News from May 2014
Belleville attorney Wells is recipient of Hudlin award
St. Clair County Associate Judge Patricia Kievlan introduced Belleville attorney Robert E. Wells, Jr., as recipient of the 2014 Chief Judge Richard A. Hudlin, IV Memorial Award at the Law Day Breakfast sponsored by Regions Bank and the St. Clair County Bar Association.Wells is a mediator as well as a lawyer with the Belleville firm Pessin, Baird & Wells.The award was established in honor of the
No room in Illinois family budget for another tax hike
VanMetreIllinois politicians are nervous. They don’t yet have the votes to pass another tax hike, and they’ve done nothing to prepare a balanced budget under the actual 2015 income tax rates.Now they’ve resorted to guilting Illinoisans into paying higher taxes.We’re all familiar with these stories by now. Politicians have focused on narratives that show the sunset of the 2011 income tax hike putting
Forzley joins Lewis Brisbois in Edwardsville office
ForzleyLewis Brisbois has announced that attorney Sarah Forzley has joined its Edwardsville office and the firm's nationwide products liability and toxic tort and environmental litigation practices as an associate. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Forzley was a law clerk at Meyer Capel, P.C. while studying at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law. She also received her undergraduate
Madison County real estate May 7-13
May 7, 2014Alton:$20,000- 3535 California Ave.- Secretary of HUD to Matthew BrownBethalto:$245,000- 200 Patriot Dr.- Kathy L. Opel to Bradley R. ButlerEdwardsville:$212,000- 80 Edwardsville Professional Park- Aims Tax Service to CJS Building Group$177,000- 1 Ridge Ct.- Kimberly Hope Durr to Evan and Stephanie KraussGlen Carbon:$370,000- 348 Westminister Dr.- David George and Kim Kirn to Robert M. Paty
St. Clair County foreclosures May 9-19
May 9, 2014
Madison County foreclosures May 13-19
May 13, 2014
Garnish Delaney’s pension to cover costs of misbehavior
We have our share of drug crimes and sex crimes here in the Metro East, but our approach to law enforcement is unique. Unlike other communities that follow the standard procedure of prosecuting offenders and putting them in prison, we elect or appoint our lawbreakers to public office instead.
Auction of Delaney home canceled
Delaney
Correction
The article, "Fifth District to Gleeson: Dismiss Guava pre-suit discovery petition, hold evidentiary hearing," incorrectly identified Andrew G. Toennies as an attorney for Guava LLC. The Fifth District Appellate Court opinion listed him as an attorney for the appellee, but he actually represented Comcast in the matter. Comcast, however, was not party to the appeal, which only dealt with the John Doe
ITLA: No correlation between business climate and lawsuits
To the Editor: