Peel Feds collected more than $10 million from convicted felons and other civil defendants in the Southern District of Illinois during fiscal year 2007, according to U.S. Attorney Randy G. Massey.
Jeffrey Millar Former Lakin Law Firm attorney Richard Burke has grabbed for control of a Madison County class action that the Lakins have carried on for almost four years with a corpse representing the class.
A woman who was attacked at TSBN Cleo's in Edwardsville filed a personal injury suit against the restaurant claiming it sold too many alcoholic beverages to a patron who assaulted her.
Judge Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder granted a big victory in a fee fight from a class action the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River filed with Freed and Weiss of Chicago, but she didn't grant it to either firm.
Judge Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder overlooked the obvious when she asked appellate judges if the Lakin Law Firm represented a woman, according to the woman's attorney.
The widow of a man who died when his motorcycle came into contact with guy wires adjacent to the roadway filed a wrongful death complaint against Ameren IP and JMP Cycle and Hobby in Madison County Circuit Court Sept. 14.
Richard Burke Attorneys at Freed and Weiss in Chicago cheated a man out of $250,000 according to a letter Brad Lakin submitted to Madison County Associate Judge Richard Tognarelli. But the apparent victim says it didn't happen.
Brad Lakin Attorneys at Freed and Weiss in Chicago have battled the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River all year, but according to Freed and Weiss the feuding firms can successfully carry on a class action suit together.
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack's decision to toss a counter-suit that was filed against East Alton attorney Edward Unsell and his clients that claimed Brad Lakin, Kris Lakin and the Lakin Law Firm were victims of a $50 million extortion scheme.
Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder wants appellate judges to decide whether an attorney-client relationship existed between the Lakin Law Firm and a woman whose injury claim the firm chose not to pursue.
Nothing yet has hooked up the Lakin Law Firm with Chicago attorney Eric Freed for a deposition about class actions they filed together, but satellites might do the trick.
Those who suspect that Chicago attorney Eric Freed stays out of the country to dodge a Lakin Law Firm deposition can adopt a more romantic picture of the situation.