[caption id="attachment_9112" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Courtroom scenes for the 1981 film "Will" about G. Gordon Liddy were filmed in the grand Courtroom 300."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_9089" align="alignright" width="300" caption="When the courthouse was built in 1904, this was the Native American symbol for peace."][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_9081" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Word to the wise: This sign is posted each Friday for drug court in Judge Robbin Stuckert's Courtroom 204."][/caption]
DeKalb County is lucky to possess one of the gems of the Illinois courthouse system. It is rarely mentioned when one asks about the state's top courthouses - perhaps because it has no known ties to Abraham Lincoln - but its ornate detail and impeccable upkeep make it one to remember.
Northern Illinois
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March 4, 2010
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March 3, 2010
Chicago area
- Loren-Maltese attorney joins race to replace Scott Lee Cohen, Chicago Tribune
- Bucktown's tallest building faces foreclosure suit, Chicago Business
- Widow tells jury of painful loss in Aurora murder, Daily Herald
- Groupon promises "class action" in response to lawsuit, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Second doctor says suspect in couple's death fit for trial, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Accused killer of Southern Illinois teacher gets trial moved, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
- Summer associate offers plummet, hitting 17-year-low, 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 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 19, 2010
Chicago area
- Pathologist: Savio "drowned and was beaten up", Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Witness in Barmore case charged with 4 counts of disorderly conduct, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Mitchell trial delayed; motion to dismiss to be heard March 11, Belleville News-Democrat
Nation
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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.
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February 16, 2010
State
- Anti red-light legislation faces key test today, Daily Herald
Central Illinois
- McLean Co. to pay $140K more a year to maintain law enforcement software, Bloomington Pantagraph
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February 8, 2010
Chicago area
- Rod Blagojevich scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, Chicago Sun-Times
- Attorney: Savio said if she died, Drew did it, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Foreclosure filings at new high in region, Rockford Register Star
Nation
- No Talking, No Texting, No Tweeting, The Blog of LegalTimes
- Panel OKs Total Attorneys web ads with "very little margin for error", ABA Journal
- ABA adopts host of Criminal Justice measures, ABA Journal
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January 29, 2010 |
CLE | People
[caption id="attachment_7959" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Left to right: Dan Wurl, Darrell Seigler, George Leynaud, Martin O'Hara, Robert Duncan, Dennis Berkbigler, Ron Kalish and ISBA President John O'Brien"][/caption] ISBA President John O'Brien met with the speakers and organizers of the Tort Law Section's "Back to Basics: Tort Law" on Friday at the ISBA's Chicago office. Some of those included:
- Dan Wurl, Champaign
- George Leynaud, Peru
- Dennis Berkbigler, Effingham
- Darrel Seigler, Ottawa
- Ron Kalish, Chicago
- Martin O'Hara, Chicago
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January 29, 2010
Chicago area
- Carothers expected to plead guilty to bribery charges, Chicago Sun-Times
- Vrdolyak's probation-only sentence overturned, Chicago Sun-Times
- Ex-legislator, newspaper dropping suits, Daily Herald
- Woman sues Metra, says toilet on train "exploded", Chicago Tribune
- Ex-Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase gets year and a day in prison, Chicago Sun-Times
- Chicago Sports Webio backer pleads guilty to fraud, Chicago Tribune
- Personal data found blowing in the wind, Chicago Tribune
Northern Illinois
- Man accused of killing mother waives jury trial, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois