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2043 ABA Journal Illinois articles.

Lawyer, law firm sanctioned for citing fake case in lead poisoning lawsuit

A lawyer and a law firm that represented the Chicago Housing Authority must pay nearly $60,000 for filing a court document that included a fake citation.

Dec 10, 2025 1:52 PM CST

2025 Year in Review: Generative AI, access to justice and law schools

Another year is nearly in the books. In many ways, 2025 was a continuation of trends present in previous years.

Dec 10, 2025 9:08 AM CST

Cozen O’Connor adds 50-plus lawyers through merger in market that is ‘a bit of the best kept secret’

Cozen O’Connor will add more than 50 lawyers after a Jan. 1 merger with Minneapolis law firm Moss & Barnett.

Nov 6, 2025 2:25 PM CST

Is unauthorized artificial intelligence use in law school an honor code violation?

With generative artificial intelligence’s growing availability and acceptance into students’ workflow, some law schools are wondering whether unauthorized AI use should be an honor code violation—something that could potentially trip up aspiring lawyers in the character and fitness portion of the bar licensure process.

Nov 4, 2025 11:17 AM CST

Chicago Bar Association president leads ‘ambitious’ AI initiative for lawyers and judges

When Nichole Patton ran for chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, she wanted to show others in the judiciary what artificial intelligence could do.

Oct 29, 2025 2:30 PM CDT

Former BigLaw partner is accused of throwing his wife to her death from 24th floor stairwell

A former Duane Morris tax partner is accused in a criminal complaint of murdering his wife in his Chicago condo building by throwing her over a railing from a 24th floor stairwell.

Oct 28, 2025 10:17 AM CDT

Ex-BigLaw partner was ‘brute’ and ‘monster’ who battered his wife, her mother says at his sentencing

A former Duane Morris partner whose wife was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in his Chicago condo building was sentenced to 93 days in jail and two years of probation Monday in a case stemming from domestic abuse in two prior incidents at her Michigan home.

Oct 21, 2025 10:57 AM CDT

Trump can send troops to Portland, appeals court says

A federal appeals court Monday said President Donald Trump could deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, blocking a judge’s ruling that prohibited his administration from sending troops into the city.

Oct 20, 2025 3:54 PM CDT

Ex-BigLaw partner gets suspension for $3.4M in ‘artificially inflated’ client bills

A former partner at two international law firms was suspended last month for inflating client bills by $3.4 million over the course of more than 20 years.

Oct 7, 2025 3:19 PM CDT

Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

A federal judge late Sunday dealt another blow to the Trump administration’s plans to send troops to Portland after a weekend of heated confrontations between protesters and federal agents there, temporarily blocking hundreds of California National Guard members as they were deploying to Oregon’s biggest city over objections from Democratic governors in both states.

Oct 6, 2025 10:03 AM CDT

Illinois moves toward approving nonlawyers to offer limited legal advice

In an effort to increase access to justice, Illinois is moving toward developing a program to allow certified nonlawyers to offer limited legal advice under the supervision of a licensed attorney.

Oct 3, 2025 1:51 PM CDT

‘Whirlwind’: Bill Kurtis memoir tells how law school trained him for covering trials

The ABA Journal talked with the retired CBS News anchor and executive producer of many legal-oriented television documentary series—including Cold Case Files, American Greed and Investigative Reports—at his home outside Chicago.

Oct 2, 2025 9:08 AM CDT

What happens when introverts and extroverts work together?

A law firm partner and an associate general counsel, who are also a couple, recently answered questions about the role of emotional intelligence in leadership, the importance of intuition and what both extroverts and introverts bring to a legal career. One sees himself as an extrovert, while the other sees herself as an introvert.

Oct 1, 2025 8:57 AM CDT

Authority figures don’t always give the best career advice, this appellate justice tells young people

Authority figures don’t always give the best career advice, this appellate justice tells young Even when his goals seemed impossible, Jesse G. Reyes, an Illinois Appellate Court justice, says he has kept following them. “I have always believed that if a door is closed to me, I am just going to find a way around it or over it or through it,” says Reyes, 72.

Oct 1, 2025 1:00 AM CDT

My Night With Norm: Lessons on the law with George Wendt

In the early 1990s, I was a young attorney in Chicago fresh out of law school, still learning how to balance the weight of a big-firm briefcase with my own naive ambitions.

Sep 16, 2025 3:11 PM CDT

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