The price includes round-trip, non-stop airfare on American Airlines or Air France, superior first class accommodations at the Sofitel Paris Rive Gauche Hotel, a welcoming reception, daily buffet breakfast and farewell dinner.
Participants may visit sites in Paris and surrounding countryside on their own, or take advantage of several optional excursions that include a Eurostar train trip to London via the Chunnel.
New listings for 2004
Global Holidays has released a schedule of travel programs during 2004 that ISBA members may participate in. The list of destinations and approximate times follows, with tentative prices per person, double occupancy.
To China in March, April, June and July; $2,799.
To South Africa in March/April; $3,499 with optional extension trip to Victoria Falls.
Appellate Justices Allen Hartman and Patrick Quinn of the 1st District will discuss oral arguments and Rule 23 orders during a Friday, May 9, luncheon meeting of the Appellate Lawyers Association at the Chicago Athletic Association. Call (312) 554-2090.
Appellate Justice James A. Knecht of the 4th District will be installed as president of the association at a luncheon meeting Friday, June 6, at the CAA. Cook County Judge Nancy J. Arnold will administer the oath, and past president Michael T. Reagan will speak.
Bohemian Lawyers
David W. Krula will be installed as president of the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago during the annual dinner on Thursday, May 15, at the Riverside Golf Club in North Riverside. Prof. Michael Seng of The John Marshall Law School will receive the Liberty Award (see story on page 14).
Champaign County Bar
The annual meeting of the Champaign County Bar Association will take place Thursday, May 22, with a reception at 5 p.m. and award presentations and elections at 5:30 p.m. Call President Randall B. Rosenbaum at (217) 384-3714 for details.
Corporate Counsel
Current officers of the Chicago chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association are Charles B. Brown of CorpLaw Associates, president; Ronald L. Polasek, vice president; Michael R. Booden, secretary, and Dawn L. Haghighi, treasurer.
Decatur Bar
Members of the Decatur Bar Association will participate in a blood drive Friday, May 2, in the Macon County Courthouse jury assembly room. Times for donations may be scheduled by calling the chair, Bridget C. Hogan, at (217) 429-4325.
DuPage County Bar
Kevin Millon of Gabric, Millon & Ory, Wheaton, will be installed Thursday, June 5, as president of the DuPage County Bar Association. Judge John W. Darrah of U.S. District Court for the Northern District, a past president, will be the keynote speaker.
The installation dinner will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. in the Wyndham Drake Hotel, Oak Brook. Call (630) 653-7779 for reservations.
DuPage Women Lawyers
The DuPage Association of Women Lawyers will hold its annual reception for judges of the 18th Circuit from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Klein Creek Golf Club, Winfield. Call (630) 221-0802.
Incoming DAWL officers are Mary Jo Kelly, president; Cynthia Bronson, Kimberly Davis and Maria Tolva, vice presidents; Patricia Rummer, secretary, and Martha Swatek, treasurer. Kelly will succeed ISBA Assembly member Brenda M. Carroll during a dinner Wednesday, June 11.
ECI Women Attorneys
The annual retreat of the East Central Illinois Women Attorneys, "The Professional and the Personal," will be conducted Friday, May 30, at the University of Illinois Levis Faculty Center, Urbana.
The "professional" segment will include panels on inner workings of the courts, dealing with news media, and the law school environment for students and faculty. Topics of the "personal" portion are yoga, interior design, makeup and psychology.
Jackson County Bar
Jackson County Bar Association members will enjoy a free Fun Fest from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Von Jakob Vineyard in Pomona. Highlights include a buffet dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. and entertainment by the Mel Goot Jazz Trio and Four on the Floor. Call Sandy Fogel, (618) 549-5100, for reservations.
The association presented $250 prizes April 28 to two Law Day essay contest winners from Murphysboro and Carbondale High Schools.
Jewish Judges
The Jewish Judges Association and Decalogue Society will hear a presentation on "Jews in Sports" during a brown-bag luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, in the ISBA Chicago Regional Office. Call Cook County Judge Sheldon Gardner at (312) 603-6048.
Justinian Society
ISBA Assembly member Thomas M. Battista will be installed Thursday, May 15, as president of the Justinian Society during a dinner meeting at the Topo Gigio Restaurant, Chicago. Call President Antonio Romanucci, (312) 458-1000, for reservations.
The Justinians presented a grant of $500 from its Children's Endowment Fund to the Child Welfare Society of Aurora at the April 17 meeting.
Kane County Bar
The annual meeting and memorial service of the Kane County Bar Association will take place at 11 a.m. Friday, May 30, in the ceremonial courtroom of the County Judicial Center west of St. Charles. Lunch will follow in the cafeteria. Call (630) 762-1915.
Elections will be held and speakers will honor the memory of former colleagues Richard B. Collins, Ronald A. Gullstrand, Herbert C. Lassiter Jr., Thomas McKay Jr., Theodore G. Schuster, Raymond M. Strass and Fred Gordon Thelander.
Lake County Bar
Lake County Bar Association members and staffs are invited to attend a program and tour Wednesday, May 7, of Waukegan's 75-year-old Genesee Theatre, which is being restored to its original opulence.
