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The SSBA and the Suburban Bar Coalition need attorneys who are interested in participating in the judicial evaluation process for the upcoming November elections. Attorneys are needed to act as investigators and evaluation panel members. Volunteers will be required to attend one of the judicial screenings held at the Rolling Meadows, Maywood or Bridgeview Courthouses. There will be a training session in Maywood on August 31 where the whole evaluation process will be explained. Anyone interested in participating please contact Daniel Hinich at (312) 307-2659 or
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Don Jurewicz, 64, former Cook County Assistant Public Defender, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2010 after an extensive battle with cancer.
Don attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, on a Chick Evans Scholarship and graduated with a BA in 1967. He obtained his JD from John Marshall Law School in 1975. Upon graduation he worked as a Cook County Public Defender from 1975 - 2003. Don retired from the Public Defender’s Office and began a private law practice in Blue Island.
Don had been very active in the Dolton Riverdale Jaycees and had been a member of the Dolton Zoning Board of Appeals. He had also been active in the Worth Township Regular Democratic Organization. In his spare time he was an avid reader and sports fan. Don was a longtime member of the South Suburban Bar Association, the Southwest Bar Association and the ISBA.
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A new ISBA ethics ruling was recently issued regarding attorneys participating in a realty office sponsored title program, where they have to give title orders to the realty office’s title company in exchange for the realtors referring clients to the attorney. The ethics ruling states that the attorney is breaching his fiduciary duties to his client and has potential conflicts of interest. See Updated News for more. |
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