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MCBA Newsletter                                                                  decEMBER 2, 2019 


2019
December Events
12/3/19 (Tues.)
GAL Committee Meeting

12/5/19 (Thurs.)
Family Law Committee Meeting

​12/6/19 (Fri.)
“Breakfast with the Bar” at Scout's


12/10/19 (Tues)
BOG Meeting

​Real Estate Committee Meeting

12/13/19 (Fri.)
“Breakfast with the Bar” at Scout's

12/17/19 (Tues.)
Annual Holiday Luncheon

12/19/19 (Thurs.)
Circuit Clerk's Office Closed
12.00-1.00 pm
​Holiday Luncheon

12/20/19 (Fri.)
“Breakfast with the Bar” at Scout's


12/24/19 (Tues.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

12/25/19 (Wed.)
Law & Justice Center Closed
 
12/27/19 (Fri.)
“Breakfast with the Bar” at Scout's​

YLD-"Happy Hour" at Nightshop
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2020
1/1/20 (Wed.)
Law & Justice Center Closed

​2020 bar membership renewal

Click the MCBA logo to the right to renew.
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I hope that all of you had a wonderful holiday and time with family and loved ones.

Please remember to renew your MCBA membership for 2020. The link is above this note.

​While today is CyberMonday, this week is noteworthy for greater causes...
Today kicks off the 17th annual Stuff the Bus through December 7. The Children’s Home & Aid and Crisis Nursery will benefit from this six-day event to help restock their pantry with much needed supplies for at-risk children and families in our Bloomington Normal community. Please see the location drop off information below.

Tuesday, December 3, is #GivingTuesday. Please consider helping Prairie State. There are several matching challenges. Please see below for more details.
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There are a few upcoming Bar events. Please sign up for our Christmas luncheon to be held at Bloomington Country Club on Tuesday, December 17. (see below) This luncheon will have a different twist than previous years. With Justice Knecht deciding to "retire" as speaker, our members are invited to provide fun, hilarious, disastrous and/or memorable Holiday experiences. Those stories can be either from the field of law or personal experience.

We will be caroling at the McLean County Nursing Home on Friday, 12-20. Thank you to all who signed up to provide presents to the recipients of our Project Santa 2019. On that same Friday, we welcome all of our members and significant others to our Holiday Happy Hour at Medici's, beginning at 3:30 pm. There will be food and some spirits sponsored by our MCBA. Please RSVP below so we can plan to accommodate you and your guests. Come when you are able!

​I'm looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you.


Have a great week !
​​Joe Foley

Thursday - December 19, 2019
​The McLean County Circuit Clerk’s Office - Holiday Luncheon
Closed from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. 

reminder family law
there are no on-line approved parentage courses for mclean county


circuit clerks office closed

Tuesday & wednesday
​December 24 & 25


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You are invited to help Prairie State Legal Services on this upcoming #GivingTuesday (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)! On #GivingTuesday, Prairie State Legal Services has several matching challenges. Please consider one of the following: 
 
1. Give online at www.pslegal.org/donate. All gifts made between December 3-10, 2019 will be matched by the Retirement Research Foundation (up to $5,000 total). 
 
2. Make it monthly! If you pledge a monthly gift online, these gifts will also be matched in their annual amount by Prairie State Legal Services Board Member Lenny Sachs of Howard & Howard in Peoria. Just visit www.pslegal.org/donate and click "Make this a monthly gift." 
 
3. Create a fundraiser on Facebook. If you are a Facebook user, go to this LINK and create your own Facebook fundraiser in support of Prairie State Legal Services! The Retirement Research Foundation will also be awarding $1,500 to the organization that brings in the most NEW donors, so invite your friends, law firm colleagues, etc. Every gift is greatly appreciated. 
 
Making equal justice accessible to all involves all of us!
I hope you will consider helping out Prairie State Legal Services on December 3rd. 

