Ron Duebbert News Today

BELLEVILLE - Defendants in former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Ron Duebbert’s malicious prosecution suit must reveal communications among themselves to Duebbert’s forensic expert in person.

BELLEVILLE - Former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Ron Duebbert argues that he can prove his malicious prosecution claims if the defendants produce social media posts and data saved to cell phones and the cloud.

BELLEVILLE – Circuit Judge Chad Beckett of Urbana will preside over defamation and malicious prosecution claims of former judge Ron Duebbert against former St. Clair County state’s attorney Brendan Kelly, lawyer Alex Enyart, and Belleville police.

Licensed attorneys interested in judgeship in St. Clair County have until Jan. 9 to submit applications for two associate judge vacancies in the 20th Judicial Circuit Court.

From Democrat-supported state legislation passing in the middle of the night without public input to Republicans sweeping Madison County elections, 2022 came with its ups and downs. As the year comes to an end, let’s take a look at some of the biggest moments and hottest topics from the past 12 months.

St. Clair County Circuit Judge Robert Haida appears to have earned another six-year term.

Two races for circuit court vacancies in St. Clair County have Democrat candidates leading Republican candidates in campaign financing by large margins due primarily to contributions from local and Chicago plaintiff lawyers.

Even though overall voter turnout was low in Tuesday's primary in St. Clair County (15%) and in East St. Louis (22%), Republicans were clearly more motivated to cast ballots.

St. Clair County Associate Judges Kevin Hoerner and Patrick Foley, Democrats, and Circuit Judge Bill Stiehl, Republican, were recommended in an Illinois State Bar Association advisory poll released Monday.

BELLEVILLE – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has sided with legal researcher Brad Van Hoose in numerous requests for government records, but now he blocks Van Hoose’s access to records about Chief Judge Andrew Gleeson.