The Lawyers’ Assistance Program has been assisting Illinois lawyers, judges, law students and their families with alcohol, substance abuse and mental health issues since 1980. The backbone of LAP is its hundreds of trained volunteers. In this, our 30th year, LAP has created the Joseph R. Bartylak Award to be awarded to a deserving volunteer annually. The first recipient is John Huffman of Carbondale.
Joe Bartylak has been involved with LAP since its inception and served as the Associate Director from 2002-2007. Joe also served as Director of Land of Lincoln Legal Services for many years. In recognition of Joe, John and all of our volunteers, LAP will have a dinner on March 26 at the Governor’s Mansion in Springfield. Justice Lloyd Karmeier of the Illinois Supreme Court has graciously agreed to be our keynote speaker.
Contact Jim Radcliffe, a retired judge from St. Clair County and current Associate Director of LAP, at jradcliffe@illinoislap.org for more information.
Central Illinois
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March 18, 2010 |
Events
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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
[caption id="attachment_9405" align="alignright" width="300" caption="This historic painting was used as the rendering for the century-old murals on the walls and ceilings of the Supreme Court courtroom. Photo credit/Mark Skube"][/caption] The Illinois Supreme Court convened in special session on Tuesday to unveil an historic painting which was used as the rendering for the century-old murals on the walls and ceilings of the Supreme Court courtroom. Chief Justice Thomas R. Fitzgerald presided at the ceremony. The artwork, which had fallen into disrepair over the past 100 years, was donated by the family of the artist, Albert Krehbiel. Through the auspices of the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, the family also paid for all costs of restoration, framing and display. Justices Rita B. Garman and Anne M. Burke, Supreme Court liaisons to the Commission, spoke at the unveiling. Jerold Solovy, a well-known Chicago attorney and chairman of the Commission, also made comments. The art will be displayed for the public beginning today, March 10, in the former Illinois Appellate courtroom in the Supreme Court Building at 2nd Street and Capitol Avenue.
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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 2, 2010
Central Illinois
- Local attorney turns columnist, Danville Commercial News
Chicago area
- Supreme Court appears ready to overturn Chicago gun ban, Chicago Tribune
- Blood alcohol evidence barred from judge's DUI trial, Daily Herald
- Cook County pays $525,000 in wrongful prosecution case, Chicago Tribune
- The shoe fits the crime, Island Lake detective says, Daily Herald
Nation
- Jury finds Becker guilty of killing coach, Quad-City Times
- Arnold & Porter's age policy cited as reason partner skipped to Davis Polk, ABA Journal
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February 25, 2010
Central Illinois
- Knox County smoking cases dismissed, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Obama nominates two from Illinois for federal judgeships, Chicago Tribune
- Nurse accused of suspicious deaths gets $10,000 to help defense, Daily Herald
- $14.7 million settlement in trampoline suit against CPS, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Man who used 11-year-old to commit crime gets 30 years in prison, Quad-City Times
Nation
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February 24, 2010
Nation
- Supreme Court sets aside strict ruling on Miranda "right to remain silent", Chicago Tribune
- States eye ban on public release of 911 calls, Bloomington Pantagraph
Central Illinois
- Embattled Tazewell jailers back at posts, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Spire developer sued over unpaid credit cards, Chicago Business
- Jury convicts Edward Tenney of 1992 murder, Daily Herald
Southern Illinois
- Trial begins for suspectin So. Ill. businessman's death, Belleville News-Democrat
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February 23, 2010
Central Illinois
- Woodford County wants historic designation for courthouse, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Court clerk gets three years for soliciting bribes, Chicago Tribune
- McHenry Co.
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February 18, 2010 |
People
Ellis E. Leighty passed away late last month passed away at the Wesley Village Healthcare Center in Macomb. Mr. Leighty served in World War II and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1948. He received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 1951. Ellis' most famous legal client was Burl Ives, when Ellis served as local counsel to Burl and wife, Helen, in the purchase of Warren County, Ill., farmlands and again a few years later when they sold those lands as a part of their divorce proceedings. Click here to read the full obituary in the Peoria Journal Star.
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February 18, 2010
Central Illinois
- Trial date set for 2006 fatal shooting, Peoria Journal-Star
Chicago area
- Cook County milestone: 150 corruption convictions since 1970, Chicago Tribune
- Tribune must file bankruptcy reorganization plan next month, Chicago Business
- Top ethics aide sues Daley over corruption, Chicago Tribune
- Attorney: Boy who killed father was abused, Daily Herald
- Brown's Chicken owner liable for buying out partner, judge says, Chicago Business
Northern Illinois
- Federal judge puts end to Woodward discrimination case, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Crowder new Madison County asbestos judge, Madison/St.