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attorneys on the move

​ADELE M. SAAF      Attorney at Law, 315 East Front Street, Bloomington, IL 61701  (309) 200-5994
                                           **Please note Ms. Saaf's new phone number and address.**


December Bar Committee Activity
GAL Committee Meeting - December 3 12:00 noon
​Family Law Committee Meeting - December 5 4:00 pm

​​​Board of Governor's Committee Meeting - December 10 12:00 noon
Real Estate Committee Meeting - December 10 4:30 pm
Continuing Legal Education Committee Meeting - Canceled

mark your calendar

2019 & 2020

December 17 - Holiday Luncheon at Bloomington Country Club
December 20 - Caroling at the McLean County Nursing Home beginning at 2:00 pm
​December 20 - Holiday Happy Hour beginning around 3:30 pm - Medici
2020
January 21 - CLE Luncheon - State of the Circuit
​January 25 - Proving Ground - Family Outing! - more information to come
October 21-22 - The Guardian Ad Litem Event
November 13-15 - The ISU Invitational Mock Trial Tournament

project
santa
​2019

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Residents who have been adopted.
Thank you!


​Ladies
Men
BessieC- by MeyerCapel
BessieCon- by Allison Mosby-Scott
​BettyB- by Laura Ballard
​BettyWB- by Gina & George Wood
​Charlene- by Whitney Leifheit
Carolyn- by Danielle Kays
Deborah- by Katie Johnson
​Delores- by Dawn Wall
DorothyD- by Frank Hoffman
​DorothyM- by Laura Ballard
Elaine- by MeyerCapel
EleanorD- by Cathy Pratt
Ethel- by Laura Castagna
​EuniceD- by Robert Porter
JaneB- by Julia Davis
JaneM- by Jenna Kearns
​Jean- by Laura Ballard
Jewell- by Alice Smally
​LiLD- by Judge Foley
MarthaJo- by Jessica Woods
Theresa- by Holly & Karen (Pratt&Pratt)
Tillie- by Angela Fyans-Jimenez
PattyS- by Joe Foley
​RoseR- by Angela Skinner
RosieG- by Varney & Associates
​RuthM- by Katy Kraft
Sandra- by Steve Mahrt
Sheila- by Erin Donaldson
Zelma- by Jaime Ganschow
BillyS- by Judge Duffy
​CharlesM- by Allen DeVary
CharlesW- by Laurel Bingaman​
​Clem- by Nate Hinch
DonW- by Steve Wood
Eurgene- by Laura Castagna
Frank- by Holly & Karen (Pratt&Pratt)
Jack- by Jenna Kearns
JR- by Varney & Associates
​Lambert- by Allison Mosby-Scott
Larry- by Brendan Bukalski
Lyman- by Cathy Pratt
​RobertM- by Matthew Butler
Roger- by Brendan Bukalski
​Ron1- by Katy Kraft
​Ron2- by Judge Lawrence
Walter- by Judge Foley


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HOLIDAY HAPPY HOUR
MEDICI [upstairs] 

Friday - December 20
Beginning at 3:30 PM
rSVP
Please RSVP so that we can plan for you and your guests.
If you have already registered through Project Santa, then there is no need to RSVP.


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​stuff the bus

Children’s Home & Aid, Connect Transit, 107.7 & 92.1 The Bull, Magic 99.5, Cities 92.9, & the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 752 will be co-hosting the 17th annual Stuff the Bus event, December 2-December 7.

Stuff the Bus is seeking non-perishable food, new clothing and toys, diapers and other items for use by children aged infant to 6 years old during their stay in the Crisis Nursery.

​Donations will also be accepted at the Children’s Home & Aid office located at 403 S. State St. in Bloomington, and at the Connect Transit office located at 351 Wylie Drive in Normal. For more information , please contact Children’s Home & Aid at 309-834-5260. 

Donations will be accepted from 10:00 am until 8:00 pm
​To make donations, please stop by one of the following designated locations listed below.

