Erin Clifford, Managing Director at Clifford Law Offices, will speak at a morning program at the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA)/Illinois Judges Association (IJA) Joint Midyear Meeting on “An Insider’s Look at Judicial Decision-Making.”
Clifford will open the program at 9 a.m. with a presentation on “Creating the Environment to Make Effective Decisions.”
Former ISBA President Shawn Kasserman and Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, Chicago, will moderate a panel, “Trial Judge Panel: Help Us Help You.” The panelists are Hon. Janelle K. Christensen, 19th Judicial Circuit Court; Hon. Richard D. Felice, 18th Judicial Circuit Court; and Hon. John Fitzgerald Lyke, Jr., Circuit Court of Cook County.
A second panel, “Inner Workings – Courts of Review Panel,” will be moderated by Hon. James E. Snyder (ret.), JAMS Mediator/Arbitrator; Hon. Joy V. Cunningham, Illinois Supreme Court, First District; Hon. Eugene Doherty, Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District; Hon. Elizabeth M. Rochford, Illinois Supreme Court, Second District; Hon. Sanjay T. Tailor, Illinois Appellate Court, First District.
Program coordinators are the Hon. Jennifer L. Johnson, 22nd Judicial Circuit, and the Hon. Clare J. Quish, Circuit Court of Cook County.
The in-person program will be held Friday, Dec. 13, at the JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams St., Chicago. It is open to the first 50 registrants and offers 2.25 hours of continuing legal education credit.
For further information, contact Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner Pamela Sakowicz Menaker at 847-721-0909 (cell) or pammenaker@cliffordlaw.com.