Godfrey attorney Timothy F. Campbell is being sued in St. Clair County for allegedly dissuading clients from keeping Freed and Weiss of Chicago as their co-counsel.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has certified a class action for LakinChapman law firm over hundreds of thousands of bills that insurer Safeco paid in 14 states over 12 years.
Ruth In open court Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth asked deep questions about the contest between Brad Lakin and Paul Weiss for control of class actions, but he let them answer behind closed doors.
Bozarth SPRINGFIELD – Once again the Illinois Supreme Court must define the limits of class action litigation, and this time the Justices invite the Fifth District appeals court in Mount Vernon to share the work.
Ruth In open court Madison County Circuit Judge Dennis Ruth asked deep questions about the contest between Brad Lakin and Paul Weiss for control of class actions, but he let them answer behind closed doors.
Lakin NEWARK, New Jersey - Like Mel Brooks cowboys crashing into someone else's movie, Illinois lawyers tumble into a New Jersey courthouse kicking and screaming.
Jeff Millar grabbed three Madison County class actions on his way out of the former Lakin Law Firm a few weeks ago, but one slipped from his grasp on Feb. 6.
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack patiently waited for the Lakin Law Firm to find substitutes for a dead class action leader, and after three years the Lakins delivered.
Millar Former Lakin Law Firm attorney Jeffrey Millar of St. Louis is suing his old boss for unpaid salary, class action fees and punitive damages in excess of $500,000.
Tom Lakin The federal government is petitioning to garnish $148,831 from the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River to satisfy a debt owed by the firm's founder, Lowell Thomas "Tom" Lakin, who is now serving a six-year prison term on drug charges.
Brad Lakin Underwriters at Lloyd's of London has filed suit against Fields, Howell, Athans and McLaughlin law firm and Norton and Rain, Inc., alleging that because of miscommunication it did not defend the Lakin Law Firm in a legal malpractice law suit.
Millar Brad Lakin of LakinChapman law firm fired lawyer Jeff Millar late last year, and Millar carried away three Madison County class actions as he departed.
Simmons John Simmons of East Alton and the firm where he used to work seek to delay a trial that would recall his stormy departure and explore the murky world of asbestos litigation.
Tom Lakin Tom Lakin has been disbarred on consent by the Illinois Supreme Court, according to records from the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
A casino accused of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) says prerecorded promotional phone calls it made were sent only to members of its "Total Rewards" program.