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Recent News About Jefferson
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Barberis announces bid for Fifth District vacancy; Likely to face Bleyer seeking Stewart seat
Madison County Circuit Judge John Barberis, Jr. has announced that he will run for an open seat at the Fifth District Appellate Court in November 2016. Barberis will be running as a Republican candidate for the seat being vacated by Justice Bruce Stewart who announced he would retire after his current term expires. -
First six-juror trial takes place in Madison County since Quinn’s law
Circuit Judge John Barberis Jr. presided over the first six-person civil jury trial in Madison County since former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill into law shrinking jury sizes for civil cases from 12 jurors to six. -
Suit seeking $2 million accuses St. Clair County associate judge of unfairly blocking funeral and burial plans
St. Clair County Associate Judge Ellen Dauber resolved a family dispute over a funeral without listening to one side, according to a suit in U.S. district court. -
Cabelas issued summons to answer amputated thumb lawsuit
Hebrank Retailer Cabelas received a summons to answer a Madison County lawsuit filed by a man who claims he lost his thumb after using a crossbow he was told was the best and safest. -
Callis rules for defense in med mal case on forum issue; Good Samaritan Hospital suit goes to Jefferson County
Callis A suit brought by a woman who claims she was left paralyzed after surgery in a Mount Vernon hospital is going back to Jefferson County. -
Courage, faith and the true Spirit of '76
John J. Hopkins With barely 50 percent of the colonists supporting independence, if we had then what we have now for leaders, there would have been no revolution, no signing in Philadelphia, no pledge of "Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor," and the 4th of July would be but another summer day for the British subjects in America. -
Children, church groups and families make 7,600 valentines for injured soldiers
COLLINSVILLE -- An effort to collect valentines for injured soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, netted a response so heartfelt that other facilities can now expect to feel the love. -
'Neighbors' make all the difference in Wexstten victory
Wexstten MOUNT VERNON – James Wexstten's neighbors returned a ringing verdict in his favor Feb. 5, choosing him by four and five to one over Judy Cates in his successful bid for the Democratic nomination to run for the Fifth District appellate court in November. -
Exploding the Myth with Facts
One of the contentions of those who want to build a Gateway Connector outer-belt from Troy, Illinois, to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge is that the Metro-East population is growing, thus requiring more highways. -
Courage, faith and the true Spirit of '76
No matter your personal agenda - liberal Democrat frustrated at the continuation of a war you thought you voted to stop, or conservative Republican incensed at the immigration amnesty bill -- you yearn for the time when leaders truly led and not just followed. -
Defense attorney taking on 'manufactured' class actions
David Aronoff David Aronoff believes that if more defense attorneys would vigorously challenge the independence of class representatives there would be less manufactured litigation. -
We get the representation we deserve
I am a firm believer that we, the voters, get the political representation we deserve. -
New Lawsuits: Monday, March 5
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Tillery to share $1.6 million Allstate class settlement
Stephen Tillery Stephen Tillery of St. Louis and two other attorneys will divide more than a million and a half dollars in fees from a Madison County class action suit they settled with Allstate Insurance. -
Judge Herndon to address Constitution study club
U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon will be the guest speaker at the first anniversary of the Constitution study group, "ELL" (formerly known as the First Tuesdays Club). -
Allstate settles 'nonstandard' class action; Tillery team to receive 29 percent
Allstate Insurance has settled a Madison County class action suit over its treatment of drivers who formerly bought high risk insurance from "nonstandard" insurers. -
Feds announce new round of indictments
United States Attorney Ronald J. Tenpas announced the indictment of Devon Smith, 19, of Mt. Vernon by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton on April 20. -
Funeral home accused of substituting bodies
When Travis Glenn's four daughters bid him a final farewell at Officer Funeral Home in East St. Louis more than 10 years ago, the girls didn't know the man they viewed in the casket was not their dad. -
Take it back
A historian recently wrote that founding father Thomas Jefferson never enjoyed practicing law because “he grew to think of attorneys as lazy parasites who subsisted off the malice and avarice of others.”