CBA Record November 2018

cially ripe for the sportful skewering they receive in the show–all in good fun! Thespi- ans at heart, the cast rehearses throughout the year and never fails to deliver a first class performance that is guaranteed to produce smiles and hearty belly laughs. Bring your family, clients and friends–I guarantee they’ll love the show! Main floor tickets are $45 and mezzanine tickets are $35 per person. For more information or to make reservations, contact barshow@chicagobar. org or call 312/554-2064. Don’t miss the Association’s upcoming International CLE program in Jerusalem, Israel (April 1-5, 2019) with a two day pre-conference visit to Amsterdam, Hol- land (March 30-March 31) and a post conference extension in Tel Aviv (April 6-7). In planning this program we have received a great deal of help from Israel’s Consul General, Aviv Ezra, and his staff, who have secured outstanding program speakers from all three branches of Israel’s government. In addition to many won- derful tours, dinners and social events, the program will feature presentations on Israel’s advancements in Health Science and Technology. A complete description of the Israel pro- gram is included in President Elrod’s column in this edition of the CBA Record and was recently emailed to all members. Following the CLE program in Jerusalem, members are encouraged to consider taking advantage of the post-conference two day extension inTel Aviv. For more information about the CLE in Israel program, visit the CBA’s website at www.chicagobar.org or contact Events Coor- dinator Tamra Drees at 312/554-2057. Illinois Supreme Court Dinner The annual Illinois Supreme Court dinner, co-sponsored by the Chicago Bar Associa- tion and the Illinois State Bar Association, will be held on Friday, December 7, at the Palmer House Hilton. The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a reception for members and guests followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m. This year’s speaker will be the High Court’s newest Justice, the Honorable P. Scott Neville, Jr. Tickets for the black CLE In Israel March 30-April 5, 2019

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

The September Eight O’Clock Call focused on civil jury trials in the 1st Municipal District and featured a panel of judges who discussed their individual court calls and took a wide range of questions from dozens of attendees. Pictured (left to right) are Judge Eve M. Reilly, Judge Toya T. Harvey, Judge Joseph D. Panarese, Judge Jim Ryan, Judge Alison Conlon and (standing) Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr. Photo by Sally Daly.

D on’t mi s s Decembe r Ei ght 0’clock Call on Thursday, December 6, in Judge E. Ken- neth Wright, Jr.’s Courtroom (1307) at the Richard J. Daley Center. The Eight 0’clock Call is a free program designed to bring lawyers and judges together for an informal question and answer session covering topics of law and areas of practice of interest to lawyers. The December program features Judge Patrick Heneghan, who hears Post Judg- ment and Miscellaneous Remedies cases; Ashlee Highland, Supervising Attorney, CARPLS; Robert G. Markoff, Markoff Law LLC; and Nicholas J. Frisone, Heller & Frisone Ltd. Moderated by JudgeWright, this distinguished panel will discuss Supplemental Proceedings in the Circuit Court of Cook County. TheDecember programbegins promptly at 8:00 a.m. and will adjourn at 8:45 a.m. Illinois MCLE Credit is available to

attendees (3/4 of an hour 0.75). Members wishing to attend must register at www. chicagobar.org/cle or call: 312/554-2056. “Big Little Laws” 95th Annual Bar Show Good seats are still available for “Big Little Laws” which opens at DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E. Balbo Drive on Thursday, November 29 through Sunday, December 2. The curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. for the Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday evening performances and at 2:00 p.m. for Sunday’s Matinee performance. The Bar Show is written, produced and directed entirely by CBA members whose impressive entertainment skills make this a thoroughly enjoyable show. Writers Clif- ford Berman, DavidMiller, Jay Schleppen- bach, Sally Pissetzky Steele and Amy Keller musically parody international, national and local personalities and events during the past year. While no personality on the world stage is exempt, politicos are espe-

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