Kilbride The Democratic Party of Illinois has kicked in $1.25 million over the past several months for the retention of Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride, campaign finance records show.
An Illinois circuit judge makes $39,855 more than a circuit judge in Iowa, $43,908 more than a circuit judge in Indiana and $49,701 more than a judge in Missouri.
O'Malley Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael O'Malley is part of a legal team leading two separate product liability suits filed the same day in Madison and St. Clair counties over the diabetes drug Avandia.
Middendorff (D) In Madison and St. Clair counties, candidates vying for circuit court vacancies and judges seeking to keep their seats by retention face no opposition.
The judiciary is an often overlooked and seldom understood branch of government. It is a branch of government, though, that has significant influence over our daily lives. Judges make decisions every day that affect our health care, community safety, and our economy.
Schottel Jr. A St. Louis attorney is suing St. Clair County Circuit Judge Patrick Young and Belleville lawyer William Berry over the handling of a wrongful death case involving convicted racketeer Thomas Venezia and his 21 year-old roommate.
McGlynn Belleville attorney Steve McGlynn, 48, will be sworn in as 20th Circuit Judge at the St. Clair County courthouse at 2 p.m. Friday by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier.
Davis Glenn E. Davis, an attorney whose practice focuses on antitrust issues, securities and corporate litigation, corporate compliance and white-collar criminal defense, has been selected chair of the Litigation Department at the law firm Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in St. Louis.
Mello A new study by Harvard University researchers shows that medical liability costs totaled 2.4 percent of annual health care spending in the U.S., or $55.6 billion per year, in 2008.
McGlynn Belleville attorney Stephen McGlynn has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as circuit judge in St. Clair County's 20th Judicial Circuit.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed Associate Judge Michael N. Cook to fill the circuit court vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Annette A. Eckert, resident circuit judge of St. Clair County in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
Young A wrongful death suit against the estate of convicted racketeer Thomas Venezia and the man who allegedly gave him the gun that ended his life and that of 22 year-old Jennifer Anderson is over.
Proft Like most Americans, I recently spent a quiet Saturday evening pouring over the state-by-state nonfarm payroll employment numbers for the month of June generously provided by the gnomes at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Bader NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court decided Tuesday that 1998's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement is constitutional, ruling against a challenge by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Syverud Kent D. Syverud, dean of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (WUSTL) and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has been named a trustee of the $20 billion Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust.