The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced Friday that the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Michael A. Wolfe as an associate judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
Mr. Wolfe received his undergraduate degree in 1981 from Marquette University, and his Juris Doctor in 1984 from John Marshall in Chicago. Mr. Wolfe is currently affiliated with the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office in Wheaton.
Chicago Area
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March 14, 2010 |
Practice News
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March 11, 2010 |
ISBA News
Doreen Mahoney, wife of Illinois Bar Foundation Vice President George Mahoney, passed away Tuesday, March 9. Mr. Mahoney has requested that all memorials be directed to the Illinois Bar Foundation.
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March 10, 2010
Central Illinois
- Mother of slain LeRoy boys files $10M lawsuit against city, police, Bloomington Pantagraph
Chicago area
- IDOT supervisor suspended after peeping tom charge, Chicago Tribune
Southern Illinois
- Fourth woman sues, claiming Saline Township supervisor groped her, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
- Study partly blames higher law school tuition on 40% jump in faculty size, ABA Journal
- Lohan sues E-Trade for $100M over Super Bowl ad, New York Times
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March 10, 2010 |
Events | People
To add more brain-injured veterans to its membership roster, the Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse is launching an Adopt-a-Veteran program. A friend-raiser will be held on Thursday, March 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Clubhouse, 300 N. Elizabeth St., Suite 310 C, Chicago, to help with the funding. While there is no cost to attend the event, it is hoped that guests will open up their hearts and their wallets. Antonio Romanucci, a partner in Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, whose law firm concentrates in representing victims with traumatic brain injuries, is the driving force behind the fundraising effort. Romanucci helped found the Clubhouse with Giesler and served as its board president for seven years. “The Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse is the only facility in the Midwest that provides post acute care to traumatically-injured patients,” he states. “Because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Clubhouse has encountered a surge in requests. To accommodate those requests, we must raise additional funds with the hope that those who proudly served our country can acclimate more quickly back into society.” For further information about the event, contact the Clubhouse at (312) 226-8720, or log onto their Web site at www.braininjuryclubhouse.org.
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March 9, 2010 |
People
Rosalyn Kaplan, former Illinois solicitor general and current manager of Appeals and Ancillary Litigation for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, passed away Friday at her Near North Side due to complications from cancer. Kaplan, a member of the ISBA Government Lawyers Committee, also worked for the Illinois attorney general's office for 14 years and was a former president of the Appellate Lawyers Association. Kaplan graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1981 after teaching high school and college French. Burial will be private. Click here to read the obituary in the Chicago Tribune.
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March 8, 2010
Chicago area
- Prosecutors appeal ruling in judge's DUI, Daily Herald
- U.S. appeals court denies developers last-minute plea, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Hononegah parent files complaint over remark by Algebra teacher, Rockford Register Star
Nation
- Justices to decide funeral protest case, Daily Herald
- Supreme Court rules 2005 law applies to lawyer bankruptcy advice, ABA Journal
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March 8, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_9295" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Kevin Burns"][/caption] The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that the following associates joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group in Chicago: Kevin J. Burns majored in Economics and Psychology, and received his B.S. degree in 2005 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa in 2009. Prior to beginning work at Quarles, Kevin gained litigation experience volunteering in the Torts Division at the City of Chicago. [caption id="attachment_9296" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Brooke Krekow"][/caption] Brooke Krekow received her B.A. in American Cultural Studies from Whitman College in 2002, and her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 2009. While attending law school, Brooke worked in the Bluhm Legal Clinic's Center on Wrongful Convictions and Federal Criminal Appellate Clinic.
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March 5, 2010
State
- Lawmaker hopes to toughen guilty plea sentences in murder cases, Decatur Herald & Review
Central Illinois
- Peoria firm out of Woodford dispute, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Deadly fire set for insurance money: prosecutors, Chicago Sun-Times
- Parents settle in son's Lincolnshire day-care death, Daily Herald
Nation
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March 5, 2010 |
Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Arthur P. Wheatley as a Circuit Judge of Cook County, Seventh Subcircuit. This fills the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Amanda Toney. Wheatley's term runs through Dec. 3, 2012.
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March 4, 2010
Chicago area
- Parking ticket target sues police officers, city, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Missing stop sign at crash site costs Winnebago County $500,000, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Attorney doesn't have to show how he spent people's estate money, Belleville News-Democrat
- Charges mount against southern Illinois sheriff, St. Louis Post-Distpach
This post is updated with breaking news throughout the day.