The Illinois Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will begin including summaries with opinion releases. This is to give the public a clear explanation of the rulings in plain language.
The Court began including the summaries with today’s batch of opinions with the summaries available on the opinions page under Summaries/Notes.
Here are the November 20 opinions and summaries:
(CHICAGO, IL)—Goldberg Segalla added Patrycia Piaskowski to the firm’s Product Liability practice group in Chicago.
Leading appellate attorneys review the eight Illinois Supreme Court opinions handed down Thursday, November 20.
The November issue of the Illinois Bar Journal features two articles concerning gender violence and sexual abuse. The first is Whitney L. Barr’s “Gender Violence in the Workplace” and provides an in-depth discussion of the expanded protections included in recent amendments to the Gender Violence Act. The second is “Stand and Deliver” by Peter S. Stamatis, Steven S.
ALTON, Ill. – Simmons Hanly Conroy, one of the nation’s leading mass-torts and complex litigation firms, is proud to announce that 13 firm attorneys have been recognized in the 2026 edition of the Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for Illinois.
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission Lawyers’ Assistance Program has invited the participation of lawyers in an important survey about stress, mental health, substance use, and gambling in the Illinois legal profession.
In his November 2025 Illinois Bar Journal article, “Where Civil Law Ends & Criminal Begins,” Vadim A. Glozman calls attention to a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions drawing lines between bad or faulty business practices and criminal activity. What starts as a billing issue, regulatory inquiry, or business dispute, Glozman shows, can quickly escalate into something far more serious. A client forwards a grand jury subpoena. Days later, they’re calling about a target letter.
Justice Mary K. O’Brien of the Illinois Supreme Court administered the attorney’s oath to 87 new lawyers on Wednesday, November 5, in the Third Judicial District.
The group is among 1,637 who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.
The bar admission ceremony in the Third Judicial District will begin at 11 a.m. at the Joliet Junior College Event Center located at 1215 Houbolt Road.
Justice David K. Overstreet of the Illinois Supreme Court will administer the attorney’s oath to 61 new lawyers across two ceremonies on Wednesday, November 5, in the Fifth Judicial District.
The group is among 1,637 individuals who will be sworn in and admitted to the practice of law in Illinois during bar admission ceremonies held in the state’s five Supreme Court judicial districts.
The first bar admission ceremony in the Fifth Judicial District will begin at 9 a.m. at the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Law Auditorium in Carbondale.
Leading appellate attorney reviews the Illinois Supreme Court opinion handed down Friday, October 31.