John Driscoll St. Louis attorney John Driscoll would like to rein in class action competitor Stephen Tillery's hefty $16.8 million fee for settling a national Paxil case in Madison County.
For my long overdue first column of 2007, I have chosen as metaphor the 1979 film "Norma Rae." Sally Fields won her first of two Academy Awards with a performance of a lifetime as the title character, telling an all-too-familiar story of the noble fight against the status quo.
Second Judicial Circuit Judge Robert M. Lewis of Benton has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to hear the case of St. Clair County Circuit Judge Jan Fiss, who was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol for his involvement in the DUI arrest of another judge in December.
Longtime Carterville attorney James R. Moore was appointed to the office of circuit judge, at large, in the First Judicial Circuit, filling the vacancy created by the election to the Appellate Court of Judge Bruce Stewart, the Illinois Supreme Court announced today.
Richard Burke In one of Richard Burke's last court appearances for the Lakin Law Firm, his colleague Dennis Barton argued that an insurer must pay every penny of a medical bill -- unless the doctor charged a million dollars for wiping a nose.
Chicago attorneys who silently rode the Lakin Law Firm gravy train for years in Madison County now claim they pulled Tom and Brad Lakin's strings the whole time.
Duane Bailey Madison County assistant state's attorney Duane Bailey has been elected associate judge to fill the vacancy created when Judge Barbara Crowder was elected to the circuit bench.
Gail Renshaw MOUNT VERNON – If Fifth District appellate judges clear the way, Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack can proceed with a trial that could make money for the state – the state of Missouri, that is.
Illinois State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) last week reintroduced several civil justice reform proposals that may end up getting the short shrift in a less than friendly general assembly.
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of new rules on Thursday designed to increase interest paid on attorneys' pooled-client trust accounts (IOLTA accounts).
Paul Evans Two Republican candidates who lost their bid for a circuit judgeship in the 20th Judicial Circuit have applied for the vacant associate judgeship created when voters elected associate judge Patrick Young to the circuit bench in November.
Judge Daniel Stack Lakin Law Firm attorneys violated an Illinois Supreme Court rule by failing to disclose the death of the only class representative in a Madison County class action, according to American Family Insurance.