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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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Recent News About Madison County Courthouse

  • Abortion protest outside Madison County Courthouse leads to arrest

    By Ann Knef |
    Mia and Savanah Michael protest outside the courthouse. An abortion protest outside the Madison County Courthouse Wednesday morning led to the arrest of Trevor Wood, 25, of Troy, who allegedly attempted to assault the demonstrators.

  • Family Court 'hellhole'

    By The Madison County Record |
    To the editor:

  • Birchfield, Watts make dynamic plaintiff's duo

    By Ann Knef |
    Andy Birchfield Local attorney John Driscoll of St. Louis' Brown & Crouppen may have hand-carried Frank Schwaller's Vioxx claim to the Madison County Courthouse, but it is the confident, experienced out-of-state legal duo waging this court's first such battle.

  • Arbitration training seminars set in Madison County

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    Judge Callis was instrumental in bringing arbitration to Madison County An arbitration training seminar will be conducted for attorneys interested in becoming certified to conduct arbitration hearings in Madison County

  • Judge Callis 'Person of the Year'

    By The Madison County Record |
    Judge Callis For her commitment to restoring public confidence in the Madison County Couthouse, as well as the poise she displayed walking a political tightrope during a precarious judicial election cycle, our hats are off to the Record's 2006 Person of the Year.

  • Hylla, Crowder sworn in as circuit judges

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    Madison County Circuit Judges Barbara Crowder and David Hylla were sworn into office Monday morning by Chief Judge Ann Callis before a standing room only crowd at the Madison County Courthouse

  • The Record's endorsments

    By The Madison County Record |
    Judge Steve McGlynn

  • Diamond in the rough

    By The Madison County Record |
    It's official. Judge Lola Maddox recently gave notice to Justice Lloyd Karmeier that her second retirement is for real and happening Nov. 30.

  • Kugler calls on Hoffman to quit Lakin firm, disclose earnings

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    Kugler holds a press conference outside the Madison County Courthouse on Tuesday. State House candidate Carol Kugler called on her opponent, Jay Hoffman, to resign from the Lakin Law Firm as well as disclose his earnings from the Wood River plaintiff's firm.

  • Topinka stops in Madison County to tout court reform

    By Ann Knef |
    Judy Baar Topinka calls for court reform outside the Madison County Courthouse. Republican candidate for governor Judy Baar Topinka used the Madison County Courthouse as backdrop for a press conference Thursday morning calling for venue reform.

  • Memorial service to honor attorneys

    By Ann Knef |
    The Madison County Bar Association will conduct its annual memorial service at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 25 in Courtroom 327 of the Madison County Courthouse.

  • Making "Headlines"

    By The Madison County Record |
    Leno In case you missed it, The Record's most well-read article, "Alton Attorney Accidentally Sues Himself,"(March 11, 2005) tickled comedian Jay Leno's funny bone during a "Headlines" segment of the Tonight Show on Monday, May 8. As a clip of the newspaper's banner and headline appeared on the screen, Leno quipped, "Finally, a lawyer gets what's coming to him," and burst into his inimitable laughter.

  • Civil sexual complaint mired in secrecy

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    If the identities of parties involved in a sexual assault lawsuit filed April 21 in Madison County Circuit Court were known, "heads would spin," remarked an officer of the court bound by ethics from revealing anything more.

  • Circuit Clerk Matt Melucci may not seek re-election

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    A rumor is a piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.

  • CAFA keeps its promises

    By The Madison County Record |
    February 18, 2006, the first anniversary of the federal Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), came and went with barely a whimper around these parts.

  • Moove it

    By The Madison County Record |
    "Only lawyers think that way," remarked the downstate handler for dairyman GOP candidate for Governor Jim Oberweis, when Madison County attorney Thomas Maag demanded $250 per day rent for a misplaced campaign sign.

  • High court may tap Maddox or Rarick to fill vacancy

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    A familiar face may soon return to the Madison County Courthouse to fill the remainder of retired Circuit Judge George Moran's term. Moran, who abruptly retired earlier this month, would have served until December.

  • Maag's defamation suit dismissed, again

    By Steve Gonzalez |
    Gordon Maag Gordon Maag's quandary on how to handle two separate defamation lawsuits was made easier today, as Seventh Circuit Judge Patrick Kelley dismissed his state court suit--for the second time in six months.

  • Bullseye?

    By The Madison County Record |
    State Rep. Dan Beiser Madison County Democrat trial lawyers looking for a scalp as payback for their betrayal over medical malpractice reform have one in mind, Dicta hears.

  • Record closes in on one-year mark: letter-writing contest announced

    By Ann Knef |
    As the tort reform debate raged and the most closely watched political race in state history dramatically unfolded in southern Illinois, the Record newspaper—fiercely conservative yet tolerant of dissent—humbly began its weekly coverage.