Clifford M. Carney

The Hooper Center opened May 4, 2005, in the Wheaton courthouse, thanks in large part to a generous donation from DCBA past president Clifford M. Carney (1972-73).
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Carney was named DCBA Lawyer of the Year in 2005 for his unique gift and meritorious service and leadership.

Clifford M. Carney of Downers Grove named "Lawyer of the Year" by the DuPage Bar Association DCBA - Press Releases - Clifford M. Carney of Downers Grove named "Lawyer of the Year" by the DuPage Bar Association

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Clifford M. Carney of Downers Grove named "Lawyer of the Year" by the DuPage Bar Association

WHEATON, Illinois - The DuPage County Bar Association presented Clifford M. Carney of Downers Grove with its "Lawyer of the Year" award on June 7 in recognition of his many years of distinguished leadership and meritorious service to the bar and legal community.

"Cliff Carney generously demonstrated his appreciation and recognition for what the DuPage County Bar Association meant to him during his long legal career in DuPage County," said Neal W. Cerne, outgoing President of the DCBA.
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Clifford Carney has been a partner in the Downers Grove firm of Hooper, Bowers, Calkins & Carney since 1956. He served as president of the DuPage County Bar Association in 1972-1973, and as a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly from 1975 to 1981. He was general counsel for both the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers, and the Illinois Association of Clerks and Recorders. He chaired the DuPage County Board of Election Commissioners from 1978 to 1994, and has provided legal counsel for many municipalities and taxing districts.

Carney is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Illinois College of Law, and was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1952.

DuPage Bar bestows Carney with 'Lawyer of Year'

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The DuPage County Bar Association presented Clifford Carney of Downers Grove with its Lawyer of the Year award in recognition of his many years of distinguished leadership and meritorious service to the bar and legal community.

Carney has been a partner in the Downers Grove firm of Hooper, Bowers, Calkins & Carney since 1956.He served as president of the DuPage County Bar Association in 1972 and 1973.He also was a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Assembly from 1975 to 1981.He was general counsel for both the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers and the Illinois Association of Clerks and Recorders.He chaired the DuPage County Board of Election Commissioners from 1978 to 1994, and has provided legal counsel for many municipalities and taxing districts.

He is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Illinois College of Law, and was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1952.He and his wife, Bette, have established an endowed chair at the University of Illinois College of Law to benefit faculty scholarship efforts.

"I could never have accomplished all that I have done and enjoyed the good life I've had without the College of Law," said Clifford Carney of Downers Grove, who, with his wife Bette, gave the $1.5 million endowment.
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Carney graduated from law school in 1952, then joined the Downers Grove law firm of Hooper & Bunge, where he focused on probate, real estate and municipal cases.He became a partner in 1956.Carney represented various school, sanitary and water protection districts in the Chicago suburbs and served as general counsel for the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers and the Illinois Association of Clerks and Recorders.He also served as public administrator for DuPage County and headed its Board of Election Commissioners from 1978 to 1994.