An Illinois judge is facing a disciplinary hearing this week that focuses on his decision to reverse a sexual assault conviction that he imposed in a bench trial allegedly because he did not want to impose a mandatory prison sentence.

DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office aims to address complexities of veterans’ service, combat, recidivism.

Officials at the Illinois State Police said Tuesday they are working to finalize rules for registering assault weapons and other items that are now tightly regulated under the state’s new assault-weapons ban as a Jan. 1 compliance deadline approaches.

The bar admission ceremonies for the 1,360 new attorneys who passed the July 2023 Bar Exam will be held on Thursday, November 9, in all five judicial districts of Illinois. These will be the first bar admission ceremonies held in-person since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robert Gorecki is a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and has been practicing law in St. Charles since 1956. He is proud to be the oldest practicing attorney in Kane County and has no plans to stop.

The Illinois Attorney General recently struck down a push for one Metro East county to leave the state and join Missouri.

Nearly five years after the feds closed in on Chicago’s longest-serving and most powerful City Council member, former Ald. Edward M. Burke spent Monday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse listening to people from all walks of life who could soon decide his fate.

Hearings for the Adams County circuit judge who overturned his own verdict after a bench trial for a criminal sexual assault case begin in Chicago this week.

Gun rights advocacy groups say they intend to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s assault weapons ban after a federal appeals court on Friday refused to block enforcement of the law.

The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced that two Illinois Probation Departments/County Court Services Departments were each awarded a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for Rural Services-Community Service Grants Program.