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Daniel Thies on the CUSF Prize Patrol
This week Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered souvenir checks on behalf of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) to teachers at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, Leal Elementary and Urbana High School. CUSF awarded more than $60,000 to 182 teachers in...
John Thies Installed as New President of Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana
On October 7, 2021, Shareholder John Thies was installed as President of the Kiwanis Club of Champaign-Urbana. This is the second presidency role in which John follows in his father’s footsteps. Richard Thies was president of the local Kiwanis Club in 1967. John and...
Daniel Thies Delivers Bagels to Local Schools
As a board member of the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF), Shareholder Daniel Thies delivered bagels this morning to Urbana Middle School and Urbana High School to acknowledge teachers who applied for grants. More than 180 teachers in Unit 4 and District 116...
Richard Thies Shares Memories of the Cold War in a BTN Documentary
We are fortunate to hear the recorded voice of beloved Richard Thies in the Big Ten Network documentary, Cold War: Illinois Stories, which was created by the Big Ten Network Campus Programming unit at the University of Illinois. The documentary tells four stories of...
Google v. Oracle: U.S. Supreme Court Whiffs on a Chance to Declare Code’s Status
I must confess that this has been one of the most difficult cases to review. While appellate decisions that leave some issues unresolved for later are not unusual, this one, in my opinion, is particularly notable in a negative sense, both for the shamefully extended process inflicted upon the litigants to get to a conclusion and for what seems an unnecessarily convoluted course of reasoning that invites further litigation for no compelling reason.
John Thies Appointed to Illinois Supreme Court Task Force Sub-Committee Concerning Judicial Redistricting
Shareholder John Thies has been appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court’s Judicial Redistricting Task Force Subcommittee for the Private Bar, Legal Aid, and Self-Represented Litigants. This subcommittee will focus on the impact on these stakeholders of the recent...
Shareholder Daniel Thies Recognized by ISBA President
The Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”) honored the recipients of the Board of Governors Award this week, including Webber & Thies Shareholder Daniel Thies. The award recognizes attorneys for exemplary service to the profession or the ISBA and nonlawyers for...
Richard Thies Remembered by Fellow Senior Lawyers
Among the bar-related accomplishments of past Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President Richard Thies was co-chairing a committee with another ISBA past President, Leonard Amari, that led to the formation of the ISBA’s Senior Lawyers Section Council. After...
Richard L. Thies Obituary
Richard L. Thies (Dick Thies) of Urbana, IL died peacefully on April 10, 2021. He was 89 years old. Dick was born in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska on November 7, 1931 to Arnold C. and Wilma P. Thies. He was preceded in death by his parents, including his step-father, David...
Richard Thies Remembered as a “National Treasure”
The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette honored senior Shareholder Richard Thies with a feature article after his passing. With quotes from attorneys and friends near and far, Dick was remembered as a “lawyer’s lawyer” and “consummate statesman,” as well as a family man,...