Gina M. Ficaro was in the fourth grade when she saw her father argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.As first assistant Illinois attorney general, Michael A. Ficaro argued the state was within its right to conduct a warrantless search of a defendant’s shoulder bag after he was arrested for disturbing the peace. The high court agreed, handing the state a victory in its 1983 ruling in Illinois v. Lafayette.“I saw repeatedly that he was making a difference in the world and in the lives of people certainly,&rdquo …