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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Justices of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District Roundtable (May 28, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 25px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 28px;" color="#002271"&gt;The Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois, Franklin County Bar Association, Jackson County Bar Association, Jefferson County Bar Association, Madison County Bar Association, Saline County Bar Association, St. Clair County Bar Association, and Williamson County Bar Association Cordially Invite You to Attend our:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 27px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;Justices of the&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;Illinois Appellate Court,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;Fifth District&amp;nbsp;Roundtable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please join us for our annual roundtable luncheon with the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;Justices of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth Judicial District.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;Following the Luncheon, the ALA will present a panel with the Justices of the Fifth District.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://applawyers.org/resources/Pictures/CP%20Endorsed%20(navy).png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="246" height="66"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.courtsurety.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://applawyers.org/resources/Pictures/CourtSBA%20Logo_tagline%20crop.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="212" height="100"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.goldenbergheller.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://applawyers.org/resources/Pictures/BLUE_EPS_GHA%20logo.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="245" height="78" style=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Cost:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;$50 for public-sector members; $60 for private-sector members; $65 for public-sector nonmembers; $75 for private-sector nonmembers.&amp;nbsp;Lunch is included.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;CLE Credit:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Participants will earn 1.0 credit for this event. The ALA is an approved MCLE provider.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Questions?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#002271"&gt;Contact Christine Kowal at christine@frontlineco.com&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;Cancellations/Refunds:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Cancellations must be received two business days prior to the event in order to receive a full refund.&amp;nbsp;No refunds will be processed after this time.&amp;nbsp;Cancellations must be in writing and may be submitted to christine@frontlineco.com.&amp;nbsp; Additionally, payment is expected from no-shows.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Annual Meeting and Installation Ceremony of Kimberly Glasford (June 08, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;The Appellate Lawyers Association of Illinois&lt;br&gt;
Cordially Invites You to Attend Its&lt;br&gt;
Annual Meeting and Installation Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Installation Luncheon of&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Kimberly Glasford&lt;br&gt;
as ALA President&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The Appellate Lawyers Association is pleased to announce its in-person Installation Ceremony of Kimberly Glasford as the 59th President of the Association. The ALA’s Nominating Committee will also present the following slate of officers and directors for election at the meeting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" color="#002771" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Officers (2026-2027):&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Vice President:&amp;nbsp; Amanda Hamilton&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Secretary:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Brad Jarka&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Treasurer:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; John Gabala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 33, 87); font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directors (2026-2028)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;Director (1st Dist.):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nancy Jack&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Director (1st Dist.):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Maggie Heim&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;Director (1st Dist.):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Garson Fischer&lt;br&gt;
D&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;irector (1st Dist.):&amp;nbsp; Adam Decke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica;"&gt;r&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;" color="#002771" face="Helvetica"&gt;J. Timothy Eaton, Justice Ann B. Jorgensen, Michael T. Reagan and Justice Mary Jane Theis will be presented with the Annual Richard Chase Award for Outstanding Service to the ALA.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Sponsored by:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.courtsurety.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://applawyers.org/resources/Pictures/CourtSBA%20Logo_tagline%20crop.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="212" height="100"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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Location:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Union League Club of Chicago, 65 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois.&amp;nbsp;Please note the Union League Club enforces a dress code, which can be accessed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://ulcc.org/about-us-2/dress-code/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;Cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;$50 for public-sector ALA members; $60 for private-sector ALA members; $65 for public-sector nonmembers; and $75 for private-sector nonmembers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Lunch is included.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;Questions?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#002771"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Contact Christine Kowal at christine@frontlineco.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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