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.
Deborah Pontious filed a defamation and invasion of privacy suit against the Belleville News-Democrat in Madison County Circuit Court Feb. 21, over a March 26, 2006, article which the lawsuit alleges misstated the reasons for Pontious' suspension from her teaching position at Effingham High School.
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.
Rep. Charlie Norwood Rep. Charles Norwood, Jr., a Republican congressman from Georgia who in 2004 asked the U.S. Attorney General to investigate Madison County's judicial system, died Tuesday after battling cancer and lung disease. The seven-term congressman was 65.
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.
When he looks in the mirror, plaintiff's attorney Richard Burke sees Albert Pujols, summarily kicked off the Cardinals by Tony LaRussa's sniveling, incompetent son appointed successor.
Attorney Richard Burke's suit against his former employer, the Lakin Law Firm, claims the firm owes him a portion of the proceeds from the Dec. 22 settlement of a class action.
Former Lakin Law Firm attorney Richard Burke claims the firm can no longer handle class action litigation, and the attorneys he left behind apparently agree.
When the Lakin Law Firm filed its newest class action complaint in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 22, long time co-counsel Paul Weiss of Freed & Weiss in Chicago was noticeably missing from the complaint.
Richard Burke A former Lakin Law Firm class action attorney claims his attempt to protect the interests of plaintiffs from persistent Lakin family scandals led to his firing and the loss of a half-million dollar annual bonus.
Gary Peel The prosecutor in attorney Gary Peel's criminal case has asked U.S. District Judge William Stiehl to set a hearing on one of the witnesses Peel wishes to call as an expert.
Paul Marks Paul Marks of the Lakin Law Firm settled a proposed Madison County class action after discovering he could not round up enough plaintiffs for a class.
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.
The surviving children of a Waterloo couple killed in a train collision just outside Collinsville last summer have filed suit against CSX Transportation.