marshall Law School Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, and his brother, Mayor Richard M. Daley, was the honored recipient of the Freedom Award.
Then U.S. Secretary of Commerce, William Daley was unable to attend the Chicago luncheon, so he sent a video acknowledgement. The alumni association expects him back on Friday, May 9, when he is to receive the Freedom Award at a luncheon in the Palmer House Hilton.
ISBA Assembly member Antonio M. Romanucci, who is president of the Justinian Society, will receive one of six John Marshall Distinguished Service Awards.
Other recipients are Carlton R. Marcyan, a member of the ISBA Family Law Section Council and past president of the Advocates Society; Mia Jiganti, chair of the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section; retired appellate justice Glenn T. Johnson, Prof. Michael P. Seng and Thomas P. Cernek.
Daley, a 1975 graduate of John Marshall who also has received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the law school, has been national president of SBC Communications since December 2001. Before that he was vice chair of Evercore Capital Partners.
As special counsel to President William Clinton in 1993, Daley coordinated a campaign to enact the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He was Clinton's commerce secretary from 1997 to 2000.
A partner in Mayer, Brown & Platt on two previous occasions, he also practiced with Daley & George from 1977 to 1980 and was president of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago from 1990 to 1993.
In 1994, Daley received the St. Ignatius College Prep Award for Excellence in the Practice of Law and was keynote speaker for John Marshall's commencement ceremony.
The Freedom Award event May 9 will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a reception, followed by the 12 noon luncheon and presentations. For ticket information, call the John Marshall alumni office, (312) 987-1420.
Bohemian bar pays honor to Michael Seng
Prof. Michael P. Seng, whose efforts have facilitated the exchange of countless law students between The John Marshall Law School and Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, will be honored by the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago during its 92nd annual dinner.
Seng will receive the association's Liberty Award on Thursday, May 15, at the Riverside Golf Club, where Naperville attorney David W. Krula will be installed as president.
The award recognizes Seng's contributions to the study and practice of law and enhancement of law faculties in the U.S. and Czech Republic. He conducts an annual Czech-Slovak legal study trip for Illinois lawyers and educators.
A member of the association's scholarship fund committee for several years, Seng also contributed to a law scholarship at Masaryk during a sabbatical as a visiting professor of constitutional law.
Previous recipients of the Liberty Award are Robert Gilbert Johnston, dean at John Marshall; Stephen Anderson, editor of the ISBA Bar News; Bernard M. Judge, editor of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and George T. Drost, honorary consul for the Czech Republic in Illinois.
Other incoming officers of the Bohemian Lawyers are R. Terence Kalina and Anthony M. Slawniak, vice presidents; Adalbert L. Vlazny III, treasurer, and Carol J. Belshaw, secretary. Retiring president is Randall J. Kadlec.
AAUW presents Anthony Award
West Dundee attorney and certified family law mediator Katherine A. Jablonowski has received a Susan B. Anthony Award from the American Association of University Women for advocacy of independence and self-esteem for women, especially divorced clients.
A graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law and former arbitrator in Kane and DuPage Counties, Jablonowski mentors clients at the Community Crises Center in Elgin. She is a founding member attorney of the Elgin Enrichment Series.
Administrative judges, agencies, lawyers plan conference May 29-31
A three-day educational conference for administrative law judges and practitioners will be conducted Thursday to Saturday, May 29-31, in the ISBA Chicago Regional Office by the Illinois Association of Administrative Law Judges.
Other sponsoring organizations are the ISBA Administrative Law Section Council, the CBA Administrative Law Judge Committee, the National Association of ALJs, and the ABA National Conference of ALJs.
Titled "Administrative Law Judges and Agencies: Working to Enhance Public Confidence in Administrative Adjudication," the conference will be convened by IAALJ President Ann Breen-Greco of Chicago.
The program will focus on writing decisions and understanding the relationship between the judges and agencies, Breen-Greco said. Faculty members will include professors, state court jurists, ALJs, attorneys and agency administrators.
Chief Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow has been invited to provide welcoming remarks at 8:30 a.m. May 29, and Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer of U.S. District Court for the Northern District will give the keynote address at 8:30 a.m. May 30.
For more information about program content and registration details, call Breen-Greco at (773) 539-3292.
Illinois Trial Lawyers
An Advocacy Showcase titled "The Medical Negligence Case: A One-day Trial" will be presented Saturday, May 3, at the DoubleTree Guest Suites, Chicago, by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Education Fund. Call (800) 252-8501.
Planning chairs are Timothy W. Kelly of Bloomington, a member of the ISBA Tort Law Section Council; Elizabeth A. Kaveny and Daniel M. Kotin of Chicago. Kaveny will be moderator of the program, which will be opened at 8 a.m. by ITLA President Robert J. Bingle.
Simulated trial procedures from 8:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will cover opening statements, closing arguments, and examinations of plaintiff, decedent's family physician, plaintiff's expert witness and defendant's emergency room physician. Cook County Law Division Judge William D. Maddux will preside.
Plaintiff trial team members are Robert A. Clifford, Bruce N. Cook, Geoffrey L. Gifford, Bruce M. Kohen, Bruce R. Pfaff, Joseph A. Power Jr. and Howard Schaffner.
Defendant trial team members are Bingle, Patricia C. Bobb, Kevin J. Conway, Thomas A. Demetrio, Lorna E. Propes, Curt N. Rodin, Larry R. Rogers Sr. and Patrick A. Salvi.
Illinois Institute CLE
Call (800) 252-8062 for a schedule of upcoming seminars that will be conducted by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Among them are:
Federal Securities Law: Regulation, Enforcement, Litigation and Arbitration - Monday, May 5, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Tuesday, May 20, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Conducting Employment Disciplinary Investigations - Tuesday, May 6, at the Par-a-Dice Hotel, East Peoria.
46th annual Estate Planning Short Course - Thursday and Friday, May 8-9, at the Holiday Inn, Urbana.
2003 Municipal Litigation Update: Developments, Trends and Winning Strategies, co-sponsored by Illinois Municipal League Friday, May 16, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago, and Tuesday, May 20, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield.
Real Estate Exchanges Under Sec, 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code Wednesday, June 4, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.
Illinois Estate Administration: Process and Practice Thursday, June 12, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Friday, June 20, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Representing Not-for-Profit Corporations in Illinois Friday, June 13, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Springfield, and Tuesday, June 24, at the UBS Tower Conference Center, Chicago.
Choice of Business Entities in 2003: To Change or Not to Change? Wednesday, June 18, at the Par-a-Dice Hotel, East Peoria, and Wednesday, June 25, at the University Club of Chicago.
Decalogue Society
The Decalogue Society's twice-monthly seminars are held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the third floor conference room at 39 S. LaSalle, Chicago. Programs scheduled during the final month are: