Class Notes
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James Kearns '75
(10/25/24)
Champaign native and Army veteran James Kearns passed away in early October at age 79. He spent the entirety of his legal career with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen and continued actively practicing law and sharing his wisdom with colleagues until his death.
Robert Reiland '75
(8/30/21)
Robert (Bob) N. Reiland of Clarendon Hills, IL passed away on August 11, 2021.
Martin Joseph Knanishu '75
(1/31/20)
Martin Joseph Knanishu passed away at the Albuquerque, New Mexico Veterans Medical Center on June 17, 2019 at the age of 70 with loving family and friends by his side. He graduated from Augustana College was drafted and served in Vietnam, then entered the University of Illinois College of Law and graduated in 1975. Martin’s long career as a lawyer began in the University of Illinois Student Legal Service, then in a long service as a Public Defender and in private practices concentrating in criminal defense law in Champaign, Illinois, Roswell and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Michael E. Rose '75
(3/19/18)
Michael E. Rose, senior partner in Creighton & Rose, PC, in Portland, Oregon, along with his partner, Beth Creighton, and co-counsel David Park, just obtained the largest jury verdict in a police shooting case in Oregon history.
Janet Goldberg McEnery '75
(1/8/18)
Janet Goldberg McEnery has joined the Tampa office of Stearns Weaver Miller as a Shareholder in the Labor & Employment Department.