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STOP trial lawyer's political stunt
Justice David Overstreet called "robotext" legal action taken against his campaign six weeks before the General Election in plaintiff-friendly, Democrat-controlled St. Clair County Circuit Court "nothing more than Judy Cates using the legal system as her personal playground.” We could not agree more. -
Trial lawyers prioritizing Kilbride retention race versus Overstreet-Cates contest; Big money pouring in to anti-retention effort
SPRINGFIELD – With two Supreme Court seats at stake, far more Democrat dollars flow to retention of Justice Thomas Kilbride than to election of Judy Cates. -
Madigan spent millions to elect, retain Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride
Committees controlled by the speaker of the Illinois House funded more than half of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride’s campaign contributions in 2010. Kilbride is up for retention again this year. -
Top Cates' contributor files TCPA class action against Overstreet, who calls suit 'political stunt from desperate campaign'
BELLEVILLE – A class action lawsuit has been filed against Republican candidate for Illinois Supreme Court David Overstreet over alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by a lawyer who’s a top contributor to his opponent, Democrat Judy Cates. -
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of voided $560K toilet paper verdict
SPRINGFIELD – Supreme Court Justices chose not to disturb a decision of appellate judges who reversed a jury verdict against Pilot travel center of East St. Louis. -
Auditor General Mautino wants Supreme Court to nix finding he mixed personal spending with campaign spending
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino stands before the Supreme Court, not as a guardian of public money but as a former legislator who spent almost $400,000 in violation of campaign law. -
Structured settlement and lawsuit funding firms contribute to Cates; More trickling in for Kilbride
SPRINGFIELD – Chicago area lawyers contributed $69,800 to Democratic Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates on Sept. 29. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Kujawa As Resident Judge in 20th Judicial Circuit
Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of L. Dominic (Nick) Kujawa Jr. as a Resident Circuit Judge for St. Clair County in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit. -
Luechtefeld: Vote Overstreet for Illinois Supreme Court
When you go to vote make sure you go to the bottom of the ballot—and vote for David Overstreet. -
Belleville attorney Kujawa to fill seat vacated by McGlynn
Attorney L. Dominic (Nick) Kujawa Jr. will be appointed resident circuit judge for St. Clair County later this month to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Stephen McGlynn, who was appointed to the federal bench last month at the Southern District of Illinois. -
Elections have consequences - for the Presidency and Senate
Soon after President Obama’s inauguration in January of 2009, he told a group of congressional Republicans that “elections have consequences…I won.” -
Lawyers outside Kilbride district go big with $1 million in a week; Nearly all came from trial bar in Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties
ROCK ISLAND – Tom Keefe’s firm in Swansea and John Simmons’s firm in Alton each contributed $100,000 to retention of Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride after he removed the limit on his contributors. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Illinois Supreme Court Hires Deanie Brown As Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
The Illinois Supreme Court and Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced the hiring of Deanie Brown as the Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer (CDIO), a senior level position reporting to the AOIC Director. -
Partners in civil unions have same stepparent visitation rights as they would in marriage
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois divorce law extends visitation rights of stepparents to partners in civil unions, Supreme Court Justices ruled in a case from Madison County on Sept. 24. -
IL Supreme Court shuts off class action vs Chicago over 'increased danger' from lead water lines
The Illinois state high court ruled plaintiffs must do more than claim they have an increased risk of harm from lead water service lines to keep their class action against City Hall flowing. -
In Zoom forum, Cates and Overstreet disagree some in polite debate
Supreme Court candidates Judy Cates, Democrat, and David Overstreet, Republican, who inhabit a world of argument, didn’t argue in a remote debate on Sept. 16. -
McGlynn and Dugan confirmed by Senate for posts at Southern District of Illinois
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed the nominations of Circuit Judges Stephen McGlynn and David Dugan to serve at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in separate votes of 55-41 on Wednesday. -
Hulu and Netflix motions to dismiss Creve Coeur’s lawsuit to recover taxes lost to cable decline remain pending in county court
CLAYTON – Creve Coeur, losing 0.04 percent of its budget due to the slow decline of cable television, seeks a court order taxing Netflix and Hulu statewide. -
Does Michael Madigan still have use for Justice Kilbride?
When Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride first ran for a seat on the high court in 2000, the state Democrat Party (owned and operated by House Speaker-for-Life Mike Madigan) contributed nearly $700,000 to his campaign.For Kilbride’s first retention campaign in 2010, the manna from Mike nearly doubled, and it was a good investment for the Madigan mob. -
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT: Illinois Supreme Court to Hold in-person September Term in Springfield
The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that its September Term will be held in-person in Springfield at the Illinois Supreme Court Building.