Founding father Thomas Lakin Once upon a time a Lakin Law Firm attorney could stroll into the Madison County courthouse with a shadowy client or a 156-year-old word trick, and magically come out on top.
Joe Whyte Last week Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber and Lakin Law Firm attorney Charles Chapman were seen breaking bread together at a popular Main Street watering hole in Edwardsville.
Lawyers from the Lakin Law Firm subpoenaed a Belleville News-Democrat reporter on short notice Monday to testify at a hearing on the alleged bias of Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber.
Judge Weber Madison County Circuit Judge Don Weber forgot that a client of the Lakin Law Firm sued him 14 years ago, according to an affidavit Weber signed in defending himself against the firm's accusation of bias.
Judge Don Weber, who was sworn into office in November, has been substituted on 66 cases. While he and his colleagues must absorb the caseload spilled by Madison County Circuit Judge Moran's sudden departure, Circuit Judge Don Weber is frustrated that he hasn't been given a chance to share the burden.
The Lakin Law Firm has filed a petition for substitution of judge in a class action case, Katherine Lee Henderson v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, because the Wood River plaintiff's firm represented a client that sued Circuit Judge Don Weber in 1992.