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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

Former BigLaw partner pleads no contest to alleged domestic abuse of wife who was later found dead in stairwell

A former Duane Morris partner pleaded no contest in Berrien County, Michigan, on Friday to charges of domestic abuse against his wife and interfering with her 911 call.

Sep 2, 2025 3:24 PM CDT

Throwing food at people has led to serious criminal charges for some

While federal prosecutors failed to get a felony indictment against a man for throwing a sandwich at a law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C., people have faced serious consequences for hurling food.

Aug 29, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Trump’s plan to penalize states using cashless bail is unconstitutional and unnecessary, critics say

Critics are raising questions about the constitutionality and wisdom of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to pressure states to require cash bail for defendants charged with a variety of crimes.

Aug 28, 2025 9:36 AM CDT

ABA House takes aim at bullying in the legal profession

More needs to be done to understand and respond to the pervasive problem of bullying in the legal profession, the ABA said during its annual meeting in Toronto.

Aug 12, 2025 10:58 AM CDT

Suit by fired BigLaw associate alleges ‘egregious and open racism’ that included ‘white power’ comment

Updated: A Black female associate was “unceremoniously terminated” from McDermott Will & Emery after she complained about a “particularly harmful act of discrimination” in summer 2024, according to a July 30 lawsuit.

Jul 31, 2025 9:44 AM CDT

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