With the firm's founder and namesake in federal prison for acts best described as unspeakable, it figured the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River was due for a name change.
Class action attorney Paul Weiss faces charges of assault and battery by three women who worked at his Chicago law firm, Freed & Weiss, according to a complaint filed against him by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission (ARDC).
Tognarelli Lakin Law Firm client Daniel Schopp, who led a colossal Madison County class action against Ford Motor Company, has settled his suit as an individual.
Lakin arrives at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis prior to a hearing in which U.S. District Judge Phil Gilbert accepted a plea deal. Attorney Tom Lakin was taken into custody at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis on Sept. 10, after U.S. District Court Judge J. Phil Gilbert accepted a plea agreement on various drug charges.
Bozarth Jonathan Piper of the Lakin Law Firm lacked a trial plan going into a class certification hearing in Madison County Circuit Court. But according to defense attorney Jeffrey Lennard for MetLife Auto and Home, he developed one as he went along.
Judge Crowder A jury trial in a 2007 Jones Act case against Marquette Transportation and Bluegrass Marine will begin at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8 in Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's courtroom.
Lakin Law Firm class action attorneys have rediscovered a Madison County suit they ignored for so long that the docket shows retired judge Lola Maddox presiding over it.
Stack MOUNT VERNON - Travelers Casualty and Surety has petitioned the Fifth District appeals court in Mount Vernon to review an Oct. 14 order of Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack certifying a class action of the Lakin Law Firm.
Brad Lakin A Missouri man is seeking to represent a nationwide class of individuals who received a prerecorded telephone call from Harrah's Metropolis Casino advertising its vacation services.
Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel J. Stack has given lawyers 21 days to file supplemental pleadings after hearing arguments on whether to certify a 15-state class action.
Madison County Associate Judge Richard Tognarelli has rejected a Lakin Law Firm bid to revive a giant nine-year-old class action against Ford Motor Company.
Hylla Lakin Law Firm class action attorneys and Fifth Third Mortgage Company have settled a Madison County suit that the Lakins bargained down to a penny.
Piper EAST ST. LOUIS – Class action attorneys of the Lakin Law Firm dropped a suit against insurer AIG like a hot potato when U.S. taxpayers bought the company.
Crowder A trial against Dynegy Midwest Generation is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Nov. 10, in Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's courtroom.
Richard Burke Richard Burke of St. Louis can't defend the Chicago class action firm of Freed and Weiss in a fee dispute with Timothy Campbell of Godfrey because Burke may be a witness in a Madison County lawsuit over the fees, according to Campbell.
Shipley After having a motion to certify a class action on file for almost a year, Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack will hear arguments on whether he will grant the motion on Oct. 15.