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The Rockford law firm of Holmstrom & Kennedy, P.C., announced that Roberta L. Holzwarth has been appointed to a third term on the Board of Directors of the United States Office of Compliance.
The United States Office of Compliance is an independent federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It was created to administer and enforce the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, which extends several employment and labor laws to Members of Congress and other employing offices in the legislative branch.
The Office has a five-member non-partisan Board of Directors appointed by the majority and minority leaders of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The members of the Board of Directors come from across the United States and are chosen for their expertise in employment and labor law.
An attorney with Holmstrom & Kennedy since 1983, Holzwarth handles complex employment and labor matters. She also serves as a certified mediator with the local state and federal courts. She has served on the Office of Compliance’s Board since May of 2000.
Holmstrom & Kennedy is a 16-lawyer general practice firm which has provided a full range of legal services throughout Northern Illinois for over a century.
Northern Illinois
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May 17, 2010 |
People
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May 10, 2010
SCOTUS
- Obama picks Kagan for high court, Chicago Tribune
Chicago area
- Abner Mikva talks about his ex-clerk Elena Kagan, Crain's Chicago Business
- CVS probes shoplifting suspect's death, puts employee on leave, Chicago Tribune
- Tribune Co. bankruptcy judge approves examiner to review '07 buyout, Crain's Chicago Business
Northern Illinois
- Bacino to ask for release from prison, 36 years after killing deputy, Rockford Register Star
Nation
- Pair wants ruling reversed on age discrimination rules, Quad-City Times
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May 5, 2010
State
- State attorney general says ComEd deal bad for customers, Daily Herald
Central Illinois
- Lawyers rest cases in Skinner murder trial, Springfield State Journal-Register
Chicago area
- Dwyane Wade lashes out at estranged wife over lawsuit, Chicago Tribune
- Suspect in Vernon Hills murder eligible for the death penalty, Daily Herald
Northern Illinois
- Grads return to Winnebago County Drug Court, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Prosecutors drop sex assault case against suspended Washington Park police officer, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
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April 27, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_10795" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Jocelyn L. Koch"][/caption] The Rockford law firm of Holmstrom & Kennedy, P.C., announced that Jocelyn L. Koch has joined the firm as an associate attorney. A native of Rockford, Koch graduated from Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington in 2007. She received a B.A. degree in Political Science and Pre-Law, with minors in American History and Theatre Arts, from the University of Iowa in 2004. Admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2007 and to the Illinois State Bar in 2009, Koch is a member of the Winnebago County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Her legal practice is concentrated in the areas of Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workouts, Business and Commercial Litigation, Employment and Labor Law, and Insurance Coverage. Holmstrom & Kennedy is a 16-lawyer general practice firm which has provided a full range of legal services throughout Northern Illinois for over a century. Its attorneys’ practices include civil litigation, estate planning, commercial and business transactions, employment law, health care law, intellectual property, bankruptcy/creditors’ rights, alternate dispute resolution, and real estate.
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April 23, 2010 |
People
[caption id="attachment_10695" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Paula Rieghns"][/caption] Franks, Gerkin & McKenna is pleased to announce that Paula Rieghns has joined the firm. Paula is an accomplished attorney with impressive experience. Before joining FGM, Paula practiced contract, property, and family law in Sycamore. She has conducted many trials, notably working on a month long precedent-setting trial involving pollutants caused by a factory farm. This trial generated extensive media attention. Prior to working in Sycamore, Paula practiced insurance defense in Bloomington. Besides trial work, Paula excels in writing. She has authored appellate briefs and co-authored a supplement to a chapter in the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Federal Practice book. Paula is a member of the Illinois and Indiana bar and is also admitted to the Federal General District Bar. She is currently a member of the DeKalb County, Kane County and Illinois State Bar Association. She attended Northern Illinois University College of Law for law school and undergraduate at Indiana University, where she graduated with honors. Franks, Gerkin & McKenna, P.C. – Law firm of forty years, with practice areas including personal injury, workers’ compensation, litigation, real estate, estate planning, criminal defense, family law, land use and zoning, probate, commercial transactions, bankruptcy, and traffic violations.
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April 19, 2010
Central Illinois
- McVeigh prosecutor: Focus on victims of Oklahoma City bombing, Springfield State Journal-Register
- Supreme Court will review case of fired Proctor Hospital worker, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Supreme Court leaves carp issue hanging, Chicago Tribune
- Prosecutors: Blagojevich brothers belong at same trial, Chicago Sun-Times
- Prosecutors propose list of noes for Blagojevich lawyers, Chicago Tribune
- "Dial-a-Rock" arrests show cocaines popularity in suburbs, Daily Herald
Northern Illinois
- Belvidere alderman checks himself into jail, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Trooper Mitchell back in court for civil suit over death of Collinsville sisters, Belleville News-Democra
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April 15, 2010 |
Events | ISBA News
[caption id="attachment_10201" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Annemarie Kill, Chair of the Standing Committee of Women and the Law, Sonni Williams, Chair of Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law, NIU Law Dean Jennifer Rosato and event presenter and newly-elected ISBA 3rd Vice President Paula Holderman"][/caption] The ISBA Standing Committees on Women and the Law and Ethnic and Racial Minorities and the Law co-sponsored "Seek Power! A Law Student's Guide to Authentic Self Promotion" on April 9 at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Newly-elected 3rd Vice President Paula Holderman presented and Justice Susan F. Hutchinson offered words of wisdom to students preparing their career path. The event was followed by a networking reception at the College's Thurgood Marshall Gallery. Click here to view a photo gallery from this event.
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April 13, 2010
State
- Prosecutors rib Blagojevich for legal woes complaints, Chicago Sun-Times
- Prosecutors, lawyers clash over Blagojevich papers, Rockford Register Star
Chicago area
- Chicago attorney Laurel Bellows in line to head ABA, Chicago Business
- Evanston schools chief warns of "malicious" Facebook site, Chicago Tribune
- Trial opens in fight between cop, Waukegan police chief, Daily Herald
- Berry Chill blames locations on bankruptcy filing, Chicago Business
- Prosecutor says woman facilitated friend's overdose death, Daily Herald
Northern Illinois
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April 9, 2010
State
- Portions of key document in Blago case may remain sealed, Chicago Tribune
Central Illinois
- Officials claim immunity for former McLean prosecutors, detective, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Three with strong Chicago ties could replace Stevens, Chicago Sun-Times
- Motorola, Apple's iPad part of patent lawsuit, Chicago Business
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois
- Trenton man pleads guilty to bilking elderly out of $1.9 million, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
- Amid cuts to sheriff's budget, judge tells citizens to carry guns, Belleville News-Democrat
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April 6, 2010
Chicago area
- Lake Co. judge denies effort to muzzle sheriff, Daily Herald
- Freed loses appeal on Block 37, Chicago Business
- Sears, Lampert win dismissal of Kmart fraud suit, Chicago Business
- Prosecutors: Elderly man shot over a dollar, Chicago Tribune
- Recording in murder-for-hire trial: "Two slugs to the head. That's it", Daily Herald
- Bribe case figure to plead guilty to drug charges, Chicago Tribune
Nation
- Court rules against FCC in "new neutrality" case, New York Times
