Firm News
June 20-27, 2010
Celebrity Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to be an enrichment presenter aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails from Ft. Lauderdale to the Grand Caymans, Cozumel, Mexico, Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Hondorus. Pete was hand selected as an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called Beyond The Podium. Pete is seen here at the ruins of the Mayan Indians at Chacchoben.
May 8, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect Mark Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Vice-Chair of the 2010-2011 Standing Committee on Legal Technology. In making the appointment Mark said "congratulations on your vice-chair appointment; thank you for all you do for our ISBA. I see your name often and know you have good market penetration in what you do. Keep up the great work." The Standing Committee on Legal Technology is comprised of top attorneys from around the state and advises the ISBA on technology issues. Pete has been a member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology since 2006.
May 7, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve another term on the Corporate Law Department Section Council. Pete was the chair of that section from 2008-2009 and has been a member of the section since 2004.
May 5, 2010
Peter LaSorsa is a moderator for Tips of the Trade: A Federal Civil Practice Seminar, sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Associations Federal Civil Practice Section and co-sponsored by the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. The seminar had 30 federal judges who spoke on a variety of current topics. The seminar was held at the Standard Club in Chicago and was sold out.
April 20, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark D. Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve on the Human Rights Section Council. The council is make up of attorneys from around the state who practice employment law and issues related to human rights and civil rights.
April 19, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark D. Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to another term on the Federal Civil Practice Section Council. The council is made up of top attorneys from around the state.
April 11-18, 2010
Celebrity Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to be an enrichment presenter aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails from Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Labadee, Haiti. Pete was hand selected as an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called Beyond The Podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics. Pete is seen here taking a break in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
March 22, 2010
Peter LaSorsa has one of his articles published in the Law Bulletin's Legal Technology Update. The article was titled, "Why You Should Set An Alert In Google."
March 6-20, 2010
Princess Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to lecture aboard the Sea Princess as it sails from Barbados to twelve Caribbean islands including: St. Vincent, Grenada, Bonaire, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica and Barbados. Pete lectured on a variety of topics and is part of the Scholarship@Sea Lecture Program for the cruise line. Pete is seen here taking a break at Jolly Beach in Antigua.
February 7-14, 2010
Celebrity Cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails to San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. Pete is part of the cruise lines Beyond the Podium series and gave four lectures that were highly attended. Pete is seen here taking a break from a lecture at the Shipwreck Bar and Grill in St. Kitts.
February 4-5, 2010
Pete attends the dinner and board meeting for the American Law Institute-American Bar Association ("ALI-ABA") in Orlando Florida. Pete has been a member of the board of directors since 2009.
January 16-23, 2010
Celebrity cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Summit as it sails from San Juan Puerto Rico to St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Antigua. Pete is an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called beyond the podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics. Pete is seen here taking a break in St. Croix.
January 7, 2010
The Law Offices of Peter LaSorsa launches its second blog. The blog was launched to better serve clients and potential clients with their injury and wrongful death claims. The blog may be accessed by clicking on: http://www.chicagowrongfuldeathlawyerblog.com/
November 28, 2009
Princess cruise lines invited Peter LaSorsa to speak as part of the cruise ships scholarship at sea program. Pete lectured on the Sea Princess for two weeks as it sailed from Barbados to 12 countries in the Caribbean, including: St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, Bonaire, Aruba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Antigua and Dominica. Pete spoke on a variety of topics.
October 11, 2009
Norwegian cruise lines invited Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Gem for two weeks as it sailed from Barcelona Spain on a four country tour of Europe. The destinations include Malta, Italy, France and Spain. Pete lectured on the food and wine of Italy, the history of the roman empire, the History of Malta and the area of Cannes, France. Pete is a member of Norwegian University and speaks aboard several of their cruiseships. Pete is seen here in Sorrento Italy.
September 25, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is a featured writer for the first edition to the Illinois State Bar Associations new quarterly periodical called "Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly." The articles is entitled "In a Recession It's All About Survival."
July 31, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is a featured speaker for the American Bar Association in Chicago as he speaks about "Defending Internet Related Crimes" for the American Bar Associations General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division at the Hyatt Regency. Pete was also joined on a panel discussion by Kenneth Vercammen of New Jersey, Pauline Weaver of California and Brian Hermanson of Oklahoma. Brian represented Terry Nichols in his State trial over the Oklahoma city bombing.