A 5 p.m. reception, when an early tour will be offered, will be followed by a slide presentation, "Pick Ax to Opening Acts," at 5:45 p.m. and the grand tour from 6:15 to 7 p.m. Call (847) 244-3143.
Native American Bar
The Illinois Native American Bar Association will hold a business meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at The John Marshall Law School. Call (847) 622-4192.
North Suburban Bar
The North Suburban Bar Association Judges Night reception and dinner will take place Thursday, May 29. Call Jeanine Forloine at (312) 850-9220 for details.
Northwest Suburban Bar
Dennis R. Favaro will succeed ISBA Assembly member Ronald J. Nelson as president of the Northwest Suburban Bar Association and other officers will be elected during a dinner meeting this month. Call (847) 259-7908 for details.
Slated candidates are Lauren G. Edidin, executive vice president; Thomas J. Ahern and Adra F. Campbell, vice presidents; Angela E. Peters, treasurer, and Richard P. Miller, secretary.
Peoria County Bar
New members of the Peoria County Bar Association, including May 8 admittees, are invited to a luncheon at 12 noon Wednesday, May 14, in the association conference room, and a reception at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Sullivan's. Call (309) 674-6049.
Sangamon County Bar
The Sangamon County Bar Association will conduct its annual memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Grace Lutheran Church in Springfield. A reception will follow. Call Bill Sheehan, (217) 544-0701, or Justice Thomas Appleton, (217) 558-0365.
South Suburban Bar
South Suburban Bar Association members will hear a program on "Judicial Myths and Musings" during a dinner meeting Wednesday, May 21, at the Glenwood Oaks Restaurant in Glenwood. Call Melanie Frazek, (708) 388-7783.
West Suburban Bar
The West Suburban Bar Association and 4th Municipal District Adult Probation Department will sponsor a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 12, in the Maywood courthouse arbitration room.
The monthly dinner meeting of the association will take place Thursday, May 15, at the Irish Times Restaurant in Brookfield. Call (708) 366-1122.
Women's Bar of Illinois
A new member-new lawyer reception will be conducted by the Women's Bar Association of Illinois from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Tizi Melloul Restaurant, Chicago. Call (312) 341-8530.
Cook County Associate Judge Elizabeth M. Budzinski will succeed Tracey J. Stokes as WBAI president during the 89th annual installation dinner Thursday, June 5, in the Hilton Hotel and Towers, Chicago.
Pamela B. Strobel, executive vice president of Exelon Corp. and CEO of the Exelon Energy Delivery Co., will receive the Myra Bradwell Award for Excellence in the Profession, and Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed will be keynote speaker.
Black Women plan May events
Two special programs one on appreciation of the arts and one on developing leadership skills have been scheduled this month by the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago.
A Day at the Art Institute on Saturday, May 3, will focus on African-American women in the arts, beginning at 11 a.m. with a lecture, "Metropolis: Art in Chicago," by artist Terri Foster.
From 12 noon to 2 p.m., author Margaret Burroughs will sign copies of her book, "Life with Margaret," that may be purchased in the museum shop. From 1 to 3 p.m., participants will tour the exhibition, "A Century of Collecting," in the Rice Galleries.
Associate Judge Patricia Brown Holmes, a member of the BWLA board, is chair of the arts event. Fore more information, call her at (312) 433-6954.
On Friday, May 23, the association will convene a leadership forum from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chicago Athletic Association. A two-part program has been planned.
A panel discussion by African-American women leaders will include Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown. Appellate Justice Shelvin L. M. Hall will be the moderator.
A luncheon will follow with a keynote address by Elaine R. Jones, president and counsel of the NAACP Defense and Educational Fund.
The Black Women Lawyers will elect new officers during a business meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, at the Chicago Bar Association. Call (312) 554-2088 to register.
Thomas Roady: lawyer, judge, law professor
Thomas Golman Roady Jr. of Carrollton, a retired lawyer, judge and educator, died March 30 at age 84 in Jerseyville Hospital.
A lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps during World War II combat in the South Pacific, Mr. Roady became a major in the Air Force Judge Advocates in 1948 and retired in 1968 as a colonel.
An honors graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law in 1948, he received a master of laws degree in 1949 from Columbia University and began his law practice in Carrollton.
An educator for most of his legal career, Mr. Roady taught at the Schools of Law at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee, where he was honored as Outstanding Professor of the Year.
Later the interim dean at the Washington University Law School, he was involved in establishment of the law school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Mr. Roady also served as a judge in the 7th Circuit and was presiding judge in Greene County when he retired in 1989. He returned to practice with McDonald, Strickland & Clough in Carrollton until last year.
Benjamin Bass
Retired Chicago attorney Benjamin Bass died recently at age 90. A 1935 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, he served in the military during World War II. He retired in 1999.
Jay Bellows
Retired Chicago attorney Jay W. Bellows died recently at age 92. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1936, he served in the Army Adjutants Office and Counter Intelligence Group during World War II.
Mr. Bellows was past president of Congregation Kehilath Israel in Jeffrey Manor and past commander of the Pvt. Sam Neivelt Post of the Jewish War Veterans.
Joseph Gallagher
Retired Chicago attorney Joseph Thomas Gallagher, a resident of Oak Brook, died recently at age 83. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1952.