• Purchase the MCLE Complete set customized to your practice area for only $599 + tax. We ship you the pre-selected DVDs and course materials on CD along with Affidavits of Completion.
• Watch the DVDs in their entirety while you review the course materials.
• Contact speakers if you have any questions about the content.
• Sign the Affidavits and return them to IICLE to receive your MCLE credit. We will issue you a Certificate of Completion for your records.

Each MCLE Complete set includes all of the substantive and professional responsibility credits you need to comply with the minimum continuing legal education requirements. All DVDs are approved by the MCLE Board for private viewing MCLE credit. Sorry, no substitutions allowed.

• Purchase the MCLE Complete set customized to your practice area for only $599 + tax. We ship you the pre-selected DVDs and course materials on CD along with Affidavits of Completion.
• Watch the DVDs in their entirety while you review the course materials.
• Contact speakers if you have any questions about the content.
• Sign the Affidavits and return them to IICLE to receive your MCLE credit. We will issue you a Certificate of Completion for your records.

Each MCLE Complete set includes all of the substantive and professional responsibility credits you need to comply with the minimum continuing legal education requirements. All DVDs are approved by the MCLE Board for private viewing MCLE credit. Sorry, no substitutions allowed. ]]> 599.0000 Wednesday, August 18, 2010 MCLE Complete http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3806 http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3806 Earn MCLE Credits the Easy Way! MCLE Complete is your complete solution to fulfilling your MCLE requirements! We've taken the guesswork out of selecting titles from our huge inventory of courses on DVD.

• Purchase the MCLE Complete set customized to your practice area for only $599 + tax. We ship you the pre-selected DVDs and course materials on CD along with Affidavits of Completion.
• Watch the DVDs in their entirety while you review the course materials.
• Contact speakers if you have any questions about the content.
• Sign the Affidavits and return them to IICLE to receive your MCLE credit. We will issue you a Certificate of Completion for your records.

Each MCLE Complete set includes all of the substantive and professional responsibility credits you need to comply with the minimum continuing legal education requirements. All DVDs are approved by the MCLE Board for private viewing MCLE credit. Sorry, no substitutions allowed.

IICLE Season Pass -- One Flat Fee for All Your CLE -- $799

• Unlimited Online Courses
• 50% off Live Courses
• No Discount on Quality

The IICLE Season Pass is your pass to the CLE savings you need with the quality programming you deserve. This convenient package allows you to get unlimited hours of on-demand online IICLE seminars – a savings of as much as 65% off – for one flat fee of $799. The Season Pass is a budget-friendly CLE option that doesn’t skimp on quality. ]]> 799.0000 Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Audio CD / DVD Products http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3833 http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3833 The stakes are high for a client charged with a drug offense. Lawmakers build their reputations on severe penalties, and prosecutors seek outcomes that impose the fullest extent of the law. A conviction can change the course of your client’s life. Your client deserves innovative and informed advocacy from the bond hearing through sentencing. At this course, defense experts will present the best tactics, highlight important caselaw and legislative updates, and provide insider tips. Whether you routinely handle drug cases, or just the occasional one, or you have recently joined the PD’s office, don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to ensure a just result for your clients charged with drug offenses.

• The latest legislative and caselaw updates for drug possession and sale cases.
• The prosecutor’s perspective and sentencing alternatives.
• Networking opportunities — learn from other defense attorneys.
• Innovative resources and tactics that get results.
• Two presentations exploring the geographical differences in court procedures.
• Advising the client on snitching to make a deal.

• The Illinois Virtual Representation Statute.
• Mediation Strategies and Process — When Litigation Avoidance Fails or Appears Ready To Fail.
• Perspectives and Use of the Trust Protector.
• Estate Planning Strategies for Q-Tip Assets.
• Estate Planning for Second Marriages.
• 15 Steps to Better Asset Protection.
• Practicalities and Complexities of Administering Nontraditional Investments in Fiduciary Accounts.
• Roth Conversions and Creditor Protection.
• Everyday Mistakes in Estate Planning: Too Common Mistakes Coming from the Too Busy Practice.
• Top 10 Fiduciary Mistakes.
• Efficient Administration of Estates.
• Revocable Living Trusts vs. "Simple" Joint Tenancies.
• Contested Claims in Probate Estates.
• Managing an Estate Planning Practice.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

6 KEYS FOR EFFECTIVE ILLINOIS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION is your GPS to competently guide a client through what can be a very trying and emotional experience. The program’s practice guides and suggestions will broaden your skills by providing the guidance needed to keep everyone focused on business and legal issues to minimize the tax bite, protect your client’s interests and provide the latest in advice and direction.

• Preplanning to avoid or reduce probate exposure.
• Dealing with (unknowledgeable) IRA custodians.
• Notifying creditors.
• Managing a decedent’s business operations.
• and more!

Civility: A transformative view of the practice of law, illustrated with scenes from classic movies.

A CIVIL MATTER: STUDY IN CIVILITY IN FICTIONAL AND REAL LAWYERS

• What is Civility? Judgment at Nuremberg
• Why do we need Civility? Eight Men Out
• How do we achieve Civility? Twelve Angry Men
• Why are people uncivil? Kramer vs Kramer and The Firm
• The effects of Incivility. A Few Good Men
• The Law without Civility. The Rainmaker

A CIVIL MATTER: STUDY IN CIVILITY IN FICTIONAL AND REAL LAWYERS

• What is Civility? Judgment at Nuremberg
• Why do we need Civility? Eight Men Out
• How do we achieve Civility? Twelve Angry Men
• Why are people uncivil? Kramer vs Kramer
and The Firm
• The effects of Incivility A Few Good Men
• The Law without Civility The Rainmaker

This course helps you to accomplish the following:

• Refresh your working knowledge of Medicaid and related issues.
• 3 hours of professional responsibility credit in one course.
• Participate in a discussion about the intersection of mental health and elder law.
• Issues affecting nursing home residents and what you can do.
• Estate planning for seniors.

A complete overview of the process and current developments in the practice.

Learn:

• The fundamental differences between Agency, Private or Intercountry adoptions.
• Special requirements and needs of foster children adoptions.
• What are the legal risks and how might they be evaluated and addressed.
• Contested adoptions: where they arise and how they may be addressed.

A complete overview of the process and current developments in the practice.

Learn:

• The fundamental differences between Agency, Private or Intercountry adoptions.
• Special requirements and needs of foster children adoptions.
• What are the legal risks and how might they be evaluated and addressed.
• Contested adoptions: where they arise and how they may be addressed.

