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​​​​MCBA NEWSLETTER

​​​​​​may 8, 2023



2023
MAY EVENTS
5/9/2023 (Tues.)
BOG Meeting


5/12/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar


5/16/2023 (Tues.)
​CLE Event

5/19/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar
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5/23/2023 (Tues.)
CLE Committee Meeting


5/26/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

5/29/2023 (Mon.)
Courthouse Closed

JUNE EVENTS
6/2/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

6/5/2023 (Mon.)
​Annual Golf Outing & Pckleball!


6/9/2023 (Fri.)
ADR Committee Meeting
Breakfast with the Bar


6/13/2023 (Tues.)
BOG Meeting
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6/14/2023 (Wed.)
CLC Committee Meeting


6/16/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar 

6/17/2023 (Sat.)
Family Picnic 

6/19/2023 (Mon.)
Courthouse Closed

6/20/2023 (Tues.)
Annual Meeting
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6/23/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar
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6/27/2023 (Tues.)
CLE Committee Meeting


6/30/2023 (Fri.)
Breakfast with the Bar

Upcoming Save-The-Dates
9/22/2023 (Fri.)

CIPA Legal Education Seminar

10/25 & 10/26 (Wed. & Thurs.)
MCBA Biennial GAL Conference

12/19/2023 (Tues.)
​Holiday Luncheon

All Court Holidays & Closures
​Complete List of Court Holidays & Closures

PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES
​conflict panel
pro bono attorneys needed

**A client has a POP hearing on May 31.  If you are willing to take this case, please contact the PSLS conflict board at ​nichole@ogarmiller.com or 309-827-8551 Ext. 111 for more information. 
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**A client has filed a motion to extend a Plenary Order of Protection that will expire soon, and is seeking assistance at the hearing that is currently scheduled for June 1, 2023”.  If you have questions or are willing to take this case, please contact the PSLS Conflict Board at Todd Miller's office nichole@ogarmiller.com or 309-827-8551 Ext. 111 for more information. ​

CLE

Court Technology Roundtable: with Judges & Clerks & Admin
Up to 1 hour of General CLE [Pending Aproval]

Tuesday, May 16 - CLE 

​Staff is welcome & encouraged to send questions and attend!
​
Register now for the Court Technology Roundtable with Judges and Clerks. This program will discuss practices and preferences for efiling and the use of Zoom in the Family, Civil and Criminal Divisions. Circuit Clerk Don Everhart and Will Scanlon will provide an update about the new case management system. Following the roundtable discussion, there will be a demonstration of the new courtroom technology, including how attorneys can utilize it in a court case. Please submit any questions you have in advance through the link below.
 
The Roundtable will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room (Room 503) of the Law and Justice Center. Lunch will be served. Following the discussion, the demonstration will be held in one of the 5th Floor Courtrooms. 
Registration
Questions for the presenters

golf outing &
new this year - pickleball!
monday - june 5

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More information and registration

Guy Fraker - 2023 History Maker

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Central Illinois roots and Abraham Lincoln tugged at Guy Fraker, bringing this Missouri-born, suburban New York City youth to a long-time Bloomington career.

Guy’s family had deep roots in central Illinois and the University of Illinois. When Guy was a child, the family visited his grandmother Lela Holliday and her twin sister, Lola Kucher, who lived together in Peoria. Lola took the impressionable grade schooler to the Springfield Lincoln sites, ​where he was introduced to the
State Historian, Harry Pratt, and the longtime Lincoln Tomb curator, Herbert Fay. Soon Guy was spending his spare change on Lincoln books, devouring the topic.
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Many of his White Plains High School (New York) classmates were off to the Ivy League, but Guy “came home” to his parents’ alma mater, the University of Illinois. There he majored in history and then completed law school, where he was the president of his senior class. Later, Guy was honored when he received the prestigious William Winter Award from the University Foundation in 2005 for Outstanding Leadership Advocacy. He was recruited by the Costigan and Wollrab firm to Bloomington in 1962.

From his Mother, Guy was attuned to community involvement. He soon was involved in the Jaycees and both Bill Costigan and Jim Wollrab were significant community leaders, who encouraged Guy to deepen his local connections. As the ParkLands Foundation was being developed, Pantagraph publisher Loring Merwin asked the young attorney to volunteer his time to draw up the various documents in founding the new preservation organization. It now maintains more than 3,600 acres. He served on the Board for many years, including several terms as President.

Although not a naturalist, the ParkLands work awakened Guy to preservation of such areas. At the time, Illinois was ranked near the bottom in natural area preservation. Governor Jim Edgar appointed Guy to a statewide task force to study the issues and make recommendations. These were followed and under Edgar’s leadership the state purchased over 16,000 acres to create Panther Creek Conservation area in west central Illinois. This led Guy to the Nature Conservancy, where after many years, including a term as Chairman of the Board, he then joined the Conservancy as Director of Land Protection. In that capacity he negotiated more than 20 acquisitions, totaling more than 10,000 acres all over the State. ​Read more at the link below.

