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5 days ago · The Illinois Supreme Court announced the filing of lawyer disciplinary orders on September 23, 2024. Sanctions were imposed because the lawyers engaged in professional misconduct by violating state ethics law. Disbarred Katerina N. Arvanitakis, Whitestone, NY. Ms. Arvanitakis was licensed in New York in 2003, and in Illinois in 2007.
1 day ago · Chicago, Ill. (September 27, 2024) – Chicago Partner Mary A. Smigielski has been appointed chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s (CBA) Labor & Employment Law Committee for the 2024-2025 term. In this role, Ms. Smigielski will work with members of the committee to offer educational, networking, and other opportunities designed to foster an awareness and understanding of important labor and ...
1 day ago · A retired attorney cannot pursue a defamation lawsuit alleging that he was falsely accused of sending an email containing racist statements to his former church, a state appellate panel held.A majority panel of the 2nd District Appellate Court ruled that the plaintiff failed to adequately allege special damages against the defendants.One justice dissented and wrote that the trial judge ...
1 day ago · PUBLISHED: September 27, 2024 at 3:24 p.m. In the aftermath of his conviction for embezzling public funds, Charles Griffin has resigned as mayor of Ford Heights, his attorney confirmed Friday ...
1 day ago · I would like to begin tonight by taking a good, long look at all of you, our JD Class of 2027, Transfer Class of 2026, and LLM Class of 2025: so fresh-faced, well-rested, so innocent, so unsullied by what will be our collective efforts to transform you into ruthless legal minds from the University of Chicago. All of you currently have fascinating interests, or so TikTok tells me: you ...
2 days ago · By Angelica Dino. 26 Sep 2024. Chicago-based law firm Loevy & Loevy has requested a 39.1 percent share of a potential future settlement with facial recognition company Clearview AI following claims that the company violated the privacy rights of millions of Americans. According to Reuters, the fee request is not based on an existing settlement ...
3 days ago · Sep 25, 2024, 4:05 PM. By. TRD Staff. Two prominent law firms are reshuffling their office space in a coordinated expansion effort in downtown Chicago. New York-based Willkie Farr & Gallagher is ...
