The Addis E. Hull Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education
Honoring legal professionals who have made outstanding contributions to Illinois continuing legal education.
About the Addis E. Hull Award
The Addis E. Hull Award was established in 1989 by the Board of Directors of the Institute and is given from time to time to practitioners and judges who have made especially valuable contributions to the Illinois bar through IICLE programs, publications, or governance over a period of years.
The award is named in honor and memory of Addis E. Hull, who chaired the Planning Committee for the IICLE® DRAFTING WILLS AND TRUST AGREEMENTS practice handbook and related courses for more than 20 years. He also assumed leadership roles in a wide range of IICLE programs and publications in estate planning, administration, divorce taxation, and income taxation.
Hull’s career-long scholarship, generosity in sharing his knowledge and experience with others, and consistent friendliness and good humor exemplify the best in Illinois continuing legal education leadership.
2024 Recipient– James M. Lestikow
James M. Lestikow, a Partner at Harrison LLP, is the 2024 Recipient of the IICLE Addis Hull Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education. This award recognizes Lestikow’s unique distinction of not only having contributed to IICLE as an author, speaker, board member, and board chair, but also as a member of the staff over the course of his five-decade career.
IICLE Board Service
- Elected 2010
Leadership Positions
- Executive Committee (2018)
- Secretary (2019)
- Treasurer (2020)
- Vice Chairman (2021)
- Chairman (2022)
IICLE Programs
- Estate Planning Short Course (2006-Present)
- Starting Points: Basic Estate Planning (2008, 2009)
IICLE Publications
- Bankruptcy Practice (1975-1978)
- Law for the Legal Secretary and Paraprofessional (1979-1981)
- School’s Out: A Practice Primer (1999)
- Illinois Estate Planning: Basics & Beyond (2000-2012)
- Asset Protection Planning (2007 – 2018)
- Postmortem Estate Planning (2010-2020)
Past Recipients
The following individuals have received the Addis E. Hull Award for their contributions to Illinois continuing legal education:
- 2022 – Ben A. Neiburger – Elmhurst
- 2021 – Michael J. Rooney – St. Charles
- 2020 – Ralph Turner (1946-2019) – Bloomington
- 2019 – Robert G. Markoff – Chicago
- 2018 – Michael Weissman – Chicago
- 2018 – Lorraine K. Cavataio – O’Fallon
- 2017 – Patricia A. Hoke – Carbondale
- 2015 – Jeffrey J. Kroll – Chicago
- 2015 – Gunnar J. Gitlin – Woodstock
- 2014 – Ernest R. Blomquist – Arlington Heights
- 2013 – James J. Grogan – Chicago
- 2012 – Susan T. Bart – Chicago
- 2011 – William H. Pokorny, Jr. – Oak Brook
- 2010 – Patrick E. Mathis – Belleville
- 2009 – George W. Howard, III – Mt. Vernon
- 2008 – Robert E. Hamilton – Chicago
- 2005 – William J. Anaya – Chicago
- 2004 – Robert M. Bellatti (1948-2003) – Springfield
- 2002 – Charles C. Bingaman – Springfield
- 2001 – Professor John H. McCord – Urbana
- 2000 – Thomas Y. Mandler – Chicago
- 1999 – John T. Phipps – Champaign
- 1998 – Hon. Warren D. Wolfson – Chicago
- 1997 – John R. Kinley – Rockford
- 1996 – Morton John Barnard – Chicago
- 1995 – Ivan A. Elliott, Jr. – Carmi
- 1994 – Willis R. Tribler – Chicago
- 1992 – John E. Cribbet – Champaign
- 1991 – H. Ogden Brainerd – Charleston
- 1991 – Hon. Kenneth C. Prince – Chicago
- 1990 – Roger J. Fruin – Paris
No award was given in the years: 1993, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2016, 2023.