Rock Island County Bar Association

Golf Outing & July Meeting
2019-07-15 12:00 - 17:30 UTC | IL
At Short Hills Country Club, East Moline
Golf Outing: Registration starts at Noon, shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. For Golf Reservations, call or email Christy at Mason & Scott 309-281-1976 or emailchristy@masonandscottpc.com

Dinner Meeting: Social Hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Meal choices are Prime Rib, Tilapia or Pecan Crusted Chicken. Emailricobar@churchillfirm.com for reservations.

Memorial Service
2019-05-24 13:00 - 15:00 | IL
Rock Island County Bar Association Annual Memorial Service
Friday, May 24, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
Courtroom 302
1317 3rd Avenue, Rock island

Law Day Luncheon
2019-05-01 11:30 | Radisson Quad City Plaza
The 2019 Law Day Luncheon is jointly sponsored by the Bar Associations of Rock Island County, Illinois and Scott County, Iowa and will be on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at the Radisson Quad City Plaza located at 111 E. 2nd Street, Davenport, Iowa. Check-in begins at 11:30 a.m., with lunch being served at 11:45am.
The guest speaker will be Iowa Supreme Court Justice Tom Waterman
This year’s theme is Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society.
Reservations due by April 25th to Lane & Waterman LLP, Attention: Angie Tornquist, 220 N. Main Street, Suite 600, Davenport, IA 52801. Call with questions: 563-324-3246

April Dinner Meeting
2019-04-25 17:30 | Oakwood Country Club
at Oakwood Country Club, 1067 US Hwy 6 Coal Valley, IL
Social Hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m.
RSVP to ricobar@churchillfirm.com
Meal choices are Filet Mignon, Seared Tilapia or Pasta Fagioli

January Dinner Meeting
2019-01-24 17:30 | IL
January 24, 2019 – 5:30pm Social Hour – 6:45pm Dinner
Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island
Meal choices are filet mignon, baked orange roughy or vegetarian lasagna (with filet being the default)
RSVP to ricobar@churchillfirm.com by 1/21/19

January CLE Seminar
2019-01-11 08:30 - 16:30 | IL
Event: January CLE Seminar
Date: Friday, January 11, 2018, 8:30am – 4:30pm
Location: Western Illinois University QC – Riverfront Campus Room 111
Cost: $90 for Members and $110 for Non-Members
Quantity of Tickets can be changed upon Checkout.

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Member $90.00 USDNon-Member $110.00 USD

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October Dinner Meeting
2018-10-25 17:30 | IL
Jumer’s Hotel & Casino, Rock Island
5:30 Social Hour; 6:45 Dinner
Reservations to ricobar@churchillfirm.com by 10/22/18.
Meal choices: Filet Mignon, Baked Tilapia or Vegetarian Lasagna (default designation will be beef)

Golf Outing & Dinner Meeting
2018-07-16 12:00 | IL
at Short Hills Country Club, East Moline
Golf Outing Registration at Noon
Social Hour 5:30 pm; Dinner 6:45 pm
Details available at a later date

Memorial Service
2018-05-25 13:00 | IL
Rock Island County Justice Center
Tentatively scheduled for May 25th at 1:00 p.m.
Further details available soon

Law Day Luncheon
2018-05-01 11:30 | IL
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the TaxSlayer Center, Moline, IL
Check-In begins at 11:30 a.m. and Lunch served at 11:45 a.m.
Reservations due 4/25/2018 to Hany G. Khoury’s Office (309) 796-0170

April Dinner Meeting
2018-04-26 17:30 | IL
at Oakwood Country Club, Coal Valley, IL
5:30 Social Hour; 6:45 Dinner
Reservation by email to ricobar@churchillfirm.com by Monday, April 23, 2018. Make sure your email contains your name and meal preference. Meal choices are Filet Mignon, Baked Tilapia, or Pasta e fagioli and the default designation will be beef if a preference is not given.

CLE Seminar
2018-01-05 08:30 - 15:30 | IL
WIU-Riverfront Room 111
$100 for non-members, $75 for members

Tickets

Member $75.00 USDNon-Member $100.00 USD

11th Hour Spring CLE Seminar
2017-06-16 | IL
Continuing Legal Education Seminar

June 16, 8-4:30 pm – WIU QC Riverfront Campus, Room 111

Cost:
$0 for attorneys who take a pro bono case.

