Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis insists he can't be too diligent in laboring to restore a $10 billion Madison County verdict against cigarette maker Philip Morris.
Simmons John Simmons of East Alton and the firm where he used to work seek to delay a trial that would recall his stormy departure and explore the murky world of asbestos litigation.
Tillery Philip Morris USA has countered Stephen Tillery's bid to resurrect a $10 billion class action verdict that Madison County Circuit Judge Nicholas Byron awarded in 2003.
Tom Lakin Tom Lakin has been disbarred on consent by the Illinois Supreme Court, according to records from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
President-elect Obama WASHINGTON - A leading national group of trial lawyers Monday called on President-elect Barack Obama to repeal a bevy of regulations that limit corporate liability.
We don't keep a crystal ball here at The Record. But one mustn't be psychic to predict the next move of a jackpot-seeking trial lawyer like Steve Tillery.
Class action attorney Paul Weiss faces charges of assault and battery by three women who worked at his Chicago law firm, Freed & Weiss, according to a complaint filed against him by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC).
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court will convene in special session Monday to honor the accomplishments of Abraham Lincoln during the 200th anniversary year of his birth, and receive a specially rendered bust presented by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).
Hunsaker The Fifth District Appellate Court has affirmed a judge's decision not to grant a new trial to a family that lost a medical malpractice trial two years ago in Madison County.
Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-The Illinois secretary of state has done everything he is legally required to do regarding Roland Burris's controversial appointment to the U.S. Senate by the state's embattled governor, court papers say.
Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis seeks to restore a $10 billion class action verdict against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, claiming a new U. S. Supreme Court decision proves that the Illinois Supreme Court shouldn't have reversed the verdict.
Reid WASHINGTON - Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat won't likely be accepted, officials said.
As a follow up to previous statements this writer has made regarding events in Illinois, it appears very clear there have been three official government actions so far, two of which are in accordance with the law and one of which is not.