In a groundbreaking innovation to aid attorneys in achieving Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) compliance, the Illinois Supreme Court announced today that Illinois now has an online MCLE transcript system. With this system in place, the MCLE Board will report compliance for attorneys once their online transcript reflects their MCLE compliance.
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April 11, 2023 | Practice News
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April 6, 2023 | Practice News
Jerome E. Larkin, the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC), the administrative agency that regulates Illinois lawyers, is retiring at the end of 2023. The ARDC is working in conjunction with global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry to fill that vacancy.
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April 5, 2023 | Practice News
In an order entered last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court announced the appointment of Chloe G. Pedersen to the countywide Circuit Court vacancy created last year, when Judge Debra B. Walker was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court.
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April 5, 2023 | Practice News
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Christopher “Kit” Hantla as Montgomery County Resident Circuit Judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
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March 31, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the appointment of Philip J. Fowler as a Circuit Judge in the 4th Subcircuit of Cook County.
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March 30, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Joy V. Cunningham and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Deidre M. Dyer as an At-Large Cook County Circuit Judge.
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March 30, 2023 | Practice News
Justice Mary K. O’Brien and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Leah D. Setzen as a Circuit Judge in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County.
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March 21, 2023 | Practice News
The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of lawyer disciplinary orders on March 21, 2023. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law.
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March 21, 2023 | Practice News
The aging of the baby boom generation has made Elder Law one of the fastest growing areas for state courts. As a result, in April of 2022 the Supreme Court announced its establishment of a multidisciplinary Elder Law Commission to study ways in which state courts can better serve the needs of those in advancing years.
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March 21, 2023 | Practice News
The names of 22 new associate judges, selected in a vote of Cook County Circuit Court judges, were announced on March 20, 2023, by Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
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