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Judge Bill Maddux, Judge John B. Grogan, Jude Vincent E. Bentivenga, and Jon Poust - 1970's
The Society of Trial Lawyers - 1979

History

Since its founding in 1934, The Society of Trial Lawyers has been an illustrious organization of Illinois’ top trial lawyers. The goals of The Society are to foster and encourage a spirit of loyalty and fraternity among trial lawyers; to maintain the highest ethical standards in the trial of cases; and to promote closer relationships between and among trial lawyers and the judiciary to further their common interests in the jury trial system.

Past Presidents

2020 - 2022 •  ​Francis P. Morrissey
2019 -
 2020 •  ​Michele C. Anderson
2018 – 2019  •  ​Steven M. Levin
2017 – 2018  •  William J. Rogers
2016 – 2017  •  Louis C. Cairo
2015 – 2016  •  Miguel A. Ruiz
2014 – 2015  •  Joseph W. Balesteri
2013 – 2014  •  Dan Boho
2012 – 2013  •  Daniel M. Kotin
2011 – 2012  •  Scott C. Bentivenga
2010 – 2011  •  Elliot R. Schiff
2009 – 2010  •  Richard J. Hickey
2008 – 2009  •  David R. (Chip) Barry, Jr.
2007 – 2008  •  John J. Walsh III
2006 – 2007  •  Jeffrey M. Goldberg
2005 – 2006  •  Kay L. Schichtel
2004 – 2005  •  Terrence J. Lavin
2003 – 2004  •  Michael J. Morrissey
2002 – 2003  •  Curt N. Rodin
2001 – 2002  •  Alan P. Miller
2000 – 2001  •  John M. Stalmack
1999 – 2000  •  A. Mark Ialongo
1998 – 1999  •  Donald J. O’Meara
1997 – 1998  •  Michael H. Postilion
1996 – 1997  •  Thomas M. Harvick
1995 – 1996  •  Robert M. Burke
1994 – 1995  •  Algimantas Kezelis
1993 – 1994  •  Robert J. Baron
1992 – 1993  •  Michael J. McArdle
1991 – 1992  •  Fredric J. Grossman
1990 – 1991  •  Richard L. Berdelle
1989 – 1990  •  John G. Langhenry, Jr.
1988 – 1989  •  Jerome N. Groark
1987 – 1988  •  William V. Johnson
1986 – 1987  •  Sam L. Miller
1985 – 1986  •  Maurice J. Garvey
1984 – 1985  •  Richard G. French
1983 – 1984  •  Frederick W. Allen
1982 – 1983  •  Donald J. Duffy
1981 – 1982  •  Patrick J. Navin
1980 – 1981  •  Lawrence L. Kotin
1979 – 1980  •  Richard C. Valentine
1978 – 1979  •  Neil K. Quinn
1977 – 1978  •  Perry L. Fuller
1976 – 1977  •  William D. Maddux
​1975 – 1976  •  Kendal A. Crooks
​1974 – 1975  •  Thomas F. Bridgeman
1973 – 1974  •  John C. Healy
1972 – 1973  •  James P. Reedy
1971 – 1972  •  John R. Caffrey
1970 – 1971  •  Cornelius J. Harrington
1969 – 1970  •  John G. Poust
1968 – 1969  •  William H. Schrader
1967 – 1968  •  Michel A. Coccia
1966 – 1967  •  William P. Nolan
1965 – 1966  •  Joseph W. Griffin
1964 – 1965  •  Donald J. O’Brien
1963 – 1964  •  Walter W. Ross
1962 – 1963  •  Floyd Stuppi
1961 – 1962  •  Stephen A. Milwid
1960 – 1961  •  Donald L. Thompson
1959 – 1960  •  E. Douglas Schwantes
1958 – 1959  •  Paul H. Heineke
1957 – 1958  •  Gerard E. Grashorn
1956 – 1957  •  Fred J. O’Connor
1955 – 1956  •  John M. Moelmann
1954 – 1955  •  Charles M. Rush
1953 – 1954  •  Harlan L. Hackbert
1952 – 1953  •  Gordon R. Close
1951 – 1952  •  Edwin R. Eckersall
1950 – 1951  •  Erwin Wright
1949 – 1950  •  Drennan J. Slater
1948 – 1949  •  Erwin W. Roemer
1947 – 1948  •  Otto M. Hamer
1946 – 1947  •  Vincent O’Brien
1945 – 1946 •  Hendrik Folonie
1944 – 1945  •  David Jacker
1943 – 1944  •  Eugene P. Kealy
1942 – 1943  •  M.L. Bluhm
1941 – 1942  •  Abe R. Peterson
1940 – 1941  •  Edward W. Rawlins
1939 – 1940  •  John W. Freels
1938 – 1939  •  Joseph H. Hinshaw
1937 – 1938  •  Charles E. Green
1936 – 1937  •  John W. Costello
1935 – 1936  •  William A. Morrow
1934 – 1935  •  C.C. Cunningham
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