• Related adoptions
• Agency adoptions
• Independent or private adoptions
• Adult adoptions
• Intercountry and interstate adoptions
• Transracial adoptions
• Standby adoption
• Open and closed adoptions
• Adoptions of DCFS wards

You'll receive invaluable practice guidance on traditional surrogacy and gestational carrier arrangements, contested adoption proceedings, health and behavioral health risk factors in adopted children, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and court procedures, plus over 70 forms and the complete text of the handbook and Supplement on a FREE companion CD!

New in 2008 supplement: Chapter 2 includes many updated forms and a new Illinois Interstate Compact Independent Adoption Guide is included in Chapter 11.

Advanced asset protection planning issues arise when, for instance, a client has a child with special needs, a business needs assistance choosing the property entity to secure its interests, or a client is in bankruptcy. These cases present unique considerations and potential risks for the attorney’s professional standing. The expert faculty will provide practical strategies for approaching these complex cases so you can be sure to account for all essential considerations, draft enduring documents, and zealously represent a client whose assets are threatened without overstepping ethical boundaries.

Advanced asset protection planning issues arise when, for instance, a client has a child with special needs, a business needs assistance choosing the property entity to secure its interests, or a client is in bankruptcy. These cases present unique considerations and potential risks for the attorney’s professional standing. The expert faculty will provide practical strategies for approaching these complex cases so you can be sure to account for all essential considerations, draft enduring documents, and zealously represent a client whose assets are threatened without overstepping ethical boundaries.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to interact with public and private owners, contractors, architects, professional engineers and their legal counsel.

The program's agenda will cover:

• Scheduling terminology and concepts.
• Contract negotiations as they relate to delay, disruption and interference.
• Techniques and methods used to demonstrate delay impact.
• Calculating for contractor's and owner's damages.
• Using industry efficiency studies in delay claims.
• Ethical Considerations.

A program for public and private owners, contractors, architects, professional engineers and their legal counsel.

The program's agenda will cover:

• Scheduling terminology and concepts.
• Contract negotiations as they relate to delay, disruption and interference.
• Techniques and methods used to demonstrate delay impact.
• Calculating for contractor's and owner's damages.
• Using industry efficiency studies in delay claims.
• Ethical Considerations.

A program for public and private owners, contractors, architects, professional engineers and their legal counsel.

A program for public and private owners, contractors, architects, professional engineers and their legal counsel.

Not every issue has a definitive answer; sometimes more than one answer is possible, correct and ethical. It is perception, client needs, and / or the situation that will direct the case strategy. This program will provide tips, processes, and direction for the situations that are potentially ambiguous.

• Ethical Perspectives in Setting Fees and Using Loan Companies
• 3rd Party Claims, What You Need To Know To Help The Client
• 5 Things You Need to Know About Effective Settlement Contracts
• PTD / PPD and the Client Working Illeagally
• 10 Important Issues for Medicare Set Asides and Medicare as a Secondary Payee=

• Ethical perspectives in setting fees and using loan companies.
• 3rd Party Claims, what you need to know to help the client.
• 5 things you need to know about effective settlement contracts.
• PTD / PPD and the client working illegally.
• 10 important issues for medicare set asides and medicare as a secondary payee.

Friday, November 12, 2010 - UBS Tower and Conference Center, Chicago
9:00am - 4:15pm IICLE presents an advanced seminar for workers’ compensation practitioners that includes an invaluable insider’s look into working with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Chairman Mitchell Weisz will discuss how attorneys can effectively work with the commission as he directs its mission to adapt to new and changing demands in Illinois. The course continues with an advanced exploration of the complex issues that impact advocating for both petitioners and respondents. Regardless of which side you typically represent, the expert faculty will hone your skills for obtaining favorable judgment for your client. ]]> 295.0000 Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Audio CD / DVD Products http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3042 http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=3042 Advising businesses, whether in-house or out, becomes more challenging in times of financial stress.

• Discover new approaches to lending and borrowing.
• Learn how advise a business in relation to debt.
• Explore the best way to handle the human resource issues that intensify during hard times.
• Learn to help you clients avoid/resist antitrust violations.
• Spend time considering the ethical challenges a business advisor faces when his or her clients face financial challenges.

Advising businesses, whether in-house or out, becomes more challenging in times of financial stress.

• Discover new approaches to lending and borrowing.
• Learn how advise a business in relation to debt.
• Explore the best way to handle the human resource issues that intensify during hard times.
• Learn to help your clients avoid/resist antitrust violations.
• Spend time considering the ethical challenges a business advisor faces when his or her clients face financial challenges.

Donald P. Seberger, formerly Vice President and Chief Counsel(USA)Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Libertyville

Paul E. Bateman, Littler, Mendelson, P.C., Chicago

Moderator: Robert Z. Slaughter, formerly Vice President and General Counsel, Grubb & Ellis Company

ADVISING ELDERLY CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES gives you thorough, practical guidance on:

• Methods of dealing with incapacity
• Rights of residents of nursing homes, skilled nursing care facilities, and assisted living facilities
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Social Security and railroad retirement benefits
• Tax planning
• Pensions and employee benefits
• Discrimination in housing
• Consumer fraud and the elderly
• Grandparents’ rights

Whether you provide general counsel to a single bank or concentrate in one or more areas for many financial institutions, ADVISING ILLINOIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS will serve as a frequent starting point and continuous reference for your practice in Illinois.

You'll get overviews, expert guidance, and practical advice on the key areas of your bank clients' daily operations, including:

• Consumer lending
• Commercial lending
• Checks, deposits, and the payment system
• Compliance
• Litigation and enforcement

ADVISING ILLINOIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS is filled with up-to-date citations, forms, and practice tips.

• General Partnership Agreement
• Stock Purchase Agreement
• LLC Operating Agreement
• Trust Agreement & Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors
• Employment Agreement
• Agreement & Plan of Merger

The agribusiness industry in Illinois affects farmers, bankers, industry, and many other potential clients. ILLINOIS LAW AND AGRIBUSINESS is an extensive, two-volume guide to the unique legal issues faced by clients affected by agriculture production.

Friday, October 8, 2010 - Online Webinar
12:00pm - 2:15pm (CLE 2.0 hours including 1 Professional Responsibility)

Sign up for both days for a total of 4 hours CLE including 2 hours Professional Responsibility at the discount rate of $195.00.

