Practice News

 Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court examined the due process required during civil forfeiture proceedings in Culley v. Marshall.5 The petitioners, two individuals seeking recovery of vehicles seized and subject to forfeiture in Alabama, asked the Court to rule that due process in civil forfeiture proceedings be examined under the doctrine developed by the Court in Mathews v. Eldridge. Specifically, the claimants attempted to retrieve their property through a preliminary postdeprivation hearing. In Zachary J.

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis, Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. and First District Appellate Court Justice Rina Van Tine will administer the attorney’s oath to 222 new lawyers over two bar admission ceremony sessions on Wednesday, May 7, in the First Judicial District at the Harris Theater located at 205 East Randolph in Chicago.

The group is among 282 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 Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is accepting applications for four attorney positions.

On April 23, 2025, Ronald L. Hanna was appointed as United States Magistrate Judge upon the recommendation of a duly appointed Merit Selection Panel and with the concurrence of the District Judges of the Court. Judge Hanna fills the seat recently vacated by now District Judge Jonathan E. Hawley.