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Belleville lawyer suspended for year over handling of client funds

By The Madison County Record |
SPRINGFIELD – Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court suspended Belleville lawyer Paul Storment, Jr., 83, for a year on May 18.

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Blagojevich is disbarred by Illinois Supreme Court

By The Madison County Record |
SPRINGFIELD – Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court disbarred former governor Rod Blagojevich on Monday, May 18.

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ARDC files complaint against Lowery saying she made false statements about Gleeson

By The Madison County Record |
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission alleges Belleville attorney Margaret Lowery made false or reckless statements about Twentieth Circuit Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson.

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Edwardsville attorney disbarred after allegedly charging client's credit card for personal expenses

By Karen Kidd |
EDWARDSVILLE — Edwardsville attorney Gray Milburn Magee has been disbarred following an Illinois Supreme Court order after he allegedly charged more than $1,700 in personal purchases to his client's credit card and then lied about it.

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Wood River attorney Maag faces suspension over real estate transaction with client that allegedly created conflict of interest

By Karen Kidd |
SPRINGFIELD — Wood River attorney Thomas Grodon Maag faces suspension following a Sept. 16 Illinois Supreme Court decision for allegedly taking a client's house as payment for legal fees without advising the client that the transaction posed a conflict of interest.

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Lawyer in porn shakedown scheme sentenced to 5 years; Courts across country were scammed, including St. Clair

By Jonathan Bilyk |
A former Chicago lawyer, one of the principals at Prenda Law and one of the masterminds behind a scheme to secure millions of dollars in settlements as part of a shakedown targeted at those downloading online porn, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

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Public defender says unlicensed attorney lied about retaking bar exam in Chicago

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Chief Public Defender John Rekowski said that a former employee who worked as an attorney without a law license said she was at a relative’s funeral when she was attempting to retake the bar exam in Chicago.

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DUI cases affected by clerical error include woman driving on revoked license

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
The list of drivers whose DUI cases were affected by a clerical error along with former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton when a Madison County clerk failed to timely schedule statutory summary suspension hearings includes a woman with a long criminal history who had been driving on a revoked license.

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Sides spar over clerical error that allows Wigginton to keep license - and just who is politicizing it?

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
Did former U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton receive intentionally favorable treatment in the handling of his Madison County DUI case, or, is an admitted clerical error that allows him to retain his driving privileges being unfairly politicized?

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Wigginton to keep license while DUI case pends due to court clerk's scheduling error

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo |
After receiving his second DUI in two years, former U.S. attorney Stephen Wigginton, 55, will be allowed to keep his driver’s license while his current charges are pending due to scheduling mistake by the Madison County Circuit Clerk's office.

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JIB complaints have resulted in 10 censures, 25 reprimands since creation in 1970

By The Madison County Record |
SPRINGFIELD – Some judges fall to the Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB), some rise above it, and some suffer consequence in a single word.

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Ald. Burke indicted over alleged attempted shake down; Property tax appeal law firm at heart of charges

By Jonathan Bilyk |
Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke was indicted Thursday on a charge of attempting to shake down the owner of a Chicago fast food restaurant seeking to renovate their establishment. And at the center of the charge stands Burke's law firm, which has built a huge business specializing in appealing property tax assessments.

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Fifth District upholds conviction on protective order violation; Prosecutor's motion to withdraw granted

By Carrie Salls |
MOUNT VERNON – A woman's conviction for violation of a protective order was upheld on an appeal that the Office of the State Appellate Defendant (OSAD) had argued "lacks merit."

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Belleville attorney’s ARDC censure comes after clean 37-year record

By The Madison County Record |
SPRINGFIELD – Belleville attorney George Ripplinger was censured by the Illinois Supreme Court on May 24, about a year after appellate judges affirmed sanctions against him and client Vikki Henley of Metropolis.

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Corn growers allegedly fell for lawyer racket in Syngenta litigation; Suit claims Enyart misled farmers

By The Madison County Record |
MINNEAPOLIS – Sixty thousand corn growers fell for a racket that Texas lawyer Mikal Watts led, lawyer Douglas Nill of Minneapolis claims in U.S. district court.

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Wife of former U.S. Attorney seeks divorce in Madison County

By Ann Maher |
The wife of former U.S. Attorney Stephen Wigginton has petitioned for divorce in Madison County Circuit Court citing irreconcilable differences.