Alzheimer’s Disease and related degenerative conditions impact all aspects of the affected individuals’ lives and their families. Attorneys need to account for physical, emotional, and financial needs of such clients and their families. The diverse panel of legal, medical, and social service personnel present a multidisciplinary approach to handling the complex intersection of issues presented by these cases. Their insights will help refine your skills when assessing clients’ unique needs and developing a strategy for ensuring their well-being and the family’s peace of mind.

• Receive insight into health professionals’ roles and how they can assist you when handling client needs.
• Take a holistic approach to advising clients and help them take advantage of available services and resources.
• Create solutions for the client that are specifically suited to the multi-faceted impact of progressive diseases.
• Balance the client’s desire for autonomy with diminished capacity.
• Establish productive and ethical ongoing relationships with clients, caregivers, family members, and other professionals.

• Receive insight into health professionals’ roles and how they can assist you when handling client needs.
• Take a holistic approach to advising clients and help them take advantage of available services and resources.
• Create solutions for the client that are specifically suited to the multi-faceted impact of progressive diseases.
• Balance the client’s desire for autonomy with diminished capacity.
• Establish productive and ethical ongoing relationships with clients, caregivers, family members, and other professionals.

Every lawyer has or will have clients who are dealing with this disease, themselves or in a family member. Dr. Aggarwal will give you an understanding of Alzheimer's effects and give you the tools to serve your clients.

• Understand the sociological impact; you will have a client (of your own family member) with Alzheimer's.
• What might you and your client's family expect in the diagnosis?
• What are the other types of dementia?
• What to expect from treatment.
• And, most importantly, how will you serve your client as the disease progresses?

With this course you will learn:

• Why physicians order different diagnostic tests.
• How to capitalize on diagnostic damages.
• The types of trauma and how they happen.
• How to interpret medical reports.
• Everything you need to know about human physiology from head to toe.

• Prepare for the labor issues that hard economic times create.
• Discover how to address refinancing, short-term borrowing, and new regulations.
• Make sure the “sunshine” gets in and know when to leave the shades up.
• Meet new challenges while adhering to the highest ethical standards.

Valuable features include:

• Revised and updated information for asset protection planning in 2010 and beyond.
• Complimentary Book on CD includes the entire text of the 2007 edition with 2010 updates seamlessly incorporated.
• 45+ forms available for immediate download and adaptation to your practice needs
• Two new forms to help in protecting family assets – Trustee’s Power to Purchase Annuity and Trust Provisions to Protect Assets

This handbook begins with the core duty of the attorney as trustee for the public good and provides practical guidance for maintaining standards of care, applying attorney-client privilege, and upholding fiduciary obligations. The new 2010 Rules of Professional Conduct, the Uniform Single Publication Act, new considerations under S.Ct. Rules 219 and 722, and more are covered in the 2010 Update. And the in-depth discussion of attorneys in transition will assist those searching for how best to serve clients, whether in public or private practice, and make a living in new economic realities.

• New this year - Practicing in the era of sub-prime mortgages.
• New this year - Catch up on the heavily litigated area of claims secured by personal property in the confirmation process.
• Sessions designed to reflect Chicago and downstate procedures.
• Using the automatic stay to affect outcomes.
• Hear from Trustees on Chapter 13 Confirmation.

• New this year - Practicing in the era of sub-prime mortgages.
• New this year - Catch up on the heavily litigated area of claims secured by personal property in the confirmation process.
• Sessions designed to reflect Chicago and downstate procedures.
• Using the automatic stay to affect outcomes.
• Hear from Trustees on Chapter 13 Confirmation.

• New this year - Practicing in the era of sub-prime mortgages.
• New this year - Catch up on the heavily litigated area of claims secured by personal property in the confirmation process.
• Sessions designed to reflect Chicago and downstate procedures.
• Using the automatic stay to affect outcomes.
• Hear from Trustees on Chapter 13 Confirmation.

General Editors:
Alan P. Solow, Goldberg Kohn, Chicago
Bruce L. Wald, Tishler & Wald, Ltd., Chicago
Daniel A. Zazove, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago

Stay ahead of the curve in your business bankruptcy practice in the BAPCPA era! The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 contains numerous, significant amendments that affect business bankruptcy practitioners. These changes impact the attorneys; the debtors; the timing, treatment, and priority of claims; and procedural issues.

• Strict time limits to assume or reject nonresidential real property leases
• Simplified "ordinary course of business" defense
• Expanded reclamation rights
• Expanded priority for employee claims
• Plus much more!

Have it all at your fingertips from the top bankruptcy practitioners!

From choice of entity to mergers and acquisitions, each of the four volumes in the IICLE Illinois Business Law Series addresses a unique component of business law and provides comprehensive practice guidance relevant to the Illinois practitioner.

• Selection of the business entity
• Tax considerations
• Fiduciary duties
• Formation of Illinois corporations
• Shareholders’ agreements
• Corporate operating and maintenance Issues
• S corporations
• Professional and medical corporations
• The Illinois franchise tax
• Business breakups

You'll find detailed analysis of two specific types of business organizations, limited liability companies and partnerships, an area in which there have recently been significant changes in the law. Get the most recent information and a wealth of practical tips on

• LLC formation
• LLC operating agreements
• LLC operating and maintenance issues
• Partnership formation
• Partnership agreements
• Partnership dissolution, winding up, and termination
• Limited liability partnerships
• Family limited partnerships

Plus, you'll get extensive sample partnership agreements, an LLC operating agreement, and other valuable forms, all included with a free CD. The entire text of the handbook, including the forms, is also available in a book-on-CD version.

• Federal and Illinois securities laws
• Antitrust issues
• Distribution agreements
• Franchise considerations
• Intellectual property rights
• Restrictive covenants and trade secrets

From choice of entity to mergers and acquisitions, each of the four volumes in the IICLE Illinois Business Law Series addresses a unique component of business law and provides comprehensive practice guidance relevant to the Illinois practitioner.

• Letters of intent
• Tax basics
• Valuation, purchase price, and financing
• Sample asset purchase agreement with commentary
• Sale of stock
• Private company mergers
• Labor, employment, and benefits issues
• Federal and state securities law considerations for nonpublic entities
• Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements

Family businesses present unique issues to both estate planning and corporate counsel (who are frequently the same person). This program will address:

• Proper documentation to assure smooth transition of governance, now or in the future.
• Balancing familial concerns for fairness among children who are involved with the business and those who are not, while maintaining consistent corporate governance.
• Differing techniques for intergenerational transfer of value of a business, with or without the transfer of control.
• A hands-on workshop where all these techniques and their implementation can be discussed and debated.

