Cates While recent contests for the Fifth District Appellate Court have cost between $2-3 million, the candidates running this time have raised a mere $36,000 as of Dec. 31.
Madison County Chairman Alan J. Dunstan is requesting the State of Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board conduct a review to determine if recent contributions made to Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's campaign committee violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct.
Akin Madison and St. Clair counties have been ranked fifth among the American Tort Reform Association's (ATRA) annual "Judicial Hellholes" report released on Thursday.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder said in a prepared statement that she would be returning campaign contributions she received from asbestos attorneys that came shortly after she issued a ruling favorable to those attorneys.
Harrison Newly appointed asbestos Judge Clarence Harrison said Wednesday that he is not certain why Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder was abruptly removed from the docket on Monday, or why he was chosen to replace her.
Crowder Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder has provided Simmons Browder law firm of East Alton with 185 valuable trial slots in her asbestos court for 2013.
Aubrey Gori Julian & Associates, P.C. announced that attorneys David Aubrey and Brandon Belt have joined the Edwardsville firm. Both former law clerks join the firm after completing their Bar exams to practice in Illinois.
Crowder EDWARDSVILLE – In America's asbestos court, where procedure and reality seem to run in opposite directions, lawyers debated politely for 45 minutes on Wednesday about how many hundred trials to schedule for the year after next.
Area residents are encouraged to participate in a month-long food drive being sponsored by the Madison County Bar Association aimed at eliminating the shortage at local food pantries.