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

April 2006


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

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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.

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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

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