Monday, 12-2, Walmart – Greenbriar Dr., Normal
Tuesday, 12-3, Walmart – 2225 W. Market St., Bloomington
Wednesday, 12-4, Kroger – 1550 E. College Ave., Normal
Thursday, 12-5, Kroger – 1550 E. College Ave., Normal
Friday, 12-6, Walmart – Greenbriar Dr., Normal
Saturday, 12-7, Walmart – 2225 W. Market St., Bloomington

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Annual awards luncheon

Congratulations to the State Farm Legal Department for their work and recognition in the Pro Bono Initiative Award!
December 4 Luncheon Information Here

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holiday luncheon

Tuesday, December 17 12:00 - 1:00 pm
​Bloomington Country Club
Click on the Happy Holidays above to register.


saturday - january 25
​5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
proving ground - bouldering gym

Bring your family for a fun adventure at the Proving Ground, the newest rock climbing gym in town! We will have access to a private room, with pizza and drinks provided. $12 per person, includes a safety orientation, rappelling equipment and climbing shoes. Minimum age 3.
Registration and ​more information to come
website Link...registration will open in January

2019 BLOOMINGTON CANNON ESTATE PLANNING
TELECONFERENCE SERIES PROGRAM
​HOSTED BY PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT


Date:              Thursday, December 19
Topic:             Client or Non-Client?

Please RSVP with the list of names and email addresses of those who will be attending to Peggy Barnes at Margaret.Barnes@pnc.com
Time:             11:30am - 12:30pm.
Location:        PNC Bank
                       202 E Washington St - Wealth Management Conference Room
                       Bloomington, IL 61701
There is not a cost for the seminar or lunch except we request you stay for a brief presentation by Wealth Management. The entire program will conclude by 1:00 p.m. Earn 1.5 hours of Continuing Legal Education Credit for Illinois and other states. Continuing Education Credit also given for CPA, CTFA, CFP, CLU, ChFC.

seeking an opportunity

isu graduate student preparing for law school


​seeks
resume & contact information
Posted Nov. 25. End Date Dec. 27

position with law firm/legal

Interested in a social justice position.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES


aoic
administrative office of the illinois courts

seeks
information
Posted: Dec. 2 End Date Jan. 6


​sr. program manager


THOMSON & WEINTRAUB LLC

seeks
information
Posted: Dec. 2 End Date Jan. 6

​legal
assistant


Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

seeks
information
Posted Nov. 25. End Date Dec. 27

2 peoria location attorneys


koth, gregory, nieminski pc

seeks
Information
Posted Nov. 18. End Date Dec. 27

​associate attorney



​​OGAR & MILLER

seeks
information
Posted Nov. 11. End Date Dec. 2


​​PARALEGAL



bar committee activities

GAL Committee Meeting - December 3 12:00 noon
​Family Law Committee Meeting - December 5 4:00 pm
​​​Board of Governor's Committee Meeting - December 10 12:00 noon
Real Estate Committee Meeting - December 10 4:30 pm
2020
CLE Committee Meeting - January 29 12:00 noon

save the dates
​2020

january 21 -CLE - state of the circuit
february 12 - CLE - lap presentation
february 18 - cle - veterans court/services for veterans
march 17 - CLE - collections 
october 21-22 -gal conference


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MCBA Breakfast with the Bar
Remember to have “Breakfast with the Bar” every Friday morning between 8:00 am and 9:00 am. It’s a great way to meet and talk with your fellow attorneys in an informal setting. Stay for 10 minutes and have a cup of coffee or stay for an hour and have a full breakfast before court. Grab an associate, partner or friend and come.      See you Friday!


Executive Committee 
President                            
​Kathleen Kraft

2nd VP
Judge Pablo Eves

Secretary
Nargis Khokhar
1st VP
​Nathan B. Hinch

Immediate Past President
Julia Davis

Treasurer
Calli Farrell
Disclaimer:
The McLean County Bar Association (MCBA) presents the information on this web site as an information service to our members and other Internet users. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice. The information is not intended to create, and receipt of the information does not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship. Those using this information should not act upon this information without seeking professional legal counsel.
Board of Governors
John L. Pratt
Brendan Bukalski
Michael Butts
​Dean Davis


Administrative Assistant
Mary Sellmyer

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