Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a judicial screening committee for the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
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By Kim Thielbar, Director of Pro Bono Services, Prairie State Legal Services and Laurie Bell, Pro Bono Coordinator, Prairie State Legal Services
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For much of the history of the Illinois judicial system, personal service has been plaintiffs’ preferred method of serving respondents and defendants. This method has proven to work well in most cases. But what about defendants who actively evade service or have even left the state, asks Jessica A. Pullen in her April Illinois Bar Journal article, “Social Service.”
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2071, proposes revisions of Circuit Rules 34, 47, 60, 31, and 40. Written comments on the proposed rule changes should be sent by May 13, 2024, to:
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The University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago is hosting the American Mock Trial Association National Championship on April 19-21, 2024, at The Daley Center, 50 W Washington Street. The tournament still needs Chicago area legal professionals willing to volunteer to serve as judges.
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The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the appointment of 12 judges in the Circuit Court of Cook County. These appointments were made out of public necessity in order to ensure an adequate level of judicial staffing.
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Now that the Illinois Supreme Court in Estate of Coffman determined that the fiduciary relationship between the principal and their agent begins at the time the power of attorney is signed, attorneys should be cautious when advising clients in naming agents under property powers of attorney, explains Robert S. Held in his April Illinois Bar Journal article, “Instant Karma.”
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Our panel of leading appellate attorneys reviews the opinions handed down Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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The names of three new associate judges, selected in a vote of Cook County Circuit Court judges, were announced today by Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
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Log onto ISBA Central and search for “banks” and “POA.” Results will be populated with many discussions of attorneys who are problem-solving a bank’s rejection of a client’s power of attorney. As noted in the Illinois Bar Journal’s April cover story, “Behind the Curtain,” one prevailing theme of these discussions is that solving this problem is harder than it should be. In response to these and other conversations, the ISBA’s Trusts and Estates Section sponsored a CLE program last November to tackle the sometimes-fraught relationship between clients who want to protect and manage the assets of loved ones and banks standing in the way.