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tor Tamra Drees at 312/554-2057 or tdrees@chicagobar.org. 92nd Annual Golf Outing Don’t miss the Association’s 92nd Annual Golf Outing onWednesday, September 16 at Harborside International Golf Course, 11001 S. Doty Avenue, Chicago. Harbor- side International is a favorite golf desti- nation and among Chicago’s finest public courses. Harborside has country club fair- ways and greens. and some monster traps that make it a challenging and fun course to play. The Golf Committee has secured a number of sponsors and wonderful prizes for this year’s outing. Golf cart, lockers, lunch and a buffet dinner with cocktails are included in the $195 registration fee ($170 for golf only). The outing will begin with lunch at 12:00 p.m. followed by a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Members who cannot golf are encouraged to attend the reception and buffet dinner for $35. Join your colleagues from the bench and bar for an enjoyable afternoon of fall golf. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.chicagobar.org/golf. Solo Small Firm Law Practice Management Conference The Association will hold its inaugural Solo Small Law Firm Law Practice Man- agement and Technology Conference at the Chicago Bar Association building on Friday, October 16, (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception) and Saturday, October 17 (9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon). CBA LPMTDirector Catherine Sanders Reach has secured an all-star lineup of speakers for the conference which will have four tracks: Startup Boot Camp; ABA Tech Show Roadshow; Hot Topics in Law Firm Management; and IICLE Practice Update. Speakers will cover a wide array of topics that include: Business Entity and Budget- ing; Building a Client Base; Litigation Financing; Engagement Agreements; Alter- native Fees; Assessing Law Firm Efficiency and much more. Pricing for the Solo Small FirmConfer- ence is as follows: CLE Advantage Members $100; CBA Members $295 (includes access to the recorded programs) and Non- Members $295 which does not include

MURPHY’S LAW BY TERRENCE M. MURPHY, CBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Terrence M. Murphy congratulated newly-inducted CBA President Patricia Brown Holmes and thanked outgoing President Daniel A. Cotter for an outstanding bar year at the CBA’s Annual Meeting, which was held at the Standard Club on June 25. Photo by Bill Richert.

W e are greatly honored that Justice John Paul Stevens (ret.) will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Justice Stevens Award Luncheon on Tuesday, October 13, in the Grand Ball- room at the Standard Club. Justice Stevens served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1975-2010 and is the third longest serving Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Stevens resigned as The Chicago Bar Association’s Second Vice-President in 1970 upon his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Justice Stevens was nominated as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Gerald Ford on December 1, 1975 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 17, 1975. Since his retirement from the High Court, Justice Stevens has published the following two books: Six Amendments: How andWhy

We Should Change the Constitution and Five Chiefs, a compendium of memories of each Chief Justice he served with from Fred Vinson through John Roberts. The luncheon honors lawyers and judges whose careers best exemplify Justice Stevens’ integrity and commitment to public ser- vice. Members are encouraged to nominate their colleagues from the bench and bar for the Stevens Award on or before Monday, August 24. Nomination letters should be submitted to Terrence M. Murphy, 321 South Plymouth Court, Chicago, 60604 or tmurphy@chicagobar.org Tickets for the Justice John Paul Ste- vens Award luncheon are $70 per person or $700 for a table of ten. Mark your calendar and don’t miss this year’s Justice John Paul Stevens Award Luncheon. For more information or to make reserva- tions, please contact Events Coordina-

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