Presenting a hands-on workshop with practical solutions for every family business attorney.

Family businesses present unique issues to both estate planning and corporate counsel (who are frequently the same person). This program will address:

• Proper documentation to assure smooth transition of governance, now or in the future.
• Balancing familial concerns for fairness among children who are involved with the business and those who are not, while maintaining consistent corporate governance.
• Differing techniques for intergenerational transfer of value of a business, with or without the transfer of control.
• A hands-on workshop where all these techniques and their implementation can be discussed and debated.

Stephen E. Goodman, Meltzer Purtill & Stelle LLC, Schaumberg

Other Estate Planning Techniques Uniquely Applicable to Small Businesses
Estate planning wealth transfer tools: gifting strategies, types of stock ownership, installment sales (taxable or nontaxable), balancing the estate, liquidity planning; Estate planning leverage techniques: irrevocable grantor income trusts (IGITs), grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), self-canceling installment notes (SCINs), electing small business trusts (ESBTs); ESOP strategies for transitioning ownership: overview, tax benefits, estate planning opportunities for the seller.

Mary-Ann Wilson, Harrison & Held, LLP, Chicago

Jeffrey A. Zaluda, Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chtd., Chicago

John F. Kennedy, Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd., Chicago

Family Issues
Who should be involved in the process; who is the client; setting reasonable expectations; determining whether children or non-family key employees should continue the business; addressing concerns of and for children who are not active in the business; planning the succession and dividing it into workable parts; which comes first, the business plan or the estate plan?

Lauren J. Wolven, Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered, Chicago

• Updates in income tax, caselaw and rewrite of Dissolution of Marriage Act.
• “Kinky Accounting”: the art of the con.
• Joint experts.
• Annual Judges’ Roundtable: Determining Income for Child Support & Maintenance.

• Updates in income tax, caselaw and rewrite of Dissolution of Marriage Act.
• “Kinky Accounting”: The Art of the Con.
• Joint experts.
• Annual Judges’ Roundtable: Determining Income for Child Support & Maintenance.

Gunnar J. Gitlin, Gitlin Law Firm PC, Woodstock
Bruce L. Richman, UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc., Chicago
Michael C. Doyen, Robert A. Chapski Ltd., Elgin
Hon. John A. Noverini, Circuit Court, Kane County, St. Charles

Nancy Chausow Shafer, Chausow Shafer PC, Highland Park
Jeffrey W. Brend, Levin & Brend, PC, Chicago
Hon. George D. Strickland, Assoc. Judge, Lake County, Waukegan

“Disappear” the Bad Valuation Report
Consider how to prepare a Frye motion and how to attack a bad valuation that has been admitted.

James M. Quigley, Beerman Swerdlove LLP, Chicago
James M. Kazmier, UHY Advisors FLVS, Inc., Chicago
Hon. Edward R. Jordan, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago

Michael R. Stetler, Gitlin, Busche & Stetler, Woodstock

Caselaw Update
Review 2009 judicial decisions on dissolution having an impact on financial matters.

Joshua T. Friedman, Davis Friedman LLP, Chicago
Ilene B. Goldstein, Katz, Goldstein & Warren, Bannockburn

• A Bad Economy and a Depreciating Real Estate Market – Impacts on Divorce and the Appraisal Process.
• ABCs of Business Entities.
• Creative Avenues to Securing Settlements.
• Valuation Discount Refresher.
• Ethics Issues and Himmel Obligation in Divorce.
• Hot Tips – Child Support Guidelines: What Specific Expenses Does it Cover?
• Annual Tax Update.
• Annual Case Update.
• Judge’s Roundtable – Case study on spousal maintenance and child support.

Don’t miss this gathering of outstanding matrimonial practitioners and judges!

Coverage by experienced matrimonial lawyers, business valuation experts, and family law judges, including:

• A Bad Economy and a Depreciating Real Estate Market – Impacts on Divorce and theAppraisal Process
• ABCs of Business Entities
• Creative Avenues to Securing Settlements
• Valuation Discount Refresher
• Ethics Issues and Himmel Obligation in Divorce
• Hot Tips – Child Support Guidelines: What Specific Expenses Does it Cover?
• Annual Tax Update
• Annual Case Update
• Judge’s Roundtable – Case study on spousal maintenance and child support

Don’t miss this gathering of outstanding matrimonial practitioners and judges!

Steven A. Felsenthal, Sugar & Felsenthal LLP, Chicago
Philip N. Hablutzel, Chicago Kent College of Law, Chicago
Saundra L. Rice, Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP, Chicago

You need a quick, complete reference to the elements and pleading requirements for a number of causes of action in Illinois. Since ILLINOIS CAUSES OF ACTION - ELEMENTS, FORMS, & WINNING TIPS: TORT ACTIONS 2008 Edition with Book on CD is the ONLY guide available that can help you determine the viability of your client's case, simple logic practically demands you have it at your fingertips!

You'll get to-the-point, easy-to-access guidance covering nearly 30 causes of action, including assault and battery, defamation, construction, dog bite, dramshop, nursing home care, damage to personal property, and child sexual abuse among many others.

The powerful combination of practical guidelines for evaluating your client's claim, Illinois-specific forms you need to file claims, and statutory and caselaw citations makes ILLINOIS CAUSES OF ACTION - ELEMENTS, FORMS, & WINNING TIPS: TORT ACTIONS the key to your successful representation of any client with a tort claim.

Valuable features include:

• How to conduct an in-house custody evaluation to facilitate structuring the case.
• Guidance on investigation and discovery, including a chapter on expert testimony and psychological testing.
• Tips for successfully settling a case and mediating disputes.
• How to handle challenging jurisdictional issues, establish a child representative, and custody or visitation by nonparents.
• Over 25 adaptable forms included on the free Book on CD cover everything from records authorizations to parental questionnaires.

• The most recent amendments to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules governing civil appeals
• A caselaw discussion of federal and state rules
• An overview of each reviewing court's jurisdiction, composition, and operationalong with the precedential reach of its decisions
• 10 sample forms from actual cases and 15 additional editable formsyou can customize for your practice needs

ILLINOIS CIVIL PRACTICE: OPENING THE CASE 2009 Edition is full of practical guidance on the attorney-client relationship; development of the case on facts and law; settlement; jurisdiction of the subject matter; venue and forum non conveniens; limitations; pleadings; original process and appearance; interpleader; third-party practice; motions, affidavits, and orders; and adding substituting new parties.

