Dan Ball Sears is asking Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder to transfer a product liability case to Scott County, arguing the case has little if any connection to Madison County.
Carr If anyone in Judge Daniel Stack's courtroom had been praying for divine intervention it may have arrived Tuesday via comic relief in a drawn-out legal malpractice trial against Thompson Coburn.
Kurt Schroeder After providing testimony eight separate days over three weeks totaling nearly 30 hours, former Thompson Coburn attorney Kurt Schroeder exited stage left out of the Madison County Courthouse in a civil trial that appears will last a long time.
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) filed a two-count complaint against Edwardsville attorney Amanda Verett alleging she engaged in conduct that "tends to...bring the courts or the legal profession into disrepute."
Carr Constant objections and fierce bickering are slowing progress in one of the most dramatic and complicated civil trials ever held in Madison County Circuit Court.
ST. LOUIS - Ten days before Charles Thornton killed five people and lost his own life at Kirkwood city hall, U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry denied his right to speak there.
Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack had to consider calling a mistrial Tuesday in a professional negligence case against the law firm Thompson Coburn.
Bono Relics of Madison County's past are scheduled to reappear for a legal malpractice trial that will open old, painful wounds and be as dramatic as anything ever seen in an Edwardsville courtroom.
With approximately 85 percent of precincts reporting in the Fifth Judicial District's 37 counties, Judge James Wexstten is leading opponent Judy Cates, 54% to 46%.
With approximately 30 percent of precincts reporting in the Fifth Judicial District's 37 counties, Judge James Wexstten shows a lead over opponent Judy Cates, 52% to 48%.
Wexstten Fund-raising in the Fifth Judicial District topped the $1.3 million mark this week as each campaign got a cash infusion from the candidates' own pockets.
Tillery Four thousand eight hundred and ninety-six stove owners took the trouble to renounce a Madison County class action settlement between Sears and attorney Stephen Tillery.
Belleville News-Democrat reporter George Pawlaczyk was held in contempt of court after he refused to give deposition testimony to Amiel Cueto in connection with a suit against the Chicago Tribune, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Illinois Civil Justice League and its political action committee, JUSTPAC.
The Rules Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court will hear comments at a public hearing next week on several proposals, including the regulation of attorneys licensed outside of Illinois who want to appear in a specific proceeding in Illinois.
Fifth District Appellate Court candidate Judy Cates and her Swansea law firm have lent $669,516.95 to the cause in hopes of unseating rival James Wexstten in the Feb. 5 primary election.
Semi-annual financial disclosure reports are not due at the Illinois State Board of Elections for another 13 days, but signs indicate that campaign cash will flow heavily into the coffers of Fifth Judicial District candidates.
Lakin attorneys wanted to depose William Clay Ford, Jr. Madison County Associate Judge Richard Tognarelli delivered a stunning setback to the Lakin Law Firm on Dec. 20, shutting down a class action over flaky paint on millions of vehicles that Ford Motor Company built from 1989 to 1996.
Tillery MOUNT VERNON – Now that the Illinois Supreme Court has laid to rest Stephen Tillery's $10 billion class action against cigarette maker Philip Morris, Tillery can thaw out a similar suit against cigarette maker RJ Reynolds and start all over again.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed the convictions of Charlie Powell, Jesse Lewis, Sheila Thomas and Kelvin Ellis for paying voters and conspiring to pay voters in East St. Louis in the 2004 federal election.