$25 for bar assoc members who don’t take a pro bono case
$75 for non members who don’t take a pro bono case

There will be no charge for the CLE if an attorney agrees to accept a pro bono referral from Prairie State Legal Services within the following twelve months.
Pro-Bono attendees please send email to nvanvoltenburg@churchillfirm.com to register.
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RICO Bar Members $25.00 USDNon Members $75.00 USD

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Firm (if applicable)

8:30-8:55

Check-in and welcome

8:55-9:00

Introduction

Carrie Clark

9:00-10:00

Adult Guardianship Basics

Mary Ann Brown

10:00-10:30

So You Want to be a GAL

Carrie Clark

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-11:30

View From the Bench: Presenting a Guardianship Petition to the Court

Hon. Linnea Thompson

11:30:12:30

Lunch

Provided by RICOBA

12:30-1:30

Mediation Primer

Hon. Tim Slavin

1:30-2:00

Social Security Disability

John Remus

2:00-2:30

Landmines and Goldmines: What Employers and Employees Need to Know

Kelsey Marquard

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-3:15

Clean Water Act Litigation

Peter Wenker

3:15-3:45

Advising Your Client: A Prosecutor’s Perspective

Alyssa Raya

River Bandits Game
2017-05-25 | IL
Join us Thursday, May 25th at Modern Woodman Park for the River Bandits Game!

The Rock Island Bar Association has reserved Private Suites for our members to enjoy the game!
Gates open at 5:30, Game begins at 6:30.

Law Day 2017
2017-05-01 | Radisson Quad City Plaza
May 1, Noon at Radisson Quad City Plaza

Keynote Speaker, IA Supreme Court Justice Tom Waterman

More details to follow soon.

April 2017 Meeting & RICO Fellows Reception
2017-04-27 17:30 - 20:00 | Oakwood Country Club
Join the Fellows of the Illinois Bar Foundation and the Rock Island County Bar Association for the Rock Island County Fellows Reception posthumously honoring Martin H. Katz and honoring Robert T. Park for their leadership and dedication to the law. The reception will be held in conjunction with the April RICO Bar Association Meeting on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Oakwood Country Club from 5:30-8:00 pm.

For RICO Bar Association members, tickets are complimentary, and for non-RICO Bar Association members, tickets are $25 each. Meal options are filet mignon, seared tilapia, or pasta e fagioli. To reserve or purchase tickets please call 309-762-3643 or email ricobar@churchillfirm.com.
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The proceeds from this event will help the Foundation further its mission to ensure meaningful access to the justice system, especially for those with limited means; assist lawyers who have fallen on hard times; and provide legal Fellowships to recent law school graduates. For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, visit www.illinoisbarfoundation.org or call (312) 726-6072.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Benefactor Sponsors:
Katz Nowinski P.C.
Shawn S. Kasserman
Michael J. Warner, Warner & Zimmerle

Patron Sponsors:
Simmons Hanly Conroy
Rock Island County Bar Association

Friend Sponsors:
Susan M. Goldberg
Tim & Teresa Kelly

NOTICE FROM THE ILLINOIS DCFS:
2017-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | IL
NOTICE FROM THE ILLINOIS DCFS:
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is seeking to hire an additional attorney to work out of the Rock Island DCFS Office. The job description, together with contact information, is attached.

Meeting Announcement
2017-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | IL
The 2017 Annual Dinner Meeting of the Rock Island County Bar Association will be held at The Abbey Station, Rock Island, IL, on Thursday, January 26, 2017. The social hour will begin at 5:30 pm and dinner will be served at 6:45 pm. Please make your reservation by email message to ricobar@churchillfirm.com by Monday, January 23, 2017. Make sure your email contains your name and meal preference. Meal choices are Filet Mignon, Orange Roughy, or Vegetable Lasagna.

RI County Bar Holiday Party
2016-12-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Bent River Brewing Co., Rock Island, IL, United States
Friday, December 16th 7pm

Bent River Brewing Co.
Rock Island, IL

More Details to come!

2016 FALL SEMINAR
2016-10-21 08:00 - 15:20 | Holiday Inn, 226 17th St., Rock Island, IL, United States
THE ROCK ISLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2016 FALL SEMINAR
Friday, October 21, 2016 ~ 8:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
Holiday Inn ~ 226 17th St., Rock Island, IL
Please see Registration form.

October 2016 Meeting
2016-10-20 17:30 | IL
The October 2016 Dinner Meeting of the Rock Island County Bar Association will be held at Oakwood Country, on Thursday, October 20, 2016. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
Reservations can be made by contacting Mark Churchill at (309) 762-3643, or by email message to ricobar@churchillfirm.com by Monday, October 17, 2016. If you respond by email, please include “October Meeting” as the subject and make sure your email contains your name and meal preference. Meal choices are Filet Mignon, Seared Talapia, or Pasta Fagioli and the default designation will be beef if a preference is not given.
Guests: Remember that guests are always welcome to our Association meetings. If you wish to bring a guest to a dinner meeting please make a notation of the guest’s name on your reservation. The cost for dinner guests is $25.00 per person and should be paid prior to or at the meeting to the Secretary-Treasurer.

WOMEN’S BAR COMMITTEE QUARTERLY MEETING
2016-09-29 17:00 - 19:00 | IL
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY AND SCOTT COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATIONS

WOMEN’S BAR COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY MEETING
WINE SOCIAL

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
AGENDA:

5:00–7:00 p.m. Wine Social at the Grape Life

We are looking to reinvigorate the Women’s Bar Committee. Although the September event is planned as a social event, we will be asking for topic suggestions for future meetings at the event. As a committee, we want to ensure we are continuing to provide relevant discussion and presentation topics. Please come prepared with your ideas!
We will have an open bar for the first $400 in wine. We will also have appetizers.
OVERVIEW OF THE WOMEN’S BAR COMMITTEE
We meet four times a year, typically during lunch. Our goal is two-fold with these luncheons: (1) to discuss relevant legal and workplace issues affecting women attorneys; and (2) to inspire women in their practice of law.
FUTURE LUNCHEONS
Mark your calendars now for our future luncheons:

Thursday, December 1, 2016 (IL)
Thursday, February 16, 2017 (IA)
Thursday, May 25, 2017 (IL)

Please feel free to e-mail Kelsey Marquard at kmarquard@hhlawpc.com or Sarah Gorham at sgorham@sbrlawfirm.law with any ideas for future luncheon topics, to sign up for the Women’s Bar Committee, or if you have any questions or comments.

WOMEN’S BAR PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Sarah Gorham
Kelsey Marquard
Amber Hardin
Jennifer Kincaid
Michelle Fitzsimmons
Dee Runnels
Tionn Fambro Carter
Heather Carlson
Trista Foster Lori
Scardina Utsinger

Justice for All is NO Trivial Matter
2016-09-23 18:00 - 21:00 | Camden Centre (formerly Milan Community Center), 2701 1st St. East, Milan, IL, United States
a Trivia Night FUNdraiser in support
of Prairie State Legal Services

DOORS AT 6 P.M.
Bring Your Own Snacks
(outside food and limited beverages [water and iced tea] are permitted)

CASH BAR
TRIVIA STARTS AT 7 P.M.
SILENT AUCTION

CASH PRIZES FOR TOP 3 TEAMS
$15 per person or $120 for a table of eight

Prairie State Legal Services provides free legal services for the most vulnerable groups in our society, including the poor, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Join Prairie State for a night of fun, great food, and a chance to show just how smart you are while ensuring equal access to justice.
Register yourself (and we’ll help you find a table of brainiacs) or register a team by just clicking below.
Mulligans (to guarantee you a point in each round) and Doublers (doubling your team’s score in any one round) will be available for purchase to help you inch ahead of the competition.

Judge and Young Lawyer Division event
2016-07-27 17:00 | Me & Billy, Davenport
Please join us for our next judge and Young Lawyer Division event to be held at Me & Billy in Davenport beginning at 5:00 p.m. on July 27. Features of this event include free food, an open bar, and great company!
Please note this event is also open to all interns and clerks spending their summer in the area, so please feel free to share the invitation!

2016 ROCK ISLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION SUMMER GOLF OUTING
2016-07-18 13:00 | IL
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11th Hour Spring Seminar
2016-06-10 | Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Room 111
Cost: FREE. Lunch provided.
June 10, 2016
Western Illinois University-QC
Room 111 Auditorium
2.5 hours of CLE, including 1.5 ethics hours

11:30 – Check-in
12:00 – Lunch (Sandwiches, etc., provided by RICOBA)
12:25 – Welcome and introduction, Carrie Clark
12:30 – 2:00 – Talkin’ Bout My Generation, (ethics)
Presenter: Mark Palmer, Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
2:00-2:15 – Break
2:15-2:45 – Post-Conviction Basics,
Presenter: Nate Nieman of Nieman Law Group
2:45-3:15 – The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How Of Orders of Protection,
Presenter: Hon. Linnea Thompson, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court
3:15 – Dismissal and thank you, Carrie Clark
3:20 – Convene for informal gathering at Happy Joe’s Grille to enjoy some camaraderie!
For more information or to RSVP, email Carrie Clark cclark@mcfe-law.com.