June 25, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is presented with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition and appreciation of outstanding leadership and service while Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Corporate Law Department Section.
June 1, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is sworn in at the United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. with a group of 50 members of the Illinois State Bar Association. ISBA President Jack Carey requested the group be admitted and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts affirms the admission. A private reception was held with personal congratulations provided by Supreme Court Justices Ginsberg and Stevens. Justice Stevens received a bronze of Abraham Lincoln at the reception.
May 27, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Ex-Officio of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for 2009-2010.
April 23, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Secretary on the ISBA Standing Committee for Legal Technology for 2009-2010. This will be Pete's third year serving on the section council.
April 15, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as a member on the ISBA Federal Civil Practice Section Council for 2009-2010. This will be Pete's third year serving on the section council.
March 28, 2009
Celebrity Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Summit on March 28-April 4, 2009 as it sails from San Juan Puerto Rico to Philipsburg St. Maarten; Roseau, Dominica; St. George's Grenada; Kralendijk, Bonaire; and Oranjestad, Aruba. Pete is a featured lecturer for the cruiselines.
January 17, 2009
Law Link establishes a sexual harassment forum and invites Pete to moderate it. The forum is available by clicking here.
December 2, 2008
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Gem on October 11, 2009 and October 18, 2009 as it sails from Barcelona Spain on a four country tour of Europe. The destinations include Malta, Italy, France and Spain. Pete will lecture on legal technology issues.
November 28, 2008
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Dawn on June 14, 2009 as it sails from New York to Bermuda. Pete will lecture on legal technology issues.
October 7, 2008
Peter LaSorsa speaks for the second year at the Lorman seminar on Document Retention and Destruction. The seminar was in East Peoria Illinois at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center. Pete spoke on the litigation consequences on document retention and destruction.
September 11, 2008
American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells, Jr. thanks Peter LaSorsa for his three years of service to the Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems. While on that committee Pete visited with the top legal and technology executives of Microsoft in Seattle Washington and Google in Palo Alto California.
August 27, 2008
Peter LaSorsa launches his Blog on sexual harassment in Illinois. The Blog discusses various topics and issues related to sexual harassment in Illinois.
August 10-17, 2008
Peter LaSorsa speaks with Captain Haavard Ramsoey of the Norwegian Dream on legal and technology issues. Norwegian Cruiselines invited attorney Peter LaSorsa to lecture on legal and technology issues aboard the Norwegian Dream as it sailed from Boston to Bermuda. The Norwegian Dream docked at St. George Bermuda for four days. Pete is a featured lecturer for Norwegian Cruiselines University Series and for the last three years has given seminars on cutting edge legal and technology topics.
June 25, 2008
William H. Neukom, President of the American Bar Association, appoints Peter LaSorsa to the American Law Institure-American Bar Associations Board ("ALI-ABA Board") for 2008-2011. The board is comprised of six members from the American Law Institute and six members from the American Bar Association. The board meets regularly in Philadelphia at the ALI-ABA headquarters.
June 23, 2008
Pete celebrates his four month Chicago office anniversary with the Hershey Kiss. Photograph taken by his trusted assistant Skyler.
June 13, 2008
Pete is a seminar speaker and part of a panel discussion group for the Illinois State Bar Associations Corporate Law Department Section Council's continuing legal education program on Corporate Legal Ethics in Springfield. Pete is the vice-chair of the Council and incoming chair for 2008-2009.
June 1-8, 2008
Peter LaSorsa lectures on legal and technology issues aboard the Norwegian Dawn as it sails from New York to Bermuda. For the last three years Pete has been a featured lecturer for Norwegian Cruiselines. The lecturers are part of Norwegian Cruiselines University program.
May 6, 2008
Pete launches four more videos on You Tube and Google Video. The videos are more indepth and take the viewer through a wrongful death, personal injury and sexual harassment case step-by-step. There is also a video on business/Internet law where Pete discusses relevant issues.
May 5, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as member of the Committee for Legal Technology for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 4, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as a member of the Federal Civil Practice Section Council for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 2, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Chair of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 1, 2008
Pete lectures at the People's Court located at Illinois Central College on behalf of the Peoria County Bar Association. Pete lectured on business formations from both a legal and business perspective.