Read more here

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civil mental health proceeding series

Registration & More Information HERE
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recording opportunities

CLE
ABOLISHING IRS BACK TAXES
​A FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY'S GUIDE

[1 HOUR General CLE CREDIT APPROVED]
RECORDING ENDS March 1, 2024
Registration for Recording & CLE Credit Instructions

CLE
BOND REFORM NUTS & BOLTS:
 Illinois' Safety, Accountability, Fairness & Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act
with updates

[Up to 1.5 HOURS General CLE CREDIT APPROVED]
RECORDING ENDS July 30, 2023
Registration for Recording & CLE Credit Instructions

CLE
ethics: rules every lawyer must know

[1 HOUR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY - Ethics - CLE CREDIT APPROVED]

 recording ends october 30, 2023

Registration for Recording & CLE Credit Instructions

Save the Date
registration coming soon
Saturday, June 17 - 4:00 pm - Family Pickleball Picnic
​​Friday, September 22 - Central Illinois Paralegal Association Legal Education Seminar
Wednesday & Thursday, October 25 & 26 - MCBA Biennial GAL Conference

kelly & castagna
​change of email address

Laura Castagna - laura@injurylawbloomington.com
Josephine Shane - josephine@injurylawbloomington.com
STAFF
 Kelly Rumley - kelly@injurylawbloomington.com
Skylar Maurer - ​skylar@injurylawbloomington.com

new to your office?
​or maybe an attorney/staff 'on the move'?

If your office has new attorneys and staff, then we would like to update membership on your additions! Maybe you have an attorney making moves within your office. Please click on the link below to submit a little about the new addition and feel free to add a photo as well. 
New to My Office or Retiring or Any Update!

friday breakfast with the bar
join us this friday

8:00 am-9:00 am

Coffee Hound Website
The Coffee Hound - Downtown Bloomington
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BLOOMINGTON CANNON ESTATE PLANNING
TELECONFERENCE SERIES PROGRAM
​HOSTED BY PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

2023 Schedule
Please contact​ Jennifer.julius@pnc.com if interested in attending.
If you have questions please call Jennifer at 309.655.5484

career opportunities


ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Position Summary
Reviews Begin May 8

assistant / associate university counsel


ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Link to Position Info
Posted May 1

instructional assistant professor - politics & gov't


robert t varney & associates​

Information
Posted May 1


​full time attorney


11th Judicial circuit

Judge Vacancy
Deadline - May 11

associate judge


Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen PC​​

More Information
Posted - April 3

workers comp various opportunities



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​state farm
​insurance

Information
Posted - March 20

Information
Posted - April 10

in-house
​transactional
 
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insurance regulatory & securities counsel​




​kanoski
​bresney
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Associate Litigation
Litigation Attorney
Legal Asst/Paralegal
WC Attorney
Posted - March 20


​attorneys
&
legal assistant
paralegal



prairie state legal services

Illinois Openings
Central IL Openings
Updated - March 20

statewide
​openings



office space available



205 n MAIN STREET, BLOOMINGTON 
professional office suites- LEASE

Downtown office building with lease space available on the second and third floors. Building is  accessible with elevator, shared entry and shared restrooms.
Suite Information
posted May 2023

 121 main STREET, BLOOMINGTON 
office suite - 2nd floor - lease

Second floor office suite available for lease. The full floor is available for a single tenant. Previously occupied as an attorney’s office, the space has a perimeter of private office spaces and conference room, open/work area/reception, two (2) restrooms, breakroom, data storage and secured storage areas inclusive in suite. Building has elevator access. Parking adjacent to building.
More Information
posted May 2023

306 E grove street, bloomington 
freestanding building - FOR SALE
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We are pleased to present the former Yoder Law Office Building, now Murphy Building, in Downtown Bloomington for sale. The current business will be relocating, making this unique freestanding office building available. This property has unique characteristics, lots of natural lighting, large private offices with windows, conference rooms, break room and updated mens and womens restrooms, as well as a large storage room. The property has been well maintained and with the adjacent parking lot, this presents a great opportunity for a new or expanding business in Bloomington. Please call to schedule a tour today.
More Information & Phone Number
posted May 2023

105 n. center street - downtown blooomington
​office - for sale
​

Downtown Bloomington is home to over 100 shops, restaurants, and services ready to provide you  with distinctive merchandise and friendly small town customer service. You can be apart of what makes Downtown great in owning this spectacularly cared for former law office. The property has three stories and a full basement, private offices, conference rooms, storage, vaults, restrooms, library and more.​
More Information
posted February 2023

ILLINOIS HOUSE BUILDING

Now Leasing- seven (7) newly constructed single room offices available
ranging in size from 200 square feet to 274 square feet
including access to a common conference room
Internet access is included.
​Call or text 309-531-0445 for particulars. 

Call or text 309-531-0445
updated February 2023

Office Space Available

Located one block from the McLean County Law & Justice Center, two offices (209 sq. ft. & 108 sq. ft.) available for rent. The offices are ideal for a single office user or a professional with an administrative assistant. Both offices are newly painted, fully furnished, and move-in ready. Offices have access to kitchen/break room. Conference room available for reservation. Parking included.
​For more information, call or text (708) 831-2733.
​posted January 2023

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE 
2nd Floor


121 N Main St., Bloomington, IL 

3,625 sq. ft. Total.  Smaller space units available.
​
Parking on site
Call or Text 309-868-1604
​posted November 2022

bar committee activities

2023
Quarterly Family Law Bench/Bar Listening Session - May 3 3.30 pm
​GAL Committee Meeting - May 4 12.15 pm
​​​BOG Meeting - May 9 noon
​Criminal Law Committee Meeting - May 10 8.15 am
​​​​​​CLE Committee Meeting - May 23 noon
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee [ADR] Meeting - June 9 noon
​​​BOG Meeting - June 13 noon

Criminal Law Committee Meeting - June 14 noon
Diversity & Inclusion Committee Meeting – July 12 noon

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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