Editor's note: Patrick M. Young, 57, is seeking election to the 20th Circuit Court of St. Clair County. If he runs unopposed in the Democratic primary election in March, Young will square off with appointed Republican Judge William Norton in the general election.
When a poor woman could not prove her ownership of the Collinsville home she had shared with her late mother, Edwardsville attorney Paul Lauber cleared the title of the property for free.