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Contact Us: Linda Raineri, Executive Director Board of Directors Hon. Lisa Y. Wilson IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Part-time Messenger Position Directory Changes O’Neal, Susan K., (primary office) 1515 N. Harlem Ave., Oak Park, Illinois 60302; Phone (708) 524-5463, Fax (708) 524-5478 Email: skoneal90@gmail.com. O’Neal, Thomas W., 211 Fulton St., Suite 600, Peoria, IL 61602 Phone: (309) 999-6341 Fax: (309) 672-1568; Email: two@h2law.com. Office Space Available Attorney office for rent at 515 Elizabeth St., Pekin, Illinois, with a great location close to the courthouse. If interested, please call (309) 696-9744 for further details. | Columbus Day PMCLE
Lawyers Helping Service Members Committee Meetings Communications & Technology All members: Did you know that you can create a login on the PCBA website and add information, such as areas of practice, law school, and upload your photo? How many potential clients look to the bar association’s website for attorney information? We are compiling information for the 2013 Attorneys’ Directory. If your information or information within your firms has changed, please forward the information to our office no later than November 1, 2012. Entertainment Local Continuing Legal Education Seminars Mark your calendars for the upcoming seminars: Brown Bag Series Membership Thank you to all who have paid their annual membership dues. Second notices were sent out on September 5, 2012. If you have not paid your dues and have misplaced your invoice please contact our office. If you would like to pay online please go to www.peoriabar.org/Shop. According to Article VII., Section 2. of the By-Laws: “If the dues of any member required to pay dues are not fully paid within sixty (60) days after billing, the Secretary-Treasurer shall again bill such delinquent member for dues. If, upon the expiration of thirty (30) days thereafter, [October 5, 2012] such member’s dues remain unpaid, such member shall thereupon automatically cease to be a member of the PCBA, his/her name to be deleted from the membership roster.…” Our next new members’ luncheon will be held on November 7, 2012. Invitations to our newest members will be mailed soon. The PCBA “Hospitality Reception” has been set for Thursday, November 8, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. at Ulrich's Rebellions Room, 631 Main Street. Free food and beverages. All PCBA members and newly-admitted attorneys are welcome. . In Memoriam Young Lawyers Peoria County Pro Bono Plan The following attorneys and their staff have recently closed pro bono cases during the month: William Anderson, Stacy Crabtree, Steven Glancy, Debbie Harper, Jeremy Heiple, Casey Kepple, Robert Muir (3 cases) Karen Stumpe (2 cases), Valerie Umholtz, and Jennifer Wolfe. Pro Bono Week: October 21 - 27 Access to Justice . . . After Hours 2012 Other News From PCBA Member, Ron Hanna, who is a Board member of CASA of Peoria County: CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for children) will be holding its annual CASAblanca, Dancing with the (Local) Stars on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at Par-A-Dice Hotel Ballroom. For more information contact Pam Perrilles at (309) 699-2939 or pperilles@peoriacounty.org.
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The 9th Annual Diversity Luncheon will be held Tuesday, October 16, 2012, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. at Four Points by Sheraton. The Honorable Diane Wood, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, will be the featured speaker. Individual tickets are $35.00 or a table of 10 for $350.00. Deadline to reserve your seat is October 10, 2012. Remember, proceeds help fund the Diversity Scholarship and this year’s scholarship recipient will be announced at the luncheon. Reservations may be made online at 
This month Michael Lied would like to recognize attorney, Tom Trager, Vonachen, Lawless, Trager & Slevin, for his assistance in helping a veteran with a visitation matter. Anyone interested in helping with this program may contact Mike at 
Every Wednesday, March 6 through April 3, 2013 - PCBA Office-12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; FREE (open to PCBA members only) with lunch provided. This year you will need to complete and return registration information in order to be on the list for the brown bag seminars. With class size limited to the first 25 registrations received, there will be a waiting list once the class is full. If you have any questions, please contact the PCBA office (309) 674-6049 or email 
On Sunday, September 9, 2012, Joseph Z. Sudow passed away. Joseph was born on April 15, 1914, in Sioux City, Iowa, and was raised in Aberdeen, S.D. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1935 and earned his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1938. He then practiced law in Chicago until 1943, at which time he moved to Peoria to become the District Rationing Attorney. He worked there to help provide government rations of gasoline and fuel oil during WWII. In 1945, he opened his own law practice and in 1950, served as supervisor of the U.S. Census for the 10th Congressional District in Illinois. Joe joined the law firm of Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick as a partner in 1958. He continued to practice law until he retired as Of Counsel in 2011, after his 97th birthday, when he and his wife moved to Washington, D.C. Joe was President of the PCBA in 1966-67, and was recognized in 2005 as one of its “Pillars of the Bar” for his decades of leadership in the PCBA and the community. He was also a member of the ISBA, serving as a former chairman of the federal taxation section. In order to support the ongoing memorial to members of our Association, we ask that you send a check in the amount of $5.00 to the Peoria County Bar Foundation in memory of Joseph Z. Sudow, or donate online. The PCBA has contributed $100.00 to the Peoria County Bar Foundation in memory of Mr. Sudow.