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Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.c.

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Appeals court: Chicagoans don't have constitutional right to school board elections

By Jonathan Bilyk | Friday, Mar 30, 2018 @ 11:38am

Chicago residents could have the right to vote in a school board election. But under Illinois’ state constitution, Chicago residents do not necessarily have the right to a school board election, a state appeals court has ruled.
Insurer says Chicago State's lawyers owe for mistakes leading to $3 million whistleblower verdict

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Sep 1, 2016 @ 3:55pm

An insurance company has sued the law firm who defended Chicago State University against a lawsuit brought by whistleblower fired for refusing to bottle up public documents pertaining to the school’s former president’s pension and salary, with the insurer now alleging the lawyers’ missteps led to a multi-million dollar judgment for the whistleblower.
Chicago State must pay millions to whistleblower jury found was fired for releasing documents that cost president pension money

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Mar 3, 2016 @ 1:10pm

Chicago State University will need to pay a whistleblower more than $3.3 million in damages after a state appellate panel said the jury didn’t err in finding the whistleblower was fired for refusing to bottle up public documents that may have cost the incoming president of the public university on Chicago’s South Side the chance to draw a pension along with his salary.