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Plummer

Democrats for Cook Read More »

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Rising Star

With more than $2 million in Rep. Jerry Costello’s enviable campaign coffers, the retiring congressman has a number of spending and saving options. Read More »

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Cooper

Asbestos magnate Jeff Cooper was recently airbrushed in a media report as a nationally renowned home-grown super-lawyer dangling a $100 million carrot before the lords of horseradishville. Read More »

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Judge Judy

It could be a doozy of an ’08 Southern Illinois Democratic primary election: Working-class incumbent of coal-mining descent versus ambitious personal injury trial lawyer. Read More »

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John Edwards

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards relied heavily on trial lawyer cash during his failed bid for the White House in 2004. He vowed his fund-raising efforts this time around would be “far more diversified.” Read More »

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Dicta sleuths recently confirmed that the notorious Edwardsville Pizza Hut plaintiff is THE Amanda Verett, a Madison County family law attorney. Read More »

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Pizza Hut plaintiff Amanda Verett inspired an outpouring of unsympathetic jabs on www.fark.com last week. Read More »

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Making a Comeback

It’s on the map because it’s a retail mecca, not a bastion of political intrigue. Read More »

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Blew it

St. Clair County Judge Patrick Young saved his breath. He’s apparently poised to proclaim innocence in the matter of his December DUI arrest. Read More »

Curiously, the St. Clair County Bar Association’s annual “Judicial Night” is not going to be held in-county this year. Call us skeptical, but Dicta wonders if the Jan. 25 gala relocated to Mike Shannon’s in downtown St. Louis is just … Read More »