Longtime Peoria lawyer Sidney D. Davidson passed away on Sunday, Dec. 28, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn.
Mr. Davidson graduated from Manual High School and Bradley University. He received his law degree from the University of Illinois in 1939. He served in the Pacific during World War II, including stints at General MacArthur's headquarters in Manila and Tokyo.
He was an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, serving as a member of its Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Section Council.
Click here to read the full obituary in the Post-Bulletin.
Central Illinois
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December 30, 2009 |
People
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December 17, 2009
State
- Illinois Supreme Court delays ruling on med-mal caps, Chicago Business
Central Illinois
- Grand jury refuses to indict UIS students for hate crime, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Court dismisses Will Co. smoking charges, Chicago Sun-Times
Northern Illinois
- Life sentences given to Rock Island men guilty of murder, Quad-City Times
Southern Illinois
- Shelton found not guilty of kicking nurse's aid in the head, spitting on deputy, Belleville News-Democrat
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December 16, 2009 |
People
Longtime ISBA member Bernard Grimes passed away last month at Martin Health Center, Bloomington. Bernard was a graduate of Trinity High School, Illinois State Normal University and the University of Illinois Law School. He practiced law in Bloomington his entire life. He was a member of Holy Trinity Church, Knights of Columbus, Bloomington Country Club and Lakeside Country Club, all in Bloomington. Click here to read the full obituary in the Bloomington Pantagraph.
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December 16, 2009
Central Illinois
- Sangamon board asks to delay mandatory drug court creation, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Grandma charged with two more murder-for-hire counts, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Blagojevich attorney: Obama as a witness would be "awesome", Chicago Sun-Times
- Woman sues Naperville, reality TV show, Chicago Tribune
- Judge lets Brian Dugan's "death" verdict stand, Daily Herald
- Cop accused in gun incident outside Aurora Planned Parenthood Clinic, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Shelton testifies he hoarded pills before suicide attempt, Belleville News-Democrat
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December 15, 2009
Central Illinois
- Attorney discipline panel files suit against Cahnman, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- ESPN's Andrews, stalking suspect due in court, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Military trials planned for Thomson prison, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- Madison and St. Clair counties on "Hellhole" watch list, Madison Record
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December 10, 2009
Central Illinois
- Slip-up on witness stand leads to mistrial in molestation case, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- Elmhurst man accused of threatening Birkett, Chicago Tribune
- Another honor for legendary judge, Chicago Sun-Times
- Luxury car dealer files to forecloes on rival, Chicago Business
Nation
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December 9, 2009
Central Illinois
- Prosecutor: Shooting review one of "more difficult cases", Champaign News-Gazette
- Springfield man's life sentence delayed a day, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Officer won't face charges in Carrington death, Champaign News-Gazette
- Cahnman trial delayed until March, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Lawyer who stole $137K from partner gets 6 months in jail, Chicago Tribune
- Lawyers appointed for North Side man charged in Mumbai terror case, Chicago Sun-Times
- Prosecutors close serial murder case with graphic victim photos, Chicago Tribune
- McHenry Co.
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December 7, 2009 |
People
John P. Deege, 93, passed away last month at his Quincy home. He was born June 26, 1916, in Great Bend, Kan., a son of Fred and Myrtle Ireland Deege. John was an attorney who practiced for over 50 years and retired in September of 2008. He was a graduate of Madison Grade School, Quincy High School, Illinois College at Jacksonville and the University of Illinois Law School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1944-1946 and from 1950-1952 in the Korean War. Read the full obituary in the Quincy Herald-Whig
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December 4, 2009
Central Illinois
- 1 convicted, 4 acquitted at gang rape trial, Champaign News-Gazette
- Jury rules baby's cause of death undetermined, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Computers with Blagojevich evidence stolen from lawfirm, Chicago Tribune
- Jury gets case of blogger accused of threatening Chicago judges, Chicago Sun-Times
- Peterson attorneys seek notes of Savio statement, Chicago Tribune
- City inspector took bribes, jury told, Chicago Sun-Times
- Change of venue in Elgin murder trial?, Daily Herald
Northern Illinois
- County panel OKs courthouse purchase, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
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December 3, 2009
Central Illinois
- Prosecutors turn over documents, DVDs in Beason slayings, Bloomington Pantagraph
- Judge tells deputy of plea deadline, Peoria Journal Star
Southern Illinois
- Lawyer/surgeon's legal malpractice case goes to trial Monday, Madison Record
State
- Quinn signs tougher gun law, Springfield State Journal-Register
Nation
- Pfizer GC pushed for flat fees and gets them, ABA Journal