Associations
Arab-American Bar has annual banquet Feb. 21
After 17 years, the Arab-American Bar Association will hold its inaugural annual banquet on Thursday, Feb. 21, in the conference facility at Jenner & Block, Chicago. Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald will be keynote speaker.
Cook County Judge William J. Haddad and eight other attorneys established the association in 1990, and Haddad became its founding president. Membership is now more than 150.
“The Arab-American Bar is grateful to Jenner & Block and ISBA President Joseph G. Bisceglia for their help in sponsoring this first-time event,” Haddad said. For reservations, mailto:bhaddad11@aol.com.
In September 2001, after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center towers in New York City, then-ISBA President Timothy Eaton, Haddad and other bar leaders held a press conference to condemn individuals and hate groups who sought vengeance here against Americans who look like Muslims.
“We are hurting just as much as any other Americans,” said Oak Lawn attorney Rouhy Shalabi, then AABA president and now its board chair. “For us to fall prey to terrorist acts makes us no different from the terrorists.”
Current officers of the association are President Sana’a M. Hussien of Cohen & Hussien, Worth; Treasurer Adlai J. Shalabi, an assistant Cook County public defender in Bridgeview, and Secretary Donna Haddad of the IBM Corp. legal staff in Chicago.
Appellate Lawyers honor McMorrow
Retired Supreme Court justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow will be honored by the Appellate Lawyers Association during its annual 1st District reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17.
Appellate justices will be guests of honor during the event in the Paris Ballroom of Chicago’s Hotel Monaco. For reservations, contact Liz Long at (847) 885-2410 or mailto:elong@association-resources.com.
Asian American Bar
The Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Thursday, Feb. 28, during a special event at the Hotel Inter-Continental. For reservations, mailto:aabachicago@yahoo.com.
Dean Frank H. Wu of the Wayne State University Law School will be keynote speaker. A 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Wu was on the law faculty at Howard University from 1994 until his appointment in 2004 as Wayne State’s ninth dean.
Bohemian Lawyers
Members of the Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, for a reception, dinner and program at the Klas Restaurant in Cicero.
BLAC past president David Krula was admitted to the Arizona bar last month. “I miss the good Bohemian food during meetings at Klas,” he said in a Christmas card to colleagues.
DuPage County Bar
Homeowners who face foreclosure because they missed mortgage payments have been invited by the DuPage County Bar Association to attend free classes that address their rights and responsibilities.
The first session is Wednesday, Jan. 16, and a second will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the bar center classroom. Speakers are Steven Bashaw, a member of the ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council and Committee on Legislation; Patrick Williams, and Kent Gaertner.
DuPage Estate Planning
The DuPage County Estate Planning Council will meet at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Butterfield Country Club in Oak Brook for breakfast and program. For reservations, mailto:ninabeana@ameritech.net.
Justinian Society
The annual bocce tournament of the Justinian Society will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, at Mazzini Verdi, 9230 W. Belmont, Franklin Park. Registration and a reception will begin at 6 p.m. Call Nina at (708) 459-8628 for details.
Kane County Bar
The Kane County Bar Association will hold a past presidents’ dinner at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Villa Verone Restaurant in Geneva as part of its year-long 150th anniversary celebration. Call (630) 762-1915 for reservations.
Jan. 31 is also the deadline for nominations to be submitted to the bar office in St. Charles for Pro Bono Awards that will be presented during the foundation gala on March 1 in the Hotel Baker.
Lake County Bar
The Lake County Bar Association’s semi-annual Musical Gridiron Show will be presented Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22-23, at the Arboretum Club, 401 Half Day Road, Buffalo Grove. Call (847) 244-3143 for dinner and show reservations.
Matrimonial Lawyers
The Chicago-based American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers has installed San Diego attorney James Hennenhoefer as president. He is a past chair of the California State Bar Family Law Section Council.
North Suburban Bar
The North Suburban Bar Association will hold a dinner meeting and program on personal injury litigation at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the Renaissance North Shore Hotel, Northbrook. Call Leisa Braband at (312) 526-1565 for reservations.
NSBA Third Vice President and newsletter editor Gerald S. Schur will retire this month from Welsh & Katz, Chicago, after 40 years in the practice of intellectual property law. He is a member of the ISBA Senior Lawyers Section Council.
Northwest Suburban Bar
A dinner and program on law firm management will be conducted by the Northwest Suburban Bar Association on Thursday, Feb. 28, at Pete Miller’s in Schaumburg, beginning with a 5:30 p.m. reception. Call (847) 221-2601 for details.
The NWSBA will present a People’s Law School series of eight public education programs, beginning Wednesday, Feb. 13, with the real estate law closing process, and ending April 16 with adult guardianship issues. Volunteer speakers are needed.
Peoria County Bar
The Peoria County Bar Association will hold its 100th Lincoln Memorial Banquet on Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Hotel Pere Marquette (black-tie optional). A 6:30 p.m. reception and 7:30 p.m. dinner will precede the program.
Keynote speaker is U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald of Chicago. A Distinguished Community Service Award will be presented, and retiring Judge Brian M. Nemenoff will be recognized. Call (309) 674-6049 for reservations.
Phi Alpha Delta
Collins T. Fitzpatrick, the federal 7th Circuit executive, will be honored by the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity during its annual Judges’ Night reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Call John K. Norris, (312) 263-1360, ext. 20, for reservations.
ISBA past president Robert K. Downs will be installed as justice of the Chicago alumni chapter, and Michele M. Jochner, a member of the ISBA Board of Governors, will become vice justice.
Other incoming officers are James A. Erwin, treasurer; Robert J. Deisinger, assistant treasurer; Nicole E. Kopinski, clerk; David M. Lulkin, marshal; Benjamin P. Hyink, historian, and Pierre Priestly, convention delegate.
Real Estate Lawyers
Elk Grove Village attorney Ralph J. Schumann, a member of the ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council, has been re-elected president of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association.
Other officers are Vice President Jeffrey L. Picklin, Secretary John C. Haas and Treasurer Leanne Walsh Klein. ISBA Second Vice President John G. O’Brien is board chair, and Stuart H. Wolf is attorney and parliamentarian.
IRELA schedules breakfast meetings and programs, usually on the second Wednesday of each month. Call (847) 593-5750 for details.
Whiteside County Bar
ISBA President Joseph G. Bisceglia is the scheduled speaker for a meeting of the Whiteside County Bar Association on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Contact mailto:pace@wmpj.com for details.
Will County Bar
Sheila McCarthy is the new executive secretary of the Will County Bar Association. Contact her at (815) 726-0383 or mailto:smccarthy@willcountybar.org for information about future events.
Workers’ Comp Lawyers
Elaine T. Newquist of Ganan & Shapiro, Chicago, will be installed as the 59th president of the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association during a dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, in the Drake Hotel, Chicago. Contact her at (312) 822-0040 or mailto:Elaine.Newquist@ganan-shapiro.com for reservations.
Other incoming officers are Vice President Daniel B. Malone, Secretary Daniel J. Ugaste and Treasurer Wayne L. Newman.