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Legal malpractice suit claims attorney allegedly gave bad advice

April 16, 2013 6:50 AM
By Andrea Dearden

A Madison County man claims the attorney he hired to represent him in a bankruptcy case allegedly gave him bad advice. Mark Warning filed a lawsuit against Shari Murphy April 9 in Madison County Circuit Court. Warning hired Murphy to represent … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, Madison County, News

Legal malpractice case claims wrong defendant named in suit

March 21, 2013 10:17 AM
By Kelly Holleran

A man claims he lost out on the opportunity to collect damages from a rear-end collision after his former attorney named the wrong party as defendant in a lawsuit. Gene Schmidt filed a lawsuit Feb. 14 in St. Clair County … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Status conference reset in St. Clair County legal malpractice lawsuit

March 21, 2013 9:02 AM
By Christina Stueve Hodges

St. Clair County Circuit Judge Vincent Lopinot has reset a March 18 status conference to July 29 in a legal malpractice lawsuit. Stacey Taylor filed a lawsuit Oct. 12, 2012 against Stephen Koenig, William Green, Eric Abramson and the Green … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Construction company owners sue former attorney over role in quarry transaction

March 13, 2013 8:07 AM
By Kelly Holleran

The owners of a construction company have filed suit against their former attorney, claiming she was representing buyers and sellers of a quarry without revealing her role in the transaction. Eugene and Margaret Lippold, who own Lippold Construction Company, allege … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, Madison County, News

April hearing set in St. Stanislaus suit against Greensfelder

February 27, 2013 8:25 AM
By Christina Stueve Hodges

Belleville attorney Michael Nester filed a notice of hearing Monday in a legal malpractice lawsuit filed by his client, a break-away Catholic parish, against its former lawyers. St. Stanislaus, a St. Louis church built by Polish immigrants in the 1880s, … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Central Illinois Taxi claims legal malpractice caused it to go out of business

January 16, 2013 8:31 AM
By Kelly Holleran

A company claims it could have avoided going out of business had its lawyer done a better job of defending it in a lawsuit that ended with a $1 million judgment against the business. Central Illinois Taxi and Anthony Daniele … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, Madison County, News

Woman claims legal malpractice in St. Clair County suit

November 14, 2012 8:14 AM
By Andrea Dearden

A St. Clair County attorney and his law firm are accused of malpractice for allegedly failing to represent a client well. Stacey Taylor filed a lawsuit Oct. 12 against Stephen Koenig, William Green, Eric Abramson and the Green Law Firm … Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Legal malpractice suit claims attorney lost opportunity for work comp benefits

August 24, 2012 9:47 AM
By Kelly Holleran
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Murphy

A White County man has filed suit against his attorney, claiming he lost out on his opportunity to receive workers’ compensation benefits after the attorney allegedly failed to reinstate a suit. Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Firefighter sues attorney claiming statute expired before injury suit filed

August 23, 2012 9:47 AM
By Andrea Dearden
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A former Washington Park volunteer firefighter is suing an attorney he says waited too long to file a complaint over injuries he allegedly received while working a fire. Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County

Lawyers in St. Stanislaus case say defense based argument on false premise

March 29, 2012 12:00 PM
By Christina Stueve
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Scherrer

Lawyers for the Polish Roman Catholic St. Stanislaus Parish of St. Louis say the defendant in their lawsuit is basing their argument on a false premise. Read More »

Legal Malpractice, News, St. Clair County