Recent Attorney News
Carolina SchottlandDiversity Day on the Woodstock Square Following are some of the student's thoughts to Attorney Schottland's visit: "Attorney Schottland supports Career Day and Student Shadow Day" Attorney Schottland is an avid supporter of education and advancement at all levels. She volunteers on a regular basis not only locally at Woodstock School District 200 events such as Career Day and the recent Student Shadow Day, but also at her Alma Mater, the University of Illinois College of Law, at events such as the Law Student Career Conference. Attorney Schottland is dedicated not only to encouraging and informing students, but also to providing opportunities such as overseeing and adapting an internship in the summer of 2008 for an ambitious undergraduate student interested in pusuing a legal career. "Attorney Schottland Active in Scholarship Selection" The McHenry County Latino Coalition Scholarship Committee met in August to select the finalists for the 2008 Scholarship recipients. The meeting, hosted by Botto Gilbert Schottland & Andrle PC, narrowed the field of bright, college-bound hopefuls to just a few contenders who will be honored at a banquet this fall. Botto Gilbert Schottland & Andrle, continues to be a strong supporter, participant and contributor to the McHenry County Latino Coalition. This year, Attorney Carolina Schottland sat on the Scholarship Committee along with Dana Briscoe, John Howell, Ann Legg, Donna Pufahl and Sonia Jaime. "McHenry County Community Foundation Summer/Fall 2008 Newsletter Carolina Schottland (new Board Member for the Foundation) is a Senior Associate at Botto Gilbert Schottland & Andrle, focusing on criminal and traffic defense. Carolina belongs to the McHenry County Bar Association, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Illinois State Bar Association. Carolina is currently on the scholarship committee for the McHenry County Latino Coalition, and she participates regularly in the University of Illinois Student Career Conference. With all of these activities, Carolina still finds time to participate in various School District 200 events, such as career day and student shadow day. Margi L. Worth"Attorney Margi Worth wins aquittal on a three day jury trial for her client accused of criminal sexual abuse." Man acquitted in sex abuse case WOODSTOCK A jury acquitted a 41-year-old McHenry man Thursday of four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Prosecutors alleged Gonzalo Ramirez-Palacios, of 400 Kensington Drive, fondled two female family members about two or three years ago, but defense attorney Margi Worth characterized the victims at rebellious teenagers who fabricated the allegations. The verdict came after a three-day trial before Judge Gordon Graham. If he had been convicted, Ramirez-Palacios could have been sentenced to probation or up to seven years in prison. Copyright 2008 Northwest Herald. All rights reserved. "Commission for Professionalism Attorney Margi Worth of the law firm Botto Gilbert Schottland & Andrle PC, PC recently volunteered to serve on the Commission for Professionalism through the McHenry County Bar Association. This commission has been charged by the Illinois Supreme Court to: * create and promote an awareness of professionalism by all members of the Illinois Bar and bench; * gather and maintain information to serve as a resource on professionalism for lawyers, judges, court personnel, and members of the public; * develop public statements on principles of ethical and professional responsibility for purposes of encouraging, guiding and assisting individual lawyers, law firms, and bar associations on the ethical and professional tenets of the profession; * assist CLE providers with the development of courses and activities offered to fulfill the professional responsibility requirement for minimum continuing legal education; * review and approve the content of courses and activities offered to fulfill the professional responsibility requirement for continuing legal education; * collaborate with law schools to highlight issues of professionalism within the law school orientation programs and curriculum; * support courts, bar associations, and other organizations in developing and implementing programs related to professionalism; * recommend to the Court other methods and means of improving the profession and accomplishing the purposes of the Commission Attorney Worth is also the Chairperson for the Subcommittee to Assess Local Needs with Reference to Legal Professionalism in McHenry County. Meaningful change within the legal and judicial systems, however, will only result from collaborative partnership with existing organizations and inspired individuals. Michelle C. Gehris"Attorney Michelle C. Gehris has been newly elected as the President of the Family Law Section of the McHenry County Bar Association" Attorney Michelle C. Gehris has been newly elected as the President of the Family Law Section of the Mchenry County Bar Association. The Bar Association's mission is "to promote the common interest of the members of the bar, to improve through self-education and education to the public, the standing of the legal profession in the community and to better secure equal justic under law to which all citizens are entitled." Attorney Gehris has been instrumental in the planning and coordination of the new Family Law Section Seminar that will offer local Family Law attorneys educational presentations that include: Implementing Child Support with Deployed Military Persons & Other Issues Surrounding the Military, Support Withholding (Penalties against Employers for Non-Withholding), and New Income Tax Regulations Regarding Deductions Taken by Divorced Parents. In addition, Attorney Gehris has arranged for the upcoming Family Law Section Meeting to cover the topic of The Emotional Rollercoaster of Divorce, touching upon "stages of recovering from major trauma such as divorce" and "emotions asosciated with divorce - guilt and shame, fear and anxiety." |
