Stephanie K. Miller appointed to Lopez Cepero vacancy in 6th Subcircuit
The Illinois Supreme Court today entered an order appointing Assistant State's Attorney Stephanie K. Miller to the 6th Subcircuit vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Robert Lopez Cepero.Miller's...
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Hinshaw partner Cecilia A. Horan appointed to countywide vacancy
In an order entered yesterday (but not posted until this morning), the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Cecilia A. Horan to the countywide vacancy created by the pending retirement of Judge Russell W....
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Joanne F. Rosado appointed to Kennedy vacancy in the 11th Subcircuit
In an order entered yesterday (but not posted until this morning), the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Assistant Cook County Public Defender Joanne F. Rosado to the 11th Subcircuit vacancy created by...
View ArticleFebruary 8 deadline set for applications for Cook County Associate Judge
Attorneys interested in applying for Associate Judge have until 5:00 p.m. on February 8, 2017 in which to submit their applications (emailed applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on February...
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Cook County makes #6 on ATRF Judicial Hellhole list -- for all the wrong reasons
The American Tort Reform Foundation has issued its annual Judicial Hellholes report and, no surprise, Cook County once again ranks high (#6) on the list of jurisdictions of which the tort reform group...
View ArticleThe civil justice system must be especially sensitive to the plight of the...
A typical tort case turns on insurance. The defendant's attorneys are paid by an insurance company; the settlement or verdict will be funded by an insurer. In multiple-party cases, the allocation of...
View ArticleWho Sits Where -- 2018-Is-Here-and-We've-Barely-Begun-2017 Edition
What follows is not a comprehensive list of Cook County judicial vacancies but, rather, a list of vacancies that have either been filled by Supreme Court appointment or for which an application process...
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Travis Richardson appointed to 2nd Subcircuit vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court today appointed Travis Richardson to the Second Subcircuit vacancy just created by the retirement of Judge John D. Turner, Jr.The appointment is effective February 14 and...
View ArticleCBA extends deadline for interested persons to join its JEC; Alliance looking...
The Chicago Bar Association has extended the deadline for persons interested in applying for its Judicial Evaluation Committee to February 17. The CBA says it is looking for help with the JEC's...
View ArticleRule 23 in the news this week -- and an illustration of the 'be careful what...
It had to be coincidence, right?Justice Michael Hyman's partial concurrence and dissent in Snow & Ice, Inc. v. MPR Management, Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 151706-U, was front page news in Wednesday...
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Reforming civil discovery – Part 1 – the problem of human nature
First in a series.“Discovery is intended to be a mechanism for the ascertainment of truth, for the purpose of promoting either a fair settlement or a fair trial.” Ostendorf v. International Harvester...
View ArticleReforming civil discovery – Part 2 – preserve the civil justice system by...
There seems to be a misunderstanding among lawyers generally and courts in particular that, unless forced to do so, a lawyer in a civil case will never disclose a single scrap of information.And yet we...
View ArticleAmmendola appointed to countywide McGinnis vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court today appointed Loop attorney Marina E. Ammendola to the countywide vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Sheila McGinnis.Ammendola's appointment is effective February...
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Reforming civil discovery – Part 3 – how zero-based discovery can work
In yesterday’s installment, I suggested that zero-based discovery would help ameliorate a basic access to justice problem, namely, that the cost of litigation has taken our civil court system beyond...
View ArticleReforming civil discovery – Part 4 – one more post on zero-based discovery
With zero-based discovery, no discovery would be permitted to any party unless and until the court first reviews and approves the specific discovery sought.This is similar to the way things worked in...
View ArticleYou know who you are -- but do the bar associations know about you?
We continue to wait for the list of persons filing for the forthcoming class of associate judges in Cook County.I will have the list here on FWIW just as soon as I can.Meanwhile, though, somewhere...
View Article272 apply for associate judge in Cook County
If not all, then almost all of the recently appointed judges seem to have also completed applications for this new class of associate judges. The Supreme Court may giveth, but the Democratic Party...
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Two vacancies filled in Second Subcircuit
In separate orders yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed a pair of Cook County Assistant Public Defenders, Toya T. Harvey and Adrienne E. Davis, to two Second Subcircuit vacancies.Harvey...
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Coleman appointed to Banks vacancy in 5th Subcircuit
The Illinois Supreme Court today appointed Loop practitioner H. Yvonne Coleman to the 5th Subcircuit vacancy created by the recent retirement of Judge Patrica Banks. The appointment, which is effective...
View ArticleWho Sits Where -- Supreme Court Rule 67(B)(2) Edition
Supreme Court Rule 67(B)(2) provides (emphasis supplied),A [judicial] candidate shall not personally solicit or accept campaign contributions. A candidate may establish committees of responsible...
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