Cook County jury awards $10.2M in partial leg amputation

Judge Flannery off work at Law Division because of illness

Nigerian president loses bid to block release of Chicago State records

Appellate panel reverses on fees, finds no attorney-client relationship

Supreme Court opens term with ‘and’ case about prison sentences

Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY’s List, listens during a rally held by the Latino Victory Fund, Oct. 20, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. California Gov. Gavin Newsom named Butler to the Senate seat of the late Dianne Feinstein, who died Thursday.

California governor names former Kamala Harris adviser to Feinstein Senate seat

Illinois’ first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court

Appellate panel tosses suit against Chuhak & Tecson

ARDC board advises suspension for disparaging judges in murder trial

By Emma Oxnevad eoxnevad@lawbulletinmedia.com

Posted September 11, 2023 11:21 AM

An attorney who repeatedly disparaged judges and prominent legal professionals while trying a murder case should be suspended for three years, according to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission hearing board.George Jackson III was charged with engaging in misconduct while representing his brother in a first-degree murder trial. Jackson made several statements that allegedly disparaged current and former Cook County judges James B. Linn, Dennis J. Porter, Ursula Walowski and Levander Smith Jr. — who …

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Cook County jury awards $10.2M in partial leg amputation

A Cook County jury returned a $10.2 million verdict Friday for a Lakemoor man who had his right leg amputated while undergoing treatment for injuries from a car accident.
By Emma Oxnevad
Judge Flannery off work at Law Division because of illness

Judge James P. Flannery Jr., presiding judge of the Law Division in the Cook County Circuit Court, is not working because of illness, a spokesperson for the chief judge’s office said.
By Grace Barbic
Nigerian president loses bid to block release of Chicago State records

A federal judge ordered Chicago State University to turn over copies of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s diploma to a political opponent who maintains Tinubu’s claim to be a CSU graduate is false.
By Patricia Manson
Appellate panel reverses on fees, finds no attorney-client relationship

An attorney who attended depositions for another firm’s personal injury case is not entitled to fees from the settlement, a state appellate panel held.
By Grace Barbic
Supreme Court opens term with ‘and’ case about prison sentences

The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former President Donald Trump in power.
By Mark Sherman
California governor names former Kamala Harris adviser to Feinstein Senate seat

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
By Michael R. Blood
Illinois’ first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court

In 2016, before Donald Trump’s presidency paved the way for the eventual overturning of Roe v. Wade, Democrats in Illinois passed what would become the first in a series of laws shoring up reproductive rights in the state.
By Hannah Meisel
Appellate panel tosses suit against Chuhak & Tecson

A law firm does not have to face a claim that it aided and abetted a client’s allegedly fraudulent transfer of $13.6 million, a state appellate panel held.
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Cook County jury awards $10.2M in partial leg amputation

Judge Flannery off work at Law Division because of illness

Nigerian president loses bid to block release of Chicago State records

Appellate panel reverses on fees, finds no attorney-client relationship

Supreme Court opens term with ‘and’ case about prison sentences

California governor names former Kamala Harris adviser to Feinstein Senate seat

Illinois’ first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court

Appellate panel tosses suit against Chuhak & Tecson

ARDC board advises suspension for disparaging judges in murder trial

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Cook County jury awards $10.2M in partial leg amputation

Judge Flannery off work at Law Division because of illness

Nigerian president loses bid to block release of Chicago State records

Appellate panel reverses on fees, finds no attorney-client relationship

Supreme Court opens term with ‘and’ case about prison sentences

California governor names former Kamala Harris adviser to Feinstein Senate seat

Illinois’ first in string of recent abortion protections gets day in court

Appellate panel tosses suit against Chuhak & Tecson

Photo gallery with Top Stories

California governor names former Kamala Harris adviser to Feinstein Senate seat

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