Chicago Area

Hon. William A. Wenzel III, 79, passed away peacefully in his Chicago home the morning of Friday, March 25, 2022.

John Anthony Keating, 87, native of Bridgeport, CT, local real estate attorney for 60 years passed away March 12, following a recent fall at home.

On May 17, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-005, which immediately provided for automatic and mandatory sealing of residential eviction cases filed beginning with the State’s COVID-19 emergency declaration (March 9, 2020) through March 31, 2022, and residential eviction case files that were pending and not sealed as of May 17, 2021. 735 ILCS 5/9-122(a)(b).  

However, unsealing motions can be submitted if the residential eviction case was not in part or wholly related to non-payment of rent during the COVID-19 emergency and economic recovery period (March 9, 2020 – March 31, 2022), and (1) the interests of justice in sealing the court file does not outweigh the public interest in maintaining a public record; (2) the parties to the eviction action do not agree to seal the court file; (3) there was material violation of the terms of the tenancy by the tenant; or (4) the case was not dismissed. 735 ILCS 5/9-122. 

David C. Dineff, 73, a long-time neighborhood attorney who enjoyed taking care of his many clients for over 45 years from his offices first in the Village of Summit and then in the Village of Justice.