The 2009 Edition comes with a FREE Book on CD that includes the entire text of the handbook in a format that is easily searchable. Most forms can be downloaded from the CD and customized to your specific practice needs.

This program will prepare you to:

• Understand how new Illinois case law will impact your practice.
• Determine whether your clients are receiving all the government entitlements for which they are eligible.
• Avoid unintended ethical dilemmas.
• Handle contested matters with confidence.
• and more!

Whether your client is the buyer, the seller, or the lender, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 2004 Edition (two volumes) with 2007 Supplement will guide you through:

• The clauses commonly negotiated in the commercial real estate contract.
• Understanding lenders' requirements.
• Ensuring your client's title to property.
• Determining the optimum entity for holding title.
• Protecting the borrower and the lender in real estate and construction financing.
• Potential problems related to using agricultural land for commercial purposes.
• Detecting possible sources of environmental problems.
• Obtaining government incentives and favorable tax treatment.
• Choosing the most appropriate site for your client's project.
• Examining commercial land surveys.
• Zoning issues from the perspectives of both the developer and the municipality.

The forms CD is purchased separately and is not included in the price of the handbook or the supplement. The CD contains the forms in a format compatible with most word processing programs so they may be adapted to your practice needs. Forms updated by the 2007 supplement are available for free download at https://www.iicle.com/docs/commre07.rtf.

The days of unfettered condominium development have abruptly come to a halt - But what if your client was / is involved in a failed project or perhaps on the receiving in of a unfulfilled contract? What are the options for helping the client? This program addresses base key elements of failed projects and offers options and potential strategies to use in today’s plundered economic climate.

• Collecting on municipal completion bonds for major amenities.
• Discover unit owners rights when a developer goes broke.
• The condominium association in dealing with the developer, and its lender, when the developer is broke.
• Protecting your client (and also yourself) in the sale of a unit in a distressed condominium project?
• Working with physical problems of the property, financial status of the association and extraordinary expenses.
• The lawyer’s role in the present condo marketplace and effect on current values.

• Collecting on municipal completion bonds for major amenities.
• Discover unit owners rights when a developer goes broke.
• The condominium association in dealing with the developer, and its lender, when the developer is broke.
• Protecting your client (and also yourself) in the sale of a unit in a distressed condominium project?
• Working with physical problems of the property, financial status of the association and extraordinary expenses.
• The lawyer’s role in the present condo marketplace and effect on current values.

Michael C Kim, Michael C Kim & Associates, Chicago

Howard S. Dakoff, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC, Chicago

Jordan I. Shifrin, Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit, Chicago

• Collecting on municipal completion bonds for major amenities.
• Discover unit owners rights when a developer goes broke.
• The condominium association in dealing with the developer, and its lender, when the developer is broke.
• Protecting your client (and also yourself) in the sale of a unit in a distressed condominium project?
• Working with physical problems of the property, financial status of the association and extraordinary expenses.
• The lawyer’s role in the present condo marketplace and effect on current values.

• Owners, architects, engineers, contractors, lenders, consultants, construction managers, and material suppliers
• Construction defects
• Claims against insurance carriers
• Surety bonds and bond litigation
• Arbitration
• Consultants
• Mechanics liens

In tough economic times, every lawyer should understand the basics of this reality for clients or clients’ customers.

• Practicing in the era of sub-prime mortgages.
• Catch up on the heavily litigated area of claims secured by personal property in the confirmation process.
• Using the automatic stay to affect outcomes.
• Hear from Trustees on Chapter 13 Confirmation.

• Practicing in the era of sub-prime mortgages.
• Catch up on the heavily litigated area of claims secured by personal property in the confirmation process.
• Using the automatic stay to affect outcomes.
• Hear from Trustees on Chapter 13 Confirmation.

John J. Grieger, Jr., Johnson & Newby LLC, Chicago

Glenn B. Stearns, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee, Lisle
Bennett A. Kahn, Law Offices of Melvin J. Kaplan, Chicago

Sumner A. Bourne, Rafool & Bourne PC, Peoria

Amy A. Aronson, Aronson & Walsh, Vernon Hills

Berton J. Maley, Codilis & Associates PC, Burr Ridge
Thomas E. Springer, Springer, Brown, Covey, Gaertner, Wheaton

Michael Sherman, Sherman & Sherman, Chicago

If you represent consumers in bankruptcy proceedings, this practice handbook is your essential guide to getting a bankruptcy started; dismissal; redemption, reaffirmation, and abandonment; discharge and dischargeability; exemptions; claims and priorities; creditors’ rights; fees and compensation; essential forms; and much more!

• Learn the unique rules that apply only to bringing or defending claims against an estate.
• What claims must be filed in the probate estate, due process and statute of limitations for claims.
• What are the fundamentals of fiduciary representation including duties of the fiduciary.
• When filing for guardianship, what are the types and Issues of consideration prior to filing for guardianship.
• How to work with the Office of the Attorney General when handling issues surrounding charitable entities and assets.

This program is presented by those who know where the courthouse is and practice in these areas every day. Full of practical how to advice from contested wills and trusts to guardianships and charitable bequests, this program will serve as an up-to-date reference guide for practitioners.

• Learn the unique rules that apply only to bringing or defending claims against an estate.
• What claims must be filed in the probate estate, due process and statute of limitations for claims.
• What are the fundamentals of fiduciary representation including duties of the fiduciary.
• When filing for guardianship, what are the types and Issues of consideration prior to filing for guardianship.
• How to work with the Office of the Attorney General when handling issues surrounding charitable entities and assets.

Chicago: Richard A. Campbell, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
Springfield: Sharon L. De Vault, K & L Gates, LLP, Chicago

This program will prepare you to:

• Understand how new Illinois case law will impact your practice.
• Determine whether your clients are receiving all the government entitlements for which they are eligible.
• Avoid unintended ethical dilemmas.
• Handle contested matters with confidence.
• and more!

Setting up a Not-for-Profit? Represent an NFP? Find out what you didn’t know, YOU didn’t know! Including:

• Legislative limits on activity.
• Federal and state exemptions.
• Potential personal liability.
• Things to avoid when cash is low.
• Hard times can mean mergers, assimilations and dissolutions.
• Applicable employment laws.
• Religious organizations as employers.

Sally R. Wagenmaker, Mosher & Associates, Chicago

Kathryn Vanden Berk, Law Offices of Kathryn Vanden Berk, Chicago

Including:

• Legislative limits on activity.
• Federal and state exemptions.
• Potential personal liability.
• Things to avoid when cash is low.
• Hard times can mean mergers, assimilations and dissolutions.
• Applicable employment laws.
• Religious organizations as employers.

