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Federal Center
Plaza
P.O. Box 1200
Chicago, IL 60690
Officers
President
Charles L. Nesbit
cnesbit124@aol.com
First Vice President
Paul E. Freehling
pfreehling@seyfarth.com
Second Vice President
Scott Mendeloff
smendeloff@sidley.com
Secretary
Maria Z. Vathis
mvathis@clausen.com
Treasurer
James D. Wascher
jwascher@friedmanholtz.com
A Message from the Chapter President
Greetings! The Chicago Chapter covers the Northern District of Illinois and has nearly 400 members to our credit. I am proud to say that, our Board of Directors, past presidents, and members include many in the federal and state judicial system, as well as attorneys in private practice, governmental agencies and academia. If you have not already done so, I invite you to join the Federal Bar Association and the Chicago Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at our monthly luncheons.
Charles L. Nesbit
Chicago Chapter President
**The Chicago Chapter is launching a
campaign to endow the Michael Francis Lefkow FBA Public Interest Fellowship
Program at the Northwestern University School of Law. The fellowship will
permit law students to accept paid summer internships across the country
and represent the poor and vulnerable.
If you would like to contribute to this effort, please make your check
payable to the "Federal Bar Foundation" and mail it to the Federal
Bar Association, P.O. Box 1200, Chicago, Illinois 60690. We urge you to
support our effort to establish a memorial to an exceptional attorney
and to recognize the extraordinary sacrifice that was forced upon his
wife, Hon. Joan Humphrey Lefkow of the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois. Read letter
from Chapter President Jack J. Carriglio regarding the fellowship program.
Newsletters
Calendar of Events
Chicago Chapter
Monthly Luncheon Series are held on the third Wednesday of
each month (at noon, unless otherwise noted). FBA members and their guests
are admitted at reduced rates. For program information and reservations,
please call Carolyn (815) 464-9068.
November 14, 2007
Immigration and Workplace Enforcement CLE
Location: Northwestern University
CLE: 7.25 hours
Registration: View flyer for more information
Recent Events
November
20, 2006
What You Should Know About Workplace Enforcement and Immigration
Co-Sponsored by FBA Chicago Chapter and Immigration Policy Center, American
Immigration Law Foundation
Location: Northwestern University School of Law, Thorne Auditorium, Arthur
Rubloff Building, 375 E. Chicago
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Registration: Download brochure with registration
form.
Chapter Awards
Walter
J. Cummings Award
The Chicago
Chapter annually presents
this award to an attorney
for excellence in pro bono
service as nominated alternately
by the judges of the Seventh
Circuit and the Northern
District. The award
is given in the name of
longtime chapter board member
and judge of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit, the late Walter
J. Cummings.
2002 Recipient—Constantine
L. Trela Jr. for his work
in the district court on
an appointed habeas case.
Frank
J. McGarr Award
The Chicago
Chapter annually presents
this award to an attorney
for distinguished federal
government service.
The award is given in the
name of Chicago Chapter
Past President Frank J.
McGarr, retired U.S.
district court judge and
former first assistant U.S. attorney for the
Northern District of Illinois.
2002 Recipients—Assistant
U.S. Attorneys Patrick M.
Collins, Zachary T. Fardon
and Joel R. Levin for their
work since 1998 in the prosecution
of more than 50 defendants
in connection with drivers'
license corruption in the
Illinois Secretary of State's
Office.
Related Links of Interest
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces to Argue Military Justice Case at teh ABA Annual Meeting
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (“USCAAF”),
the Military Law Committee (“the Committee”) of the General
Practice, Solo and Small Firm (“the GP,S&SF”) Section
of the American Bar Association (“the ABA”), other military
related organizations of the ABA, the Judicial Division of the ABA and
the Military Law Committees of the Illinois State Bar Association (“the
ISBA”) and the Chicago Bar Association (“the CBA”) are
sponsoring an actual military justice appellate argument at 2:30 p.m.
on August 5 in the Ceremonial Courtroom, 25th floor, at the Dirksen Federal
Building, 219 S. Dearborn Chicago, IL 60604. The point of contact is Alexander
White at (312) 603-5533. Both active duty judge advocates and students
from the John Marshall School of Law will argues an actual appeal of a
murder conviction involving a military wife, the Defendant, and her military
husband, the victim.
Persons who wish to be sworn in as members of the bar of the USCAAF should
contact Col. Bryan Spencer at (512) 415-9176.
The above organizations will also sponsor the MG Keithe Nelson Memorial
Luncheon at 12:00 Noon on August 5, 2005 (cost $25.00) and a formal military
dining-out at 6:00 p.m. on August 6, 2005, (cost $90.00 by July 15 and
$100.00 past July 15) both events at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in
Chicago, Illinois. The point of contact for these two events is Lara D.
Trujillo at (312) 988-5659.
U.S. District Court, Northern District
of Illinois: Recent news in the Chicago federal courts
http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois:
http://www.ilnb.uscourts.gov/
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit:
http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/
Internal Revenue Service Alerts
IRS
Unveils Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative; Chance for 'Credit-Card
Abusers' to Clear Up Their Tax Liabilities