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June 20 fundraiser set for Joel Chupack
Supporters of Joel Chupack's 12th Subcircuit bid are holding a fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, June 20, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the Billy Goat Tavern, 1535 W. Madison Street.Tom Sam...
View ArticleSupreme Court fine-tunes a number of rules
Most of the amended Supreme Court Rules issued by the Supreme Court at the end of May are fairly technical and uncontroversial.But two of the changes are more interesting than the others.On May 25, the...
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Retention judges launch website, Facebook page; September 17 fundraiser set
Most of the Cook County judges seeking retention this November have collectively launched a campaign website and campaign Facebook page. Those are links to the respective sites in the preceding...
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June 14 fundraiser set for David Studenroth
Supporters of David Studenroth's 12th Subcircuit bid are holding a fundraiser for their candidate on Thursday, June 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Stormy's Tavern and Grille, 1735 Orchard Lane in...
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Nichole C. Patton appointed to 15th Subcircuit vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court today appointed Assistant State's Attorney Nichole C. Patton to the 15th Subcircuit vacancy created by the elevation of Judge John C. Griffin to the Appellate Court.Patton's...
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Judge George N. Leighton passes away, aged 105
Photo obtained from linked Sun-Times storyGeorge N. Leighton, the man for whom the Cook County Criminal Courthouse has been named, has died at the age of 105.A former Cook County Circuit Court judge,...
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Wright takes runoff for final associate judge slot
FWIW is a little late to the party, but the AOIC has announced James A. Wright as the winner of the runoff for the 17th and final spot in this year's class of Cook County associate judges.Presently of...
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Justice P. Scott Neville, Jr. joins the Illinois Supreme Court
Justice Anne M. Burke administering the oath of officeBefore a packed Thompson Center auditorium audience that included many of his colleagues from the Illinois Appellate Court, Justice P. Scott...
View ArticleJudicial Inquiry Board files complaint against Judge Jessica O'Brien
When the Illinois Supreme Court suspended Judge Jessica A. O'Brien's law license on April 26 it did not remove her from the bench. Instead, the Court referred the matter to the Judicial Inquiry...
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On the passing of Dr. Neil Winston
When somebody drops offline these days, I worry.That's a sentence I could not have imagined myself writing back in the mid-1970s when Neil Winston and I were both undergraduates at Loyola. Neil is the...
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Cook County efiling: An incomplete review
Slow. Glacially slow. Maddeningly, dangerously slow.That is so far my experience with the new Cook County efiling system. And, from what I've heard from colleagues and from what I've been seeing...
View ArticleThe Cook County efiling system is not just slow and inconvenient, it is...
We have this terrible horrible no good very bad efiling system in Cook County -- and it is downright dangerous for us practitioners.Yesterday I left off with an assertion that the case law on efiling...
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An efiling nightmare -- but with a happy ending
I left you yesterday with a tease for a "doozy" of an efiling story.This particular nightmare scenario came to me courtesy of long-time colleague Orlando Velazquez, an experienced bankruptcy...
View ArticleIllinois must reject efiling 'rejections'
Here in Cook County we are adrift this month on Odyssey's wine-dark sea. Those of us who have braved the new efiling system have experienced wildly divergent results. I had one filing take three...
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ABA seeks nominations for annual Web 100
You're obviously a connoisseur of fine legal blogging, or you wouldn't be here. Unless you got here by accident. Or you're a Russian hacker or provocateur. (You know, I don't like where this is...
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August 16 fundraiser for Daniel Patrick Fitzgerald
Supporters of Daniel Patrick Fitzgerald's 13th Subcircuit judicial bid are holding a fundraiser for their candidate on Thursday, August 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Mac's on Slade, 117 W. Slade,...
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Ooops. Cook County efiling system experiencing "challenges" this afternoon
What were they before?Anyway, apparently the system has crashed entirely now.Anyone in Cook County with a "hard" (jurisdictional) deadline today may wish to become familiar with Supreme Court Rules...
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The wildcat strike is over
Yes, I know there was no strike. The good folks in the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court's office did not engage in a job action.But that's the effect of whatever "challenges" brought Odyssey down...
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Peace in the Preserves set for Friday evening
The Puerto Rican Bar Association is among the groups promoting and sponsoring "Peace in the Preserves," billed as a family-friendly event to promote peace and awareness -- the need for which was made...
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Illinois Judges Foundation Annual Reception set for August 16
The Illinois Judges Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois Judges Association, will host its Annual Reception on Thursday, August 16, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Kimpton Allegro Hotel, 171...
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