2019 Spring Seminar

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Monday, March 4, 2019
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Continental Breakfast & Box Lunch Included 

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1 N. Wacker Avenue | Chicago
Second Floor | Michigan Rooms I & II

ILCBA Member $125       |       Non-Member $175      |      Law Clerk $35 

Please RSVP by 5:00 p.m. on March 1, 2019

No refund for cancellation received after 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 or for no shows. 
Refunds not issued until after the event. 

8:30 - 8:50 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking & Exhibitors

8:50 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.    Session One

Secrets of the Citation Act: Peeling of the Onion 
Bob Markoff, Partner, Markoff Law, LLC

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break - Visit Exhibitor & Sponsor Booths

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Session Two

Arbitration Proceedings Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 90 and Commercial
Calendar Cook County Law Division.  Similarities, Differences and Issues We Never Consider
The Honorable Catherine Schneider, Circuit Judge, Municipal Division District 1
The Honorable Daniel Kubasiak, Circuit Judge, Law Division

11:15 – 11:30 a.m.         Break - Visit Exhibitor & Sponsor Booths

11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Session Three        

What’s New in Springfield?
Michael L. Starzec, Partner, Blitt & Gaines, PC

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.          Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.            Session Four

Diversity and Communication in the Workplace
Cheryl Bristor-Wilson, LCSW, CADC, CEAP, AFSCME Personal Support Program
This Presentation has been approved to meet a Diversity and Inclusion credit requirement.  

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.         Session Five

Motions to Quash and a View from Private Process Servers
Moderator: Christopher DiPlacido, In-House Counsel, American Financial Management
Panelists: Kelly Ann Kienzle, ATG LegalServe, Inc. and Michael Meador, Meador Investigations

An an application for MCLE credits by the Illinois MCLE Board has been approved, including 1 Diversity and Inclusion credit.

Our online program book will be available to registered attendees.
We strongly encourage you to review the online Program Book
and prepare your own copy for the seminar. 

*Copies of the Program Book WILL NOT be provided at the seminar.  

Social Event Immediately Following the Seminar

One North Kitchen & Bar
Located on the 1st Floor | 1 N Wacker