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Judicial Profile / Judge Manuel Barbosa: Looking Back, Looking Forward
by Divya K. Sarang
Sunday Drivers and Terry Stops: A Look at the Upcoming Illinois Supreme Court Case of People v. Close
by Chris Sparks
Tossing Cookies, A True Life Christmas Story (©2009)
by David Camic
The Traveling Lawyer©: Punta Cana, Rupublica Dominicana, 2009
by Thomas McClow
Judicial Profile: Judge John A. Noverini
by Patricia A. Tauchert
The Political Activity Ban and “Pulpit Freedom Sunday”: How to Prevent Similar Tax Protests
by Aaron Galloway
Family Law Lawyer / Does More Parenting Time Justify Less Child Support?
by Matt Shaw
Mechanics Liens: Don’t be an Empathetic Owner
by Patrick M. Kinnally
VESSA: Workplace and Public Benefits Protection for Domestic/Sexual Assault Victims
by Anne C. Dunbar
What You Don’t Know About Pro Bono
by the KCBA Delivery of Legal Services Committee
Missing the Target: Why the Illinois Supreme Court Should Have Re-examined Targeted Tender
by Rebecca Stephens
Family Law Lawyer / Maintenance: Payable Upon Death? Tax Free?
by Matt Shaw
Practical Appeals Advice, Part 9: Motion Practice in the Reviewing Courts
by Larry Wechter
Everything You Wanted to Know About Offers of Proof But Were Afraid to Ask
by Vazken Kazandjian
Why Some Auctions Fail: Is it the Property, the Seller, the Buyer or the Auctioneer?
by Wallace J. Wolff
Family Law Lawyer / Dissipation: When Does it Begin to Begin?
by Matt Shaw
The Red Flag Rules: Are You and Your Clients in Compliance?
by Ronald B. Kowalczyk
For Better or Morse: The Seventh Circuit’s Recent Switch to Pickering and the Implications Morse v. Frederick May Have on Teacher Speech
by Steven L. Boldt
Judicial Profile / Honorable T. Jordan Gallagher, From Flock to Frock
by P.J. Gubbins
Family Law Lawyer / Maintenance: ‘Til Death Do Us Part? (Part 1)
by Matt Shaw
Dissolving Entities
by Roman J. Seckel
2009-2010 KCBA President Julie L. Cibulskis
by Robert Speers
KCBA 2009-2010 Board of Directors
KCBA 2009-2010 Committee Chairpersons
Back to Basics
by Matthew Leisten
Nine Simple Rules for Better Legal Writing
by Catherine D. Battista
The Traveling Lawyer©: Spring Training 2009
by Thomas McClow
IDES Audits: Deciding How Much a Company Owes
by Nancy E. Joerg
2009 Mock Trials
In re Estate of Feinberg: Illinois Testators Now “Partially Restrained” by their Own Will Provisions
by Alexis Costello
Beware! Recent Changes to Illinois Notary Public Law Affect Notaries and their Employers
by Mary Beth DeBord
Pro Bono Publico
by Patrick M. Kinnally
Judicial Profile / The Logical Performer: Honorable Kevin T. Busch
by P.J. Gubbins
Back to Basics: The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act
by Ryan P. Theriault
A Look in the Rear View Mirror: Index of “Back to Basics” Articles
by the KCBA New Lawyer’s Division
In Memoriam: Honorees of the 2009 Memorial Service
Wills v. Foster: Medicaid, Medicare, the Collateral Source Rule and the Wrong Decision for Illinois
by Matthew J. Hafeli
The April 2009 Bar Briefs Issue was an April Fool's 'Spoof' Edition
Zoning Away the Ugly: The Revolution of Aesthetic Zoning Ordinances in Illinois
by Brent R. Eames
Judicial Profile / Experienced, Bi-lingual & Loving Life as a Judge: Honorable Thomas J. Stanfa
by P.J. Gubbins
Effective Management of a Divorce Case
by Michelle L. Alexander
What is the IRS Doing to Help Struggling Taxpayers this Year?
by Judy Berndt
How Judges Influence Advocacy
by Patrick M. Flaherty and Patrick M. Kinnally
Back to Basics: Premises Liability and Some Common Pit-falls
by Phillip A. Lorenz
Practical Appeals Advice, Part 8: Making the Appeal Even More Perfect
by Larry Wechter
Letter to the Editor / Angela’s Ashes: The Limitations of the Law, Then and Now
by Thomas P. Scherschel
Fair Value Versus Fair Market Value: Is There a Place for Fair Value in Marital Dissolution?
by Robert E. Kleeman, Jr.
Back to Basics: Orders of Protection
by Matthew Leisten
Ruffles and Flourishes, Hail to the New Chief Judge
by David E. Camic
I Learned About the Law from That: Bernard K. Weiler
by Dean M. Frieders
The Traveling Lawyer©: Southern California, July 2008
by Thomas McClow