William Schooley
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If only ‘only if’ wasn’t in statute: Regional school board was wrong to carve Roxana student into Edwardsville 7
MOUNT VERNON – Madison County regional board of school trustees improperly shifted a student from Roxana to Edwardsville, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on Sept. 20. -
Madison County tax cut supporters could close the gap following petition circulator testimony
If the testimony of petition circulator Kim Thomas holds up, tax cut supporters would close a gap of 19 between the necessary number of signatures, 8,024, and those the board confirmed, 8,005. -
Property tax cut proposal: Clerk's review of thousands of signatures results in 1,900 potential strikes
Objectors trying to prevent a property tax cut referendum from getting on the November ballot are bolstered by a finding of the Madison County Clerk's office indicating their petition challenge could be successful by a margin of 19 signatures, or 0.2 percent. -
Madison County electoral board orders review of nearly 10,000 pro- tax cut signatures
In a split 2-1 decision, a Madison County electoral board ruled Tuesday that it would review all 9,900 signatures on petitions seeking to place a property tax reduction referendum on the November ballot. -
Former prosecutor Wigginton appointed to represent panel that will decide whether voters get tax cut question
Madison County Clerk Debra Ming-Mendoza, who serves as the panel's chairperson by statute, told the gallery that Wigginton would be arriving later. She also said that attorneys for the defendants - James Craney and Don Weber - were absent due to Weber's illness and Craney being called out of town. -
‘Blue collar tax referendum’ shaping into partisan battle; Contest for Madison County governance driving debate
A proposal to cut Madison County property taxes has become a clearly partisan issue with both sides now gearing up for a challenge to the “blue collar tax referendum.” Attorneys representing thousands of registered voters who want the referendum to appear on the November ballot argue that their opponents are lying when they say the measure would result in a reduction in funding for law enforcement. -
‘Leading Lawyers’ honors Alton attorney, Record columnist Hopkins
HopkinsJohn Hopkins, the owner of John J. Hopkins & Associates in Alton and a frequent guest columnist for the Madison County Record, will soon join the league of southern Illinois attorneys featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine.Hopkins, who focuses his practice in medical malpractice, personal injury, nursing home litigation and workers’ compensation, will appear in the magazine’s 2013 Consumer -
Matoesian to hear motions in former client's suit against Goldenberg firm; plaintiff wants $25K settlement enforced
Papa Madison County Circuit Judge Andreas Matoesian is set to hear motions in a suit filed by a woman who alleges that her attorneys from the firm now known as Goldenberg Heller Antognoli Rowland and Short botched her husband's asbestos claims and cost her settlement money. -
Plaintiff seeking to enforce legal malpractice settlement with Goldenberg firm, attorneys
Goldenberg A woman who sued the former Hopkins Goldenberg Law Firm, its current incarnation, and a number of Goldenberg attorneys is asking to enforce a $25,000 settlement reached in 2009. -
Plaintiff wants to continue trial in Hopkins Goldenberg legal malpractice case
Matoesian The widow of a man who allegedly died from an asbestos-related disease wants to put off a legal malpractice trial against several prominent Madison County attorneys. -
Judge Larsen: Courage Under Fire
The winds of fearful political consequences notwithstanding,in an act of true courage, Cook County Judge Diane Larsen struck down the damage caps, finding they violate both the separation of powers provision as an impermissible infringement on the judicial process, as well as seeing the law for what is always was, an unabashed attempt to give even more special indemnities under the law to an already overly privileged class. -
A Touch of Class -- The Passing of a Legend
True to his heritage, on behalf of Randall all who came to pay respects were given the words of the old Irish blessing, "May the road rise with you, May the wind always be at your back, May the sun shine upon your face, And the rain fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, May God keep you in the hollow of His hand." -
New Lawsuits: Friday, Aug. 5
Fresh from the courthouse: