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Supreme Court disciplines more than a dozen attorneys, including former arbitrator and two from Metro East

March 18, 2013 1:19 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday handed down a two-year suspension to a former workers’ comp arbitrator who engaged in ex-parte communications with attorneys appearing before her. The court ordered Jennifer L. Teague — who resigned from her post at … Read More »

Attorneys, Ill. Supreme Court, News

ARDC: Peel should be disbarred for “egregious and disguisting” misconduct

February 5, 2013 5:05 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

A hearing board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended disbarment for a former Madison County class attorney. In a report filed Friday, the hearing board found that Gary Evan Peel “committed criminal acts that reflected … Read More »

Attorneys, Madison County

ARDC files complaint against Granite City attorney

January 17, 2013 2:19 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has lodged a complaint against a Granite City attorney. Filed last month, the five-count complaint accuses Alexander Marion Wilson of making false bankruptcy filings in five separate cases. The ARDC complaint asserts … Read More »

Attorneys, Features, Madison County

Report: 2012′s increase in class, collective action filings to continue this year

January 16, 2013 3:49 PM
By Bethany Krajelis

Employment class action law and collective action litigation will become more sophisticated and continue to expose employers to significant financial costs this year, a new report shows. Released earlier this week by Seyfarth, Shaw LLP, the Ninth Annual Workplace Class … Read More »

Attorneys, Class Action, Features

Lakin, Bradley

August 23, 2004 11:24 PM

AGE: 33 Serves as managing partner of the Lakin Law Firm in Wood River. The firm was originally founded by his father L. Thomas Lakin in 1980, focused on personal injury lawsuits.

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Pratt, Paul L.

August 23, 2004 7:46 PM

AGE:70 Had three drunken driving charges thrown out of court between 1986-1990 In 1988, then chief associate Judge Edward Ferguson acquitted Pratt on a misdemeanor battery charge for punching Bethalto resident Linda Wegman while she was standing at the juke … Read More »

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