February 22, 2008
Pete opens a Chicago location law office. The new office is located at 1 South Dearborn St, Suite 2100, Chicago, Illinois. The building was finished in 2005 and is located in the heart of Chicago, one block from the Daley Center.
December 1, 2007
Pete launches his You Tube website and posts fifteen videos. Pete also posts the videos on Google Video.
August 26, 2007
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Pete to lecture on legal topics aboard the Norwegian Spirit as it sails from New York to Florida and the Bahamas.
May 22, 2007
Illinois State Bar Association President Joseph G. Bisceglia appoints Pete to serve as a Member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 21, 2007
Illinois State Bar Association President Joseph G. Bisceglia appoints Pete to serve as Vice-Chair of the Corporate Law Departments Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 14, 2007
May 11, 2007
Pete is appointed by President Joseph G. Bisceglia to serve as a Member of the Federal Civil Practice Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 11, 2007
Pete moderates an Illinois State Bar Association CLE, "Drafting and Negotiating Commerical Contracts for Larger Corporations: An insider's and outsider's view" at the ISBA regional office in Chicago.
May 10, 2007
Pete gives a seminar on Small Claims Court at Illinois Central College as part of the Peoples Law School, sponsored by the Peoria County Bar Assocation.
February 1, 2007
Brian Hermanson, Chair, American Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee appoints Peter LaSorsa as Continuing Legal Education ("CLE") liason for the Committee. Peter is responsible for picking a topic of interest to attorneys concentrating in criminal law, finding a moderator and several speakers to accompany Peter in providing a CLE at the American Bar Associations annual meeting.
August 6, 2006
Norwegian Cruiselines invites attorney Peter LaSorsa to lecture on legal topics aboard the Norwegian Crown cruiseship as it sails from New York to Bermuda.
July 17, 2006
Irene F. Bahr, President, Illinois State Bar Association, appointed Peter M. LaSorsa, to serve as Secretary of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 20, 2006
Pete as part of the American Bar Associations Science and Technology Committee meets with Jane Winn, Anita Ramasastry and Patricia Campbell from the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology University of Washington School of Law, in Seattle Washington to discuss results from an extensive study on obstacles to elawyering and recommendations to the legal profession on how to move forward.
May 19, 2006
Peter LaSorsa travels to Microsoft's World Headquarters located in Redmond Washington with the American Bar Associations Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems for a briefing at the executive conference center. The briefing included top executives from Microsoft on the future of technology, the Internet and its impact on the legal community. The Microsoft executives included, Jesse Bornfreund, Groove Marketing Director, Peter Ku, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs, Business Division, Derrick Connell, Microsoft Search Business Unit, PSD Platform Division, Susan Dumais, Microsoft Research and Ira Rubenstein, Associate General Counsel, Legal and Corporate Affairs.
April 28, 2006
Irene F. Bahr, President-Elect, Illinois State Bar Association, appointed Peter M. LaSorsa, to serve as a Member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology for the Illinois State Bar Association.
July 11, 2005
May 7, 2004
Celebrity Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to be an enrichment presenter aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails from Ft. Lauderdale to the Grand Caymans, Cozumel, Mexico, Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Hondorus. Pete was hand selected as an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called Beyond The Podium. Pete is seen here at the ruins of the Mayan Indians at Chacchoben.
May 8, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect Mark Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Vice-Chair of the 2010-2011 Standing Committee on Legal Technology. In making the appointment Mark said "congratulations on your vice-chair appointment; thank you for all you do for our ISBA. I see your name often and know you have good market penetration in what you do. Keep up the great work." The Standing Committee on Legal Technology is comprised of top attorneys from around the state and advises the ISBA on technology issues. Pete has been a member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology since 2006.
May 7, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve another term on the Corporate Law Department Section Council. Pete was the chair of that section from 2008-2009 and has been a member of the section since 2004.
May 5, 2010
Peter LaSorsa is a moderator for Tips of the Trade: A Federal Civil Practice Seminar, sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Associations Federal Civil Practice Section and co-sponsored by the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. The seminar had 30 federal judges who spoke on a variety of current topics. The seminar was held at the Standard Club in Chicago and was sold out.