Elizabeth M. Mills, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago

Nathan J. Breen, Howe & Hutton, Ltd., Chicago

Michael P. Mosher, Mosher & Associates, Chicago

• Legislative limits on activity.
• Federal and state exemptions…potential personal liability.
• Things to avoid when cash is low.
• Hard times can mean mergers, assimilations and dissolutions.
• Applicable employment laws.
• Religious organizations as employers.

• a completely revised chapter on expungement and sealing, with forms for sealing records for various offenses and fee waivers
• extensive new guidance on expungement and sealing in Cook County
• a completely revised chapter on collateral consequences to conviction, such as access to housing, employment, and critical support
• a new chapter on empowering the rehabilitated through P.A. 96-852

Monica Mahan, M.S.W., Supervising Social Worker, Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

Debra Ferguson, Ph.D., Associate Deputy Director for Forensics, Illinios Department of Human Services, Chicago
Mark Weintraub, J.D., Assistant General Counsel, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago

M. Katherine Roller, J.D., Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Chicago

Springfield: Jamie Propps, J.D., Champaign County Public Defender’s Office, Urbana
Chicago: Jerome C. Barrido, J.D., Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Chicago

Become a more effective advocate in the unique setting of Juvenile Court.

Come away from this course:

• With an understanding of the unique psychological attributes of adolescents that justify making legal distinctions between adults and juveniles.
• Having heard from experienced practitioners on suppressing juvenile confessions.
• With a clear understanding of Illinois’ fitness to stand trial statute.
• Having acquired effective strategies for defeating the state’s Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction and transfer petitions.
• As a more effective advocate during the critically important, but sometimes overlooked, sentencing hearing.

Come away from this course:

• With an understanding of the unique psychological attributes of adolescents that justify making legal distinctions between adults and juveniles.
• Having heard from experienced practitioners on suppressing juvenile confessions.
• With a clear understanding of Illinois’ fitness to stand trial statute.
• Having acquired effective strategies for defeating the state’s Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction and transfer petitions.
• As a more effective advocate during the critically important, but sometimes overlooked, sentencing hearing.

The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of DUI defense, including:

• Implied consent;
• Non-alcohol-related motor vehicle violations;
• Search and seizure in traffic stops; breath alcohol testing;
• Field sobriety testing;
• Alcohol/drug evaluation standards, procedures, and programs;
• Procedures and practices of the Chicago traffic court;
• CDL’s and GDL’s;
• How to read an abstract;
• Representing the revoked or suspended driver before the Office of The Secretary of State;
• Discovery and pretrial motions in DUI cases;
• Aggravated DUI. The authors have included over 50 forms they have developed and used successfully in their own practices.

DEFENDING DUI AND RELATED CASES 2009 Edition comes with a Book on CD that includes the entire text of the handbook plus most forms for downloading and adaptation to your specific practice needs.

Revised, New Approach, New Speakers, New Sessions

The Office of the State Appellate Defender, Capital Trial Assistance Unit (OSAD/CTAU), and the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) are cosponsoring DEFENDING ILLINOIS DEATH PENALTY CASES Fall 2010. Over the course of this two-day, 12-hour training, you’ll receive a wealth of information about the intricacies of death penalty cases, including:

• Legislative and caselaw updates.
• Fingerprint evidence and processes for challenging FP evidence.
• A Frye Hearing: What it is, how to put one on, and recent examples.
• Psychological and neuropsychological testing of the client: Why, When, What and How.
• Neuroscience: Can psychopathy be mitigating?
• Psychologist and/or Psychiatrist? How to use each at the guilt phase and at sentencing.
• Professionalism in the Courtroom.
• The NAS Report on Forensic Science: What you need to know and how to use it.
• Sentencing in Death Cases: How to get the evidence you need admitted and the bad stuff barred.

Employment, housing, accessibility, rehabilitation, ADA, and education issues are all covered in this handbook exclusively designed to meet the needs of attorneys representing disabled individuals.

• Businesses that sell alcoholic beverages — taverns, lounges, restaurants, convenience stores.
• A third party injured as a result of the sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages.
• The seller or purchaser of property to be used as a tavern or restaurant.
• The holder of a liquor license.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

• A description of the steps in preparation for trial, jury selection, opening statements, expert testimony, examination and cross-examination of the arresting officer, closing statements, and jury instructions.
• An opportunity to watch as the jury deliberates.
• An equally divided presentation of the prosecution and defense viewpoints.
• Informative sidebars from the faculty, providing valuable suggestions that will include sharing their thought processes and strategies with attendees.
• Insight as to the perspective from the bench in DUI trials.

Highlights from this course:

• The new DUI Alphabet…SCRAM…BAIID…MDDP…New Issues in BAC how do you spell relief?
• Views from the Bench.
• A chance to talk with a representative from the Secretary of State’s Office.
• A chance to talk with a representative from the SCRAM Device.
• Find out which, legal and presumably benign substances can cause false positives in blood, breath and urine.

IICLE brings together the right mix of expert faculty, variety of topics and legislative / case law updates to keep you on top in providing a solid defense strategy for the client. A thorough understanding of the law is critical but no longer enough. Now you have to understand the SOS procedures and the operation and weaknesses of legislated and Court mandated diagnostic and monitoring technology.

Highlights from this course:

• The new DUI Alphabet…. SCRAM … BAIID …. MDDP … New Issues in BAC how do you spell relief?
• Views from the Bench.
• A chance to talk with a representative from the Secretary of State’s Office.
• A chance to talk with a representative from the SCRAM Device.
• Find out which, legal and presumably benign substances can cause false positives in blood, breath and urine.

Susan McKinney, BAID Div, SOS, Springfield
Stephen K. Talpins, Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Alexandria

Dr. Ronald E. Henson, Ph.D., Beron Consulting, Peoria

Discovery is the most crucial and time-consuming step in litigation. Today most corporate records and other information are created digitally and never printed to paper. Courts have held that computerized data in nearly any format is discoverable if relevant, so you need a road map to guide you through the intricacies of e-discovery. Not convinced? You have a clear-cut duty to discover, safeguard, and produce relevant electronic information. Keep in mind that the number of electronic documents in many cases can number in the millions, and they all may need to be found, searched, produced, and preserved. Simple ignorance of technology could create enormous spoliation problems for you. But you can handle e-discovery issues with confidence using this all-new handbook from IICLE! It's your guide to:

• Determining whether electronic data might be a legitimate part of your case;
• Evaluating discovery requests for electronic information;
• Deciding whether expert assistance is needed;
• Uncovering relevant documents;
• Properly preserving electronic information;
• Producing responsive documents to the opposing party, the court, or an agency;
• Dealing with work product and attorney-client privilege;
• Identifying the most cost-effective means for dealing with e-discovery; and
• Managing the overall e-discovery process.

