Illinois
- Convicted of murdering ex-client, lawyer is fighting attorney disciplinary petition
4 hours, 8 minutes ago
- Seyfarth Shaw and ex-partner face tax-shelter suits
May 20, 2013, 05:55 am CDT
- Winning $4.85M lottery ticket saves house of mortgage foreclosure defendant
May 16, 2013, 11:50 am CDT
- Man jailed for 10th DUI is convicted for soliciting murder of judge, prosecutor and his ex-wife
May 16, 2013, 11:20 am CDT
- After settling $138K theft suit with office manager, firm discovers $164K more gone, goes to police
May 3, 2013, 04:29 pm CDT
- Cheap bus ticket included a trip to small-claims court for unwary students
May 3, 2013, 11:15 am CDT
- Bizarre plot to kidnap lawyer for ransom nets 20-year sentence for Illinois man
May 3, 2013, 07:11 am CDT
- Dozens of ‘well-connected’ people granted secret court cases in Chicago area, including 5 judges
Apr 30, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- Lawyer learns the hard way about limits of bank safe-deposit box protection
Apr 26, 2013, 11:35 am CDT
- Judge boots both bickering attorneys from civil case, sends copy of order to disciplinary body
Apr 25, 2013, 03:30 pm CDT
- Man ups ante in probation violation case, is jailed after allegedly taking judge’s photo
Apr 18, 2013, 11:10 am CDT
- Company sues former law firm, says failure to detect issues before IPO cost millions
Apr 16, 2013, 12:35 pm CDT
- Courthouse screeners enforce ban on cellphones ... and a pet duck
Apr 15, 2013, 01:27 pm CDT
- Special prosecutor to probe more decades-old claims by jailed men of Chicago police torture
Apr 12, 2013, 03:57 pm CDT
- Breakup sparks legal battle over $105K in parking tickets, a record high amount in Chicago
Apr 11, 2013, 01:35 pm CDT
- Man accused of Facebook threats of ‘Columbine’ shooting at Illinois courthouse is arrested in Denver
Apr 9, 2013, 01:10 pm CDT
- Caregiver used legal documents to siphon $350K from elderly man’s assets, prosecutors say
Apr 9, 2013, 11:35 am CDT
- Disbarred lawyer gets 180 days for misappropriating $225K from client’s estate
Apr 9, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- Family lawyer gets life in murder of ex-client and baby; judge calls him a ‘facade’ and a ‘fraud’
Apr 4, 2013, 02:10 pm CDT
- Put on probation in earlier case, man is now charged with making telephone threats to judge
Apr 3, 2013, 11:20 am CDT
- Law firm sues former name partner, says he took over $1M in unauthorized compensation
Mar 29, 2013, 11:20 am CDT
- Chicago lawyer owns popefrancis.com domain name, hopes to donate it to church
Mar 15, 2013, 12:05 pm CDT
- ‘Rigged’ jury pool has no black men, lawyer complains; judge then issues gag order
Mar 13, 2013, 03:50 pm CDT
- First the good news: GPS devices lead police to 8 stolen school buses
Mar 8, 2013, 03:43 pm CDT
- Fight with relative, faxed messages and eating M&Ms leads to attorney discipline complaint
Mar 8, 2013, 02:13 pm CDT
- Municipal judge must give up top court job because son is a cop, state supreme court rules
Mar 6, 2013, 05:54 pm CDT
- Criminal charges dropped against lawyer facing disorderly conduct case over courthouse filing
Mar 6, 2013, 12:08 pm CDT
- ‘Shocked’ judge nixes gag order, but says he will refer Drew Peterson lawyer for ethics review
Mar 6, 2013, 10:52 am CDT
- Judge describes his sentencing philosophy, is reassigned to civil court in another county
Mar 5, 2013, 04:07 pm CDT
- District attorneys are declining to defend controversial state and federal laws
Mar 1, 2013, 04:40 am CDT
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