April 20, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark D. Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve on the Human Rights Section Council. The council is make up of attorneys from around the state who practice employment law and issues related to human rights and civil rights.
April 19, 2010
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Mark D. Hassakis appoints Peter LaSorsa to another term on the Federal Civil Practice Section Council. The council is made up of top attorneys from around the state.
April 11-18, 2010
Celebrity Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to be an enrichment presenter aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails from Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Labadee, Haiti. Pete was hand selected as an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called Beyond The Podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics. Pete is seen here taking a break in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.March 22, 2010
Peter LaSorsa has one of his articles published in the Law Bulletin's Legal Technology Update. The article was titled, "Why You Should Set An Alert In Google."
March 6-20, 2010
Princess Cruises invites Peter LaSorsa to lecture aboard the Sea Princess as it sails from Barbados to twelve Caribbean islands including: St. Vincent, Grenada, Bonaire, Curacao, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Antigua, Dominica and Barbados. Pete lectured on a variety of topics and is part of the Scholarship@Sea Lecture Program for the cruise line. Pete is seen here taking a break at Jolly Beach in Antigua.
February 7-14, 2010
Celebrity Cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Solstice as it sails to San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and St. Maarten. Pete is part of the cruise lines Beyond the Podium series and gave four lectures that were highly attended. Pete is seen here taking a break from a lecture at the Shipwreck Bar and Grill in St. Kitts.February 4-5, 2010
Pete attends the dinner and board meeting for the American Law Institute-American Bar Association ("ALI-ABA") in Orlando Florida. Pete has been a member of the board of directors since 2009.
January 16-23, 2010
Celebrity cruise lines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Summit as it sails from San Juan Puerto Rico to St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Antigua. Pete is an enrichment speaker for the Celebrity program called beyond the podium. Pete spoke on a variety of topics. Pete is seen here taking a break in St. Croix.January 7, 2010
The Law Offices of Peter LaSorsa launches its second blog. The blog was launched to better serve clients and potential clients with their injury and wrongful death claims. The blog may be accessed by clicking on: http://www.chicagowrongfuldeathlawyerblog.com/
November 28, 2009
Princess cruise lines invited Peter LaSorsa to speak as part of the cruise ships scholarship at sea program. Pete lectured on the Sea Princess for two weeks as it sailed from Barbados to 12 countries in the Caribbean, including: St. Lucia, Tobago, Grenada, Bonaire, Aruba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Antigua and Dominica. Pete spoke on a variety of topics.October 11, 2009
Norwegian cruise lines invited Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Gem for two weeks as it sailed from Barcelona Spain on a four country tour of Europe. The destinations include Malta, Italy, France and Spain. Pete lectured on the food and wine of Italy, the history of the roman empire, the History of Malta and the area of Cannes, France. Pete is a member of Norwegian University and speaks aboard several of their cruiseships. Pete is seen here in Sorrento Italy.September 25, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is a featured writer for the first edition to the Illinois State Bar Associations new quarterly periodical called "Illinois Lawyer Now Quarterly." The articles is entitled "In a Recession It's All About Survival."
July 31, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is a featured speaker for the American Bar Association in Chicago as he speaks about "Defending Internet Related Crimes" for the American Bar Associations General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division at the Hyatt Regency. Pete was also joined on a panel discussion by Kenneth Vercammen of New Jersey, Pauline Weaver of California and Brian Hermanson of Oklahoma. Brian represented Terry Nichols in his State trial over the Oklahoma city bombing.June 25, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is presented with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition and appreciation of outstanding leadership and service while Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Corporate Law Department Section.
June 1, 2009
Peter LaSorsa is sworn in at the United States Supreme Court in Washington D.C. with a group of 50 members of the Illinois State Bar Association. ISBA President Jack Carey requested the group be admitted and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts affirms the admission. A private reception was held with personal congratulations provided by Supreme Court Justices Ginsberg and Stevens. Justice Stevens received a bronze of Abraham Lincoln at the reception.May 27, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Ex-Officio of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for 2009-2010.
April 23, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Secretary on the ISBA Standing Committee for Legal Technology for 2009-2010. This will be Pete's third year serving on the section council.
April 15, 2009
Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") President-Elect John G. O'Brien appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as a member on the ISBA Federal Civil Practice Section Council for 2009-2010. This will be Pete's third year serving on the section council.
March 28, 2009
Celebrity Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Celebrity Summit on March 28-April 4, 2009 as it sails from San Juan Puerto Rico to Philipsburg St. Maarten; Roseau, Dominica; St. George's Grenada; Kralendijk, Bonaire; and Oranjestad, Aruba. Pete is a featured lecturer for the cruiselines.
January 17, 2009
Law Link establishes a sexual harassment forum and invites Pete to moderate it. The forum is available by clicking here.
December 2, 2008
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Gem on October 11, 2009 and October 18, 2009 as it sails from Barcelona Spain on a four country tour of Europe. The destinations include Malta, Italy, France and Spain. Pete will lecture on legal technology issues.
November 28, 2008
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Peter LaSorsa to speak aboard the Dawn on June 14, 2009 as it sails from New York to Bermuda. Pete will lecture on legal technology issues.
October 7, 2008
Peter LaSorsa speaks for the second year at the Lorman seminar on Document Retention and Destruction. The seminar was in East Peoria Illinois at the Stoney Creek Inn and Conference Center. Pete spoke on the litigation consequences on document retention and destruction.
September 11, 2008
American Bar Association President H. Thomas Wells, Jr. thanks Peter LaSorsa for his three years of service to the Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems. While on that committee Pete visited with the top legal and technology executives of Microsoft in Seattle Washington and Google in Palo Alto California.
August 27, 2008
Peter LaSorsa launches his Blog on sexual harassment in Illinois. The Blog discusses various topics and issues related to sexual harassment in Illinois.
August 10-17, 2008
Peter LaSorsa speaks with Captain Haavard Ramsoey of the Norwegian Dream on legal and technology issues. Norwegian Cruiselines invited attorney Peter LaSorsa to lecture on legal and technology issues aboard the Norwegian Dream as it sailed from Boston to Bermuda. The Norwegian Dream docked at St. George Bermuda for four days. Pete is a featured lecturer for Norwegian Cruiselines University Series and for the last three years has given seminars on cutting edge legal and technology topics.
June 25, 2008
William H. Neukom, President of the American Bar Association, appoints Peter LaSorsa to the American Law Institure-American Bar Associations Board ("ALI-ABA Board") for 2008-2011. The board is comprised of six members from the American Law Institute and six members from the American Bar Association. The board meets regularly in Philadelphia at the ALI-ABA headquarters.
June 23, 2008Pete celebrates his four month Chicago office anniversary with the Hershey Kiss. Photograph taken by his trusted assistant Skyler.
June 13, 2008
Pete is a seminar speaker and part of a panel discussion group for the Illinois State Bar Associations Corporate Law Department Section Council's continuing legal education program on Corporate Legal Ethics in Springfield. Pete is the vice-chair of the Council and incoming chair for 2008-2009.
June 1-8, 2008
Peter LaSorsa lectures on legal and technology issues aboard the Norwegian Dawn as it sails from New York to Bermuda. For the last three years Pete has been a featured lecturer for Norwegian Cruiselines. The lecturers are part of Norwegian Cruiselines University program.
May 6, 2008
Pete launches four more videos on You Tube and Google Video. The videos are more indepth and take the viewer through a wrongful death, personal injury and sexual harassment case step-by-step. There is also a video on business/Internet law where Pete discusses relevant issues.
May 5, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as member of the Committee for Legal Technology for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 4, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as a member of the Federal Civil Practice Section Council for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 2, 2008
Illinois State Bar Association President-Elect Jack C. Carey appoints Peter LaSorsa to serve as Chair of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
May 1, 2008
Pete lectures at the People's Court located at Illinois Central College on behalf of the Peoria County Bar Association. Pete lectured on business formations from both a legal and business perspective.
February 22, 2008
Pete opens a Chicago location law office. The new office is located at 1 South Dearborn St, Suite 2100, Chicago, Illinois. The building was finished in 2005 and is located in the heart of Chicago, one block from the Daley Center.
December 1, 2007
Pete launches his You Tube website and posts fifteen videos. Pete also posts the videos on Google Video.
August 26, 2007
Norwegian Cruiselines invites Pete to lecture on legal topics aboard the Norwegian Spirit as it sails from New York to Florida and the Bahamas.
