Madison - St. Clair News

Recent News About Illinois Trial Lawyers Association

• Philip Alfeld picked associate judge in Madison County; Replaces retiring Dean Sweet

  By Ann Maher | Friday, May 30, 2014 @ 3:00pm

  Alfeld

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• Fund-raising power of Belleville attorney has weakened since judge-son's drug arrest

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, May 22, 2014 @ 3:50pm

  Bruce N. Cook

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• ITLA: No correlation between business climate and lawsuits

  By The Madison County Record | Thursday, May 22, 2014 @ 1:47pm

  To the Editor:

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• Madison and St. Clair Counties Drop in Judicial Hellhole Designation: Why are they even listed?

  By Jim Grandone | Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 @ 11:22am

  Grandone

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• Madison and St. Clair counties rank No. 5 on ATRA's judicial hellhole list; Cook County leads watch list

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013 @ 6:48am

  Murnane

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• New law on settlement payments spurs concerns from defense bar; ITLA president says it 'codifies common sense'

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Nov 21, 2013 @ 9:22am

  Mifflin

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• High court rules for defendants in negligence suit; Kilbride dissents

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Jun 21, 2013 @ 1:32pm

  Kilbride

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• ‘Leading Lawyers’ honors Alton attorney, Record columnist Hopkins

  By Amanda Robert | Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 @ 6:55am

  HopkinsJohn Hopkins, the owner of John J. Hopkins & Associates in Alton and a frequent guest columnist for the Madison County Record, will soon join the league of southern Illinois attorneys featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine.Hopkins, who focuses his practice in medical malpractice, personal injury, nursing home litigation and workers’ compensation, will appear in the magazine’s 2013 Consumer

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• Committee discusses lawsuit lending legislation

  By Bethany Krajelis | Monday, Apr 15, 2013 @ 6:59am

  Thapedi

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• Kay's workers' comp bills receive testimony, no vote

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 @ 12:05pm

  Kay

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• Thapedi introduces legislation on hourly billing rates, lawsuit lending

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 @ 3:00pm

  Thapedi

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• Illinois cannot afford to move backwards on lawsuit reform

  By Travis Akin | Monday, Feb 25, 2013 @ 7:00am

  Akin

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• Quinn signs ITLA bill into law

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 @ 12:53pm

  Quinn

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• Tracy files venue reform bill in Illinois General Assembly

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 @ 11:11am

  Tracy

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• General Assembly approves bill to cap attorneys' fees in med mal cases

  By Bethany Krajelis | Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 @ 3:38pm

  Shevlin

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• ITLA pushes bill to increase, cap attorneys' fees in med mal cases

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Jan 4, 2013 @ 5:16pm

  Clayborne

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• Supreme Court rules for Illinois Central in asbestos forum case

  By Bethany Krajelis | Friday, Dec 28, 2012 @ 1:26pm

  Freeman

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• Supreme Court set to release opinion in Fennell v. Illinois Central

  By Bethany Krajelis | Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 @ 1:36pm

  Halvachs

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• Madison County ranks No. 3 in Judicial Hellhole study

  By Bethany Krajelis | Thursday, Dec 13, 2012 @ 9:40am

  Joyce

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• Happy days are here again – for asbestos attorneys

  By The Madison County Record | Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 @ 1:16pm

  They poured money into her campaign and now, presumably, will want to get what they paid for.

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