ESTATE PLANNING AND GIFTS TO MINORS will guide you through:

• The wide variety of college savings plans available
• Their advantages and disadvantages
• Their tax implications for the donor and the donee
• The magic of Code § 529 savings accounts
• Countless practical tips and suggestions

Make education planning part of your clients' comprehensive estate plans!

See for yourself why every month thousands of lawyers read what Jim McElhaney has to say about how to try cases. He brings advocacy alive in this program packed with of practical, how-to-do-it information. The innovative and challenging techniques Jim McElhaney teaches you to use at each stage of a trial makes this program ideal for ALL LITIGSATORS regardless of experience level.

Returning for its fourth year IICLE's ELDER LAW SHORT COURSE continues the tradition of excellent faculty and current, timely topics you can use in everyday Elder Law practice. This year you will have the opportunity to speak directly to representatives of the Veterans' Administration, have the opportunity to explore ethical issues you face constantly and lean from other practitioners.

• Back by popular request, breakout sessions on day 2.
• Discover a developing dichotomy in the practice of Elder Law.
• Refresh your working knowledge of Medicaid and related issues.
• VA issues with aids and attendants.
• Confronting and preventing Elder Abuse.
• Competence and Capacity, how are they different and why do you need to know.
• Potential liability, civil and criminal concerns when a mistake occurs.
• Develop a checklist to ensure thoroughness in each stage of the planning process, from pre-engagement to document drafting to termination of representation.

In Cooperation with: The Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Returning for its fourth year IICLE's Elder Law Short Course continues the tradition of excellent faculty and current, timely topics you can use in everyday Elder Law practice.

Susan Dawson-Tibbits, Attorney at Law, Peoria
Dr. Geoffrey Shaw, MD, Northfield

Martin W. Siemer, Resch Siemer Law Office, LLP, Effingham

Joyce M. Kelly, US Dept of Veterans’ Affairs, Chicago
Lisa T. Yee, US Dept of Veterans’ Affairs, Hines

In Cooperation with: The Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Returning for its fourth year IICLE's Elder Law Short Course continues the tradition of excellent faculty and current, timely topics you can use in everyday Elder Law practice. This year you will have the opportunity to speak directly to representatives of the Veterans' Administration, have the oppoprtunity to explore ethical issues you face constantly and lean fron other practioners.

Steven C. Perlis, Elder Law Office of Steven C. Perlis, P.C., Arlington Heights

Amy Parise DeLaney, DeLaney Law Offices, Ltd., Orland Park

Ford C. “Chet” June, June, Prodehl & Renzi, LLC, Joliet
Constance B. Renzi, Elder Law Center, P.C., Aurora

Janna Dutton, Janna Dutton & Associates, P.C., Chicago

L. Joseph Howard, Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services, Springfield

Blooma Stark, Aronberg Goldgehn, Davis & Garmisa, Chicago

Jennifer Lynch, June, Prodehl, & Renzi, LLC, Joliet

Darcy J. Chamberlin, Law Offices of Darcy J. Chamberlin, Oak Brook

Sherri Schneider, Family Benefit Solutions, Inc., Buffalo Grove

• Refresh your working knowledge of Medicaid and related issues.
• Satisfy all your professional responsibility credit requirements in one course — 5.0 hours applied for Q/A.
• View an elder mediation situation with the opportunity to work through a fact pattern.
• Get effective and empathic strategies for working with clients and family to make end-of-life decisions.
• Fine-tune the program to your needs with breakout sessions.

The premier elder law program in Illinois is returning for its fifth year. IICLE’s Elder Law Short Course continues the tradition of excellent faculty and current, timely topics you can use in everyday elder law practice. This two-day program includes a networking lunch, breakout sessions, and sponsor booths. This format provides multiple opportunities to network and pick up new ideas from other practitioners throughout Illinois.

• Refresh your working knowledge of Medicaid and related issues.
• Satisfy all your professional responsibility credit requirements in one course — 5.0 hours applied for.
• Participate in a discussion about the intersection of mental health and elder law — discussion with Q/A.
• View an elder mediation situation with the opportunity to work through a fact pattern.
• Get effective and empathic strategies for working with clients and family to make end-of-life decisions.
• Fine-tune the program to your needs with breakout sessions.

Produced in Cooperation with the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

Now in the 6th year, the premier Elder Law Program in Illinois. IICLE’s Annual Elder Law Short Course continues the tradition with an outstanding faculty and current, timely topics you can use in everyday Elder Law practice. Each year this two day program adds new topics and speakers, covers recent legislative changes, supreme court decisions and more but it also provides a networking lunch, breakout sessions and sponsor booths. This format provides multiple opportunities to network and pick up new ideas from other practitioners throughout Illinois. Produced in cooperation with the Illinois Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys the program has become a “must attend” for seasoned Elder Law Practitioners and those entering this practice area. ]]> 495.0000 Monday, July 19, 2010 Publications http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=2016 http://www.iicle.com/booksandproducts/newproductdetails.aspx?ID=2016 Election lawyers in Illinois, for better or worse, have long been among the busiest in the country. Illinois’ complex ballot access rules, together with the state’s unique political climate, make the work of election attorneys quite important to the governing process. This handbook is an invaluable resource to practitioners and candidates across the state, as it provides a handy source for a good deal of legal authority that is otherwise unpublished.

• Potential environmental issues the condemnor may face
• A thorough analysis of quick-take proceedings
• A detailed examination of the myriad factors a court will consider to determine just compensation for land taken
• An authoritative chapter on valuation, that is referred to by many judges when hearing valuation testimony
• Tenants' rights when the landlord's property is taken
• Numerous practice tips and sample forms for conducting discovery

• Life after the New Eminent Domain Act - Panel discussion on experience and impact appellate update.
• Reoccurring thorny issues in Eminent Domain.
• Taking environmentally contaminated property.
• Railroads, billboards, subdivisions, and pre-emptions some issues never go away.

The court continues to define the breadth and scope of The New Eminent Domain Act …How has the Act really had a significant impact on practice and procedure…and what are other significant concerns for the attorney and client. IICLE’s 2009 Eminent Domain Update will address these concerns and much more. Whether you represent the condemnee or comdemnor, government agency or private citizen, this program is a “must attend” in order to best serve the client.