May 22, 2007
Illinois State Bar Association President Joseph G. Bisceglia appoints Pete to serve as a Member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 21, 2007
Illinois State Bar Association President Joseph G. Bisceglia appoints Pete to serve as Vice-Chair of the Corporate Law Departments Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 14, 2007
| Pete meets with top executives of Google at Palo Alto California to discuss legal issues associated with the Internet and technology. Top executives included Kent Walker Vice President and General Counsel for Google, Daphne Keller Senior Product Counsel for Google Web Search, Picasa Web Albums, and Google Toolkit, Marc Crandall Product Counsel for Google Apps, Google Talk, and Gmail, Lance Kavanaugh Product Counsel for Google Pack, Google Docs & Spreadsheet, and Google Page Creator, Shailesh Rao Content Partnership with the Government, Alexander Macgillivray Associate General Counsel for Products and Intellectual Property, Dave Sobota Senior Corporate Counsel, Maureen Bradford Product Marketing Manager for Google Apps and Jeremy Milo Product Marketing Manager for Google Apps. Pete is a member of the Standing Committee on Science and Technology for the American Bar Association and was one of eleven members making the trip. |   |
May 11, 2007
Pete is appointed by President Joseph G. Bisceglia to serve as a Member of the Federal Civil Practice Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 11, 2007
Pete moderates an Illinois State Bar Association CLE, "Drafting and Negotiating Commerical Contracts for Larger Corporations: An insider's and outsider's view" at the ISBA regional office in Chicago.
May 10, 2007
Pete gives a seminar on Small Claims Court at Illinois Central College as part of the Peoples Law School, sponsored by the Peoria County Bar Assocation.
February 1, 2007
Brian Hermanson, Chair, American Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee appoints Peter LaSorsa as Continuing Legal Education ("CLE") liason for the Committee. Peter is responsible for picking a topic of interest to attorneys concentrating in criminal law, finding a moderator and several speakers to accompany Peter in providing a CLE at the American Bar Associations annual meeting.
August 6, 2006
Norwegian Cruiselines invites attorney Peter LaSorsa to lecture on legal topics aboard the Norwegian Crown cruiseship as it sails from New York to Bermuda.
July 17, 2006
Irene F. Bahr, President, Illinois State Bar Association, appointed Peter M. LaSorsa, to serve as Secretary of the Corporate Law Department Section Council for the Illinois State Bar Association.
May 20, 2006
Pete as part of the American Bar Associations Science and Technology Committee meets with Jane Winn, Anita Ramasastry and Patricia Campbell from the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology University of Washington School of Law, in Seattle Washington to discuss results from an extensive study on obstacles to elawyering and recommendations to the legal profession on how to move forward.
May 19, 2006
Peter LaSorsa travels to Microsoft's World Headquarters located in Redmond Washington with the American Bar Associations Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems for a briefing at the executive conference center. The briefing included top executives from Microsoft on the future of technology, the Internet and its impact on the legal community. The Microsoft executives included, Jesse Bornfreund, Groove Marketing Director, Peter Ku, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs, Business Division, Derrick Connell, Microsoft Search Business Unit, PSD Platform Division, Susan Dumais, Microsoft Research and Ira Rubenstein, Associate General Counsel, Legal and Corporate Affairs.April 28, 2006
Irene F. Bahr, President-Elect, Illinois State Bar Association, appointed Peter M. LaSorsa, to serve as a Member of the Standing Committee on Legal Technology for the Illinois State Bar Association.
July 11, 2005
Rex Linder, President of the Peoria County Bar Association appointed Peter M. LaSorsa to the position of Vice Chair of the Criminal Division, Courts & Procedures Committee.July 6, 2005
Michael S. Greco, President-Elect for the American Bar Association ("ABA") appointed Peter M. LaSorsa as a member of the Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems for a three-year term. In doing so, President-Elect Greco said, "together we will undertake to advance issues that are of great importance to our profession, our Association, and the public we serve."
May 7, 2004
Ole B. Pace III, President-Elect for the Illinois State Bar Association ("ISBA") appointed Peter M. LaSorsa as a Member of the Corporate Law Departments Section Council. In doing so President-Elect Pace said "One of the most important jobs a bar president has is to make appointments of members who willingly accept the responsibility to serve our profession through the association."