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Duebbert's case goes before Illinois Courts Commission; Context of St. Clair County politics off limits
CHICAGO - Court commissioners responsible for the future of Circuit Judge Ron Duebbert examined him on Oct. 1, without examining poitics of St. Clair County. -
Super Bowl party host sues after he's injured by guest's alleged negligent operation of drone
A Super Bowl party ended on a sour note after an errant drone caused an injury. -
SLU opposes motion to remand med mal suit to St. Clair County
EAST ST. LOUIS – St. Louis University counsel Timothy Richards countered lawyer Tom Keefe’s argument for St. Clair County jurisdiction in a medical malpractice suit by declaring, “Both parts of this incredible argument are wrong.” -
$4.3 million FACTA class certified in St. Clair Co. – after New York court expressed doubts – reversed at Fifth District
MOUNT VERNON – Former St. Clair County circuit judge Vincent Lopinot failed to ask necessary questions before approving settlement of a class action against Body Shop stores, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6. -
Judgment against Cerro Flow reversed at Fifth District; Sanction was ‘unwarranted disregard of court authority’
MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson improperly granted judgment against metal recycler Cerro Flow Products as a sanction in a discovery dispute, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 6. -
Keefe proposes another med mal suit over same injury; First seeks $25 million
EAST ST. LOUIS – Attorney Tom Keefe, who filed three suits over one injury, describes the result as a morass and proposes to pursue four. -
Judge substituted after Memorial Hospital moves to quash depositions in wrongful death case
BELLEVILLE – When a dispute broke out in a wrongful death suit against Memorial Hospital, a client of Bruce N. Cook switched judges in a single day. -
Tom Keefe wants Rudolf to guide his sleigh
In 2013, halfway through his one-year term, Belleville plaintiffs attorney Tom Keefe was obliged to relinquish his position as interim dean of St. Louis University School of Law when school officials confronted him about crude sexual comments he’d reportedly made on campus. -
Defamation trial involving allegations of bogus work comp claim delayed due to near doubling of damages
BELLEVILLE – Circuit Judge Heinz Rudolf delayed bench trial of a defamation suit against Beelman Truck Company a week before he would have held it, because the estimate of lost wages nearly doubled. -
Keefe opposes wrongful death case transfer to Clinton Co. at hearing before judge he contributed $13K
BELLEVILLE – St. Clair County jurors would give Paulette Evans of Clinton County a fairer trial against her county’s only hospital than Clinton County jurors would, attorney Tom Keefe argued for her at a hearing in a wrongful death case on July 31. -
Former Clayborne client Thane Ritchie now says Madison County complaint was improper; Objects to adversary's 'circular firing squad'
WHEATON – Chicago investor Thane Ritchie asserts in DuPage County chancery court that former Illinois Senate Majority Leader James Clayborne’s law firm filed an inaccurate and improper complaint on his behalf in Madison County last year. -
Keefe files a third med mal suit against federal government over same oral cancer allegations, seeking $25 million
BENTON – Attorney Tom Keefe of Swansea, with two injury suits pending for the same client over the same events, filed a third. -
How many other ‘Judge Cooks’ are out there?
“My 6 amendment rights was violated due to me not having a fair trial due to the fact my judge was under the influence of drugs.” -
Lawyer in porn shakedown scheme sentenced to 5 years; Courts across country were scammed, including St. Clair
A former Chicago lawyer, one of the principals at Prenda Law and one of the masterminds behind a scheme to secure millions of dollars in settlements as part of a shakedown targeted at those downloading online porn, has been sentenced to five years in prison. -
Belleville attorney Elaine LeChien picked associate judge
Belleville attorney Elaine LeChien has been selected to fill the St. Clair County Associate Judge vacancy created following the retirement of former judge Janet Hormberg. -
Prisoner will get chance to argue former judge Cook’s heroin addiction deprived fair trial
MOUNT VERNON – Former judge John Baricevic improperly denied prisoner Marvin Parker’s claim that former judge Michael Cook violated his constitutional rights, Fifth District appellate judges decided on July 1. -
St. Clair County venue decisions vary among courts: What stays and what goes?
BELLEVILLE – Venue decisions in St. Clair County show how judges’ decision making varies, as recently one ruled that a suit over a traffic accident doesn’t belong in the jurisdiction where it happened and another judge ruled that a suit over a traffic accident belongs where it happened. -
Why they had to destroy Ron Duebbert
The whole thing is starting to unravel in both places, and it’s beginning to look like Trump and Duebbert both will be vindicated in the end. The false narratives will be proven wrong, the true stories will be told, and real criminals will be held accountable. -
Appeal by former college professor turned meth producer, then legal assistant for Clayborne firm, rejected at 7th Circuit
CHICAGO – Former methamphetamine producer Paul Whinnery worked for James Clayborne’s firm in Belleville while Clayborne led the Illinois Senate, according to a letter from the firm on record at the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Former Sycamore Village workers opt out of biometric privacy class action certified by Hoerner
BELLEVILLE – As appellate judges began reviewing certification of a class action for employees of Sycamore Village assisted living care center in Swansea, the class shrank.