Evans With just days to go before the March 20 primary election, State Rep. Paul Evans (R-O'Fallon) took a big swing at rival Don Weber of Troy claiming he accepted asbestos referral fees from the SimmonsCooper law firm several years ago while on the public payroll.
Harrison Settling in as head of the nation's busiest state court asbestos docket, Madison County Associate Judge Clarence Harrison reassured lawyers packed into his small second floor courtroom on Wednesday, "Things will fit into place."
Foster More than 150 Madison County lawyers provide hundreds of hours of free legal help each year to those unable to afford an attorney, according to Madison County Bar Association President Ron Foster.
Shultz Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder on Friday said she was open to suggestions about how to schedule cases for trial in the court's packed asbestos docket.
Gianaris Jurors in a benzene trial shouldn't hear that plaintiff Veto Kleinatis smokes tobacco and marijuana, according to Ted Gianaris of the Simmons Law Firm.
Dripps A new trial date and final pre-trial hearing has been set in an asbestos plaintiff's legal malpractice case against prominent Madison County attorneys.
Simmons The trial of a long-running dispute between an asbestos plaintiff and her former attorneys will not go to trial Tuesday as the court and attorneys for both sides contemplate re-adding a formerly dismissed defendant.
Stack The number of asbestos cases being filed across the country may be declining, as reported in a study by Manhattan Institute this week, but an asbestos surge in Madison County defies the trend.
When we first reported earlier this summer that Belleville's Judy Cates, plaintiff's lawyer extraordinaire and former president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association, had her eye on a run for judge, we didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
US Attorney of the Southern District of Illinois Ronald J. Tenpas annouces charges handed down by the grand jury "Public office is a public trust, in turn public office confers on those who hold it, the highest obligations to obey the law," United States Attorney Ronald J. Tenpas stated as he announced the indictments of East St. Louis public officials on Jan. 21.
Attorney Jeff Cooper is a big part of the 'team'. As far as campaign committees go, the "Madison County Democratic Team" is nothing if it isn't closely-held.