• Life after the New Eminent Domain Act - Panel Discussion on experience and impact Appellate Up Date.
• Reoccurring Thorny Issues in Eminent Domain.
• Taking Environmentally Contaminated Property.
• Railroads, Billboards, Subdivisions, and Pre-emptions some Issues Never Go Away.

• Life after the New Eminent Domain Act - Panel Discussion on experience and impact Appellate Up Date.
• Reoccurring Thorny Issues in Eminent Domain.
• Taking Environmentally Contaminated Property.
• Railroads, Billboards, Subdivisions, and Pre-emptions some Issues Never Go Away.

• When is a subdivision a subdivision.
• Preemptions An Ally or Obstacle.
• Billboards.
• Property Valuation Issues.
• Handling the Acquisition of Rail Road Property.

William L. Broom III, Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes, Hoke LLP, Carbondale
Bureau, Office of the IL Attorney General, Springfield
Jacinta Epting, Neal & Leroy, LLC, Chicago

Get this comprehensive guide to Illinois and federal law in employment discrimination cases, with updates in all core areas and analyses of emerging issues, including:

• Race, sex, age, disability, religious, and other forms of discrimination.
• Practice and procedure before the EEOC and in federal court.
• Development and implementation of affirmative action plans.
• The federal remedies available in employment discrimination actions.
• Employers' and plaintiffs' rights and remedies under Illinois law.
• How to evaluate and investigate an employee's claim of discrimination.
• How an employer can prevent discrimination claim.

• How to conduct an "all appropriate inquiries" investigation in a real estate transaction
• The environmental due diligence process
• Practice in various environmental forums in Illinois – the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Pollution Control Board, and other state agencies and local governments
• Programs and redevelopment incentives to return brownfields to productive use
• How federal bankruptcy law intersects with environmental issues in real estate transactions

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

Some of the skills you will develop in this series include

• Identifying the best practices for representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation.
• Analyzing an heirship claim to determine which statutory sources apply.
• Drafting a petition to request the issuance of a citation.
• Structuring a settlement to minimize federal and state tax liabilities.
• Navigating complex procedural requirements of estate and trust litigation.

This program will prepare you to:

• Understand how new Illinois case law will impact your practice.
• Determine whether your clients are receiving all the government entitlements for which they are eligible.
• Avoid unintended ethical dilemmas.
• Handle contested matters with confidence.
• and more!

• Drafting and dealing with advance directives.
• Planning for retirement.
• Disclaimers
• Decoupling the Illinois estate tax from the federal estate tax
• Income tax aspects of estate planning
• Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes
• Life insurance
• Plus much, much more!

You'll also find more than 550 pages of sample forms that will speed your work and increase your efficiency!

• Over 50 will, trust, and other estate planning forms written in modern, user-friendly language
• Dozens of alternative provisions to tailor the forms to meet your clients' specific needs
• Concise, clear explanations of the forms

Plus! Included with the two-volume handbook is a convenient CD-ROM containing the full text of both volumes and all the forms and alternative provisions, compatible with most newer word processing systems.

This course will teach you to:

• Learn how to use an IRA to satisfy clients’ charitable bequests at death.
• Confidently predict the taxation of distributions from IRAs and qualified plans.
• Catch up on strategies for fixing planning problems after death.
• Properly name beneficiaries and fund various trusts.

• Updates on recent developments and NEW law in 3 key practice areas.
• Estate planners and family law practice: a marriage of necessity.
• Tips on controlling mistakes and managing risks.
• Great tips and everyday use suggestions in working with grieving clients.
• ARDC advice on ethics in estate planning.
• Comprehensive course materials that will serve as a cutting-edge practice manual/reference you can use all year long (available on CD or in Print).

What you'll receive:

• Updates on recent developments and NEW law in 3 key practice areas.
• Estate planners and family law practice: a marriage of necessity.
• Tips on controlling mistakes and managing risks.
• Great tips and everyday use suggestions in working with grieving clients.
• ARDC advice on ethics in estate planning.
• Comprehensive course materials that will serve as a cutting-edge practice manual/reference you can use all year long (available on CD or in Print).

Lorraine K. Cavataio, Mathis Marifian Richter & Grandy, Ltd, Belleville
Thomas G. Hamill, Bellatti, Barton, Hamill & Cochran Law Office, LLC, Springfield

Stacy E. Singer, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago
Fredrick B. Weber, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Chicago

Benjamin N. Feder, Strauss & Malk LLP, Northbrook

Lauren J. Wolven, Horwood Marcus & Berk, Chtd, Chicago

Timothy S. Midura, Huck Bouma, PC, Wheaton

Katarrina McBride, Beermann Swerdlove, Chicago
Michael Craven, Beermann Swerdlove, Chicago

Diana S. C. Zeydel, Greenberg Traurig, Miami

James J. Grogan, ARDC, Chicago

David M. Lutrey, Lesser Lutrey & McGlynn, LLP, Lake Forest

Sarah Delano Pavlik, Delano Law Offices, Springfield

Pamela L. Lucina, J.P. Morgan, Chicago
Barbara A. Grayson, Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago

Jonathan W. Michael, Burke Warren Mackay & Serritella, PC, Chicago

David A. Berek, Credit Suisse, Chicago
Michael S. Lee, William Blair & Co., Chicago

Susan D. Snyder, The Northern Trust Company, Chicago
R. Lee Allen, Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Springfield

Ben A. Neiburger, Neiburger Law Ltd, Elmhurst
Shay Jacobson RN MA, Life Care Innovations Inc., Oakbrook

Gary S. Shunk, LCSW, Chicago

• The Illinois Virtual Representation Statute.
• Mediation Strategies and Process — When Litigation Avoidance Fails or Appears Ready To Fail.
• Perspectives and Use of the Trust Protector.
• Estate Planning Strategies for Q-Tip Assets.
• Estate Planning for Second Marriages.
• 15 Steps to Better Asset Protection.
• Practicalities and Complexities of Administering Nontraditional Investments in Fiduciary Accounts.
• Roth Conversions and Creditor Protection.
• Everyday Mistakes in Estate Planning: Too Common Mistakes Coming from the Too Busy Practice.
• Top 10 Fiduciary Mistakes.
• Efficient Administration of Estates.
• Revocable Living Trusts vs. "Simple" Joint Tenancies.
• Contested Claims in Probate Estates.
• Managing an Estate Planning Practice.