Howard & Howard Attorney Appointed Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations and Elected as a Delegate to the General Assembly for the Illinois State Bar Association
6/28/2010
Royal Oak, Michigan, June 28, 2010: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC is pleased to announce that John K. Kim has received an appointment from President Mark Hassakis of the Illinois State Bar Association to serve as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations Outside of Cook County. The Committee’s mission is to investigate and evaluate the qualifications of Illinois candidates for nomination to the U.S. District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as candidates for nomination, election, retention and appointment to the Illinois Supreme Court in all judicial districts, and to the Illinois Appellate Court in the districts outside of Cook County. Mr. Kim previously served as the Secretary and a member of the committee. He was also elected to represent the Tenth Circuit as a delegate to the General Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Kim, a native of Bloomington, practices out of the firm’s Peoria office where he focuses on representing employers in labor, employment and immigration matters.
Founded in 1869, Howard & Howard is a full-service law firm with a national and international practice that provides specialized legal services to businesses and business owners. The firm has offices in Michigan (Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and Royal Oak); Illinois (Chicago and Peoria); and Las Vegas, Nevada. Howard & Howard’s areas of practice include: business & corporate, commercial litigation, construction, creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental, estate planning, intellectual property, international, labor, employment and immigration, real estate, securities and tax. Our focused expertise allows us to master the industries we serve including automotive, energy and utilities, financial services and gaming. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.howardandhoward.com.
