2014 Articles

Recent appointments and retirements January 2014 Recent changes to Illinois' Judiciary.

Reporter of Decisions has retired after nearly three decades of service to the Supreme Court By Joseph Tybor & Hon. Alfred M. Swanson, Jr. January 2014 Brian Ervin began working for the Supreme Court in 1986, and retired effective January 1, 2014 after 27 years of service.

A stay of proceedings in the trial court: Why delay disserves those we represent By Patrick M. Kinnally October 2014 Two recent decisions, Cholipski v. Bovis and Davies v. Pasamba, make plain why any judge’s decision to stay a proceeding should be undertaken cautiously.

Supreme Court Rule changes: 2014 mid-year report By Hon. Lloyd A. Karmeier July 2014 An overview of the changes made to the Supreme Court Rules so far in 2014.

Tort Immunity Act protects public employees operating emergency vehicles from negligence liability: A summary of the recent decision in Harris v. Thompson, 2012 IL 112525 By Kathryn Rolewick January 2014 A summary of the recent case of Harris v. Thompson.

Whose privacy is it anyway? Dissecting Clark and the ramifications for admitting eavesdropped evidence By Hon. Debra B. Walker & Alexandra Gecas August 2014 What evidence can still be considered private post-Clark, and if there is no protection, is everything admissible?

Why judges should embrace limited scope representation By Hon. Michael B. Hyman April 2014 Judges owe it to themselves—and the litigants and counsel appearing before them—to fully understand and follow the rules which the Supreme Court established principally as a response to the growing needs of self-represented parties.

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