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Judge won't dismiss Chicago's complaint vs Monarch law firm, contractor over debt resolution work
Chicago City Hall alleged Strategic Financial Solutions attempted to use Monarch Legal Group's law license to shield itself from the city's lawsuit over alleged fraudulent debt settlement offers
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Cook County Judge Carl Boyd suspended from hearing cases after charged with domestic battery
Cook County Circuit Judge Carl Boyd was charged with domestic battery in an incident Chicago Police say left a woman with a cut on her cheek from broken glass. Boyd has served on the Cook County bench since 2012
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Judicial Inquiry Board moves ahead with complaints against three judges, including Cook County judges Raines, Ghouse
One Cook County judge accused of improperly besmirching attorneys, while another pleaded guilty to DUI
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Judicial Inquiry Board: Appeals judge Sheldon Harris talked with other judges about nephew's case, testified falsely
The Illinois state board tasked with investigating misconduct accusations against judges has asked the Illinois Courts Commission to discipline First District Appellate Justice Sheldon A. Harris, who has announced he is retiring later this year
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Cook County judge suspended from hearing cases after charged with DUI in traffic crash
Hinsdale Police filed a DUI complaint against Associate Judge Mohammed Ghouse on Nov. 23
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IL Supreme Court disbars two lawyers over money matters, suspends seven, including attorney accused of misogyny
The state's attorney disciplinary body had accused the two disbarred of improperly convering thousands of dollars to their own use, and accused a Will County lawyer of using vulgar sex-based curse words and epithets vs female opposing counsel
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Appeals panel locks away due process class action vs Cook Sheriff from employees disciplined for alleged misconduct
Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board may have been improperly constituted, but the workers still have state law options to press their claims, federal judges say
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Cook County judge revives lawsuit challenging whether Sheriff's Office review board could legally discipline jail officer
A once-suspended Cook County correctional officer has become the latest to win a new chance to sue the Cook County Sheriff for disciplining officers before an allegedly illegal review board.
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ARDC accuses Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola of dishonesty, wrongly using jury note to turn trial loss into $25M settlement
State officials are seeking action against Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola, who allegedly engaged in various acts of misconduct, including allegedly wrongfully withholding information in court to clinch a $25 million settlement in a personal injury lawsuit.
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Sheriff's deputies disciplined over misconduct charges given new chance to argue Sheriff's discipline board illegal
An Illinois appeals court has determined a group of Cook County Sheriff’s deputies can resume their lawsuit over claims their professional discipline was improper because the Sheriff’s Merit Board was illegally constituted.
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IL Supreme Court suspends Brodsky; Commission complained he revealed 'confidential' lawsuit funding deal, accused opponent of 'extortion'
Joel Brodsky, an attorney best known for leading the defense of Drew Peterson, has been suspended from practicing law in Illinois, after a state disciplinary agency accused him of ethical violations, including using a lawsuit to reveal a third-party litigation financing arrangement in a multi-million dollar patent infringement lawsuit over soup can containers.
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Prenda Law's Hansmeier sentenced to 14 years for shakedown scheme targeting porn downloaders
Paul Hansmeier, one of two Prenda lawyers behind a scheme to use lawsuit threats to allegedly shakedown downloaders of online porn, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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IL discipline board: Disbar lawyer who accused others of abuse, malpractice to control lawsuit vs Greyhound over mother's death
Panel says lawyer should be disbarred because he created a "tangled web" of accusations and frivolous lawsuits to gain control of the wrongful death lawsuit that followed the death of a mother who was crushed by a Greyhound bus in Colorado.
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IL Judicial Inquiry Board: Cook County judge made unwanted sexual advances, comments toward three women in court
The Illinois Judiciary Inquiry Board has accused Cook County Circuit Court Judge Mauricio Araujo of sexually harassing at least three women.
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IL Supreme Court disbars 8 attorneys, including ex-lawyer who tried to hire man to kill ex-wife; suspends 11
A former Homer Glen attorney who was convicted of trying to hire someone to murder his ex-wife is among a group of eight lawyers disbarred in May by the Illinois Supreme Court.
The state high court also suspended 11 other Illinois lawyers, including a downstate lawyer who falsified his home address to seek election as a circuit judge.
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Lawyer Xydakis, client sanctioned more than $1M for frivolous Wilmette condo association lawsuits
A Cook County judge has ordered more than $1 million in sanctions and penalties against a lawyer and his client in connection with a litany of legal actions against a Wilmette condo association.
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What's ahead for Smollett? Next steps could include civil lawsuits, questions over Foxx recusal
In the wake of the dismissal of charges vs actor Jussie Smollett, the city could have various cards left to play to recover the costs of the investigation or even reopen the case.
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State alleges Chicago lawyer used false excuse of stomach cancer to stall cases
State regulators say there are enough grounds to consider action against the law license of a Chicago attorney who allegedly engaged in several acts of dishonesty, which allegedly included repeatedly delaying court proceedings with false claims that he was suffering from stomach cancer.
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Bandas banishment prompts try to box out other objectors from plagued Pella Windows class action deal
Seizing on a federal judge’s order barring “serial” class action settlement objector Christopher Bandas from further objecting to class action settlements, a group of lawyers seeking to cash in on a sizable settlement in a controversy-plagued class action against Pella Windows have asked a federal judge to box out other objectors from collecting off their deal, because Bandas had been among those objectors.
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JIB complaints have resulted in 10 censures, 25 reprimands since creation in 1970
SPRINGFIELD – Some judges fall to the Judicial Inquiry Board (JIB), some rise above it, and some suffer consequence in a single word.