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Salvi Schostok seeks to defend its legal fees from cases it took amid Wise Morrissey court spat
The lawsuit asserts the now defunct Wise Morrissey firm is demanding up to half of fees the Salvi Schostok firm may earn from 21 medmal cases that migrated to the Salvi firm amid the public fallout between the WM firm's principals earlier in 2023. -
Wise, Morrissey break up, end court fight over counter accusations of personal, professional misconduct
Chicago personal injury attorneys David Wise and Francis Morrissey have agreed to end their 20-year partnership at the Wise Morrissey firm, under a settlement to end lawsuits in which each accused the other of misconduct -
Chicago lawyer alleges partner's 'unfounded' suit vs him is smokescreen for alleged weak performance and alcohol-related lapses
Chicago lawyer David C. Wise is alleging his estranged law partner, Francis P. Morrissey, wrongly sued Wise for allegedly hiding a $5M fee from him, to cover up that Morrissey's allegedly "poor work ethic" and alcohol-related indiscretions make him 'not fit' to stay in the firm -
Morrissey sues Wise, alleging partner tried to cut their firm out of $5M from a personal injury settlement
The complaint alleges David Wise, one of the name partners in the personal injury law firm of Wise Morrisey, conspired with another lawyer to cut Wise's partner, Francis Morrissey, out of the settlement. Wise and the other lawyer deny the allegations. -
Chief judge, sheriff owe no duty to protect the public from criminals on electronic monitoring: Court filings
Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for the carjacking murder of Vietnam vet Keith Cooper in 2021, allegedly committed by two men who were on electronic home monitoring -
Lawsuit: Cook sheriff, chief judge should pay for murder of Vietnam vet in carjacking
The lawsuit is the second filed in recent weeks, seeking to hold the county liable for crimes committed by people allegedly under the county's electronic monitoring program as they awaited trial on other charges. The Sheriff's Office says it doesn't believe the men were in their monitoring program -
Lawsuit: Cook County sheriff, chief judge liable for woman's death at hand of man on electronic monitoring
The lawsuit accuses Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Cook County Chief Judge Tim Evans of placing accused violent criminal Dominiko Johnson on electronic home monitoring, but allowing him to travel to the home of girlfriend Shanate Guy, who he allegedly shot to death -
Illinois Supreme Court agrees fitness centers may be liable if staff fail to use AED when needed
Plaintiffs allowed to sue for willful, wanton negligence over non-use of life-saving device to treat cardiac arrest -
Trial lawyers keep funding Madigan political war chest, despite bribery scandal; $161K donated in September
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization.