Chief Bankruptcy Judge Laura K. Grandy of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois will retire on March 11, 2024. The Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit seeks applications from all qualified applicants to succeed Judge Grandy as bankruptcy judge for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois with a duty station in East St. Louis, IL.

Don’t miss ISBA’s 21st Annual Illinois Environmental Law Conference! Once again, this premier conference features annual updates on agency activities and priorities in Illinois and the Region presented by top representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

In his April Illinois Bar Journal article, “Bringing in the Experts,” Cook County Circuit Court Judge James M. Varga takes a basic and practical aim at permitting or barring expert witnesses and admitting or excluding opinion-witness testimony based upon Illinois Rules of Evidence 702-705, Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction—Civil 2.04, and Illinois caselaw.

Justice Joy V. Cunningham and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Sarah Rodak Johnson as an At-Large Cook County Circuit Judge.