BELLEVILLE - Edward Blake, senior partner at the Blake Behme Law Group PLC, is being sued for alleged legal malpractice and misappropriating funds from a client.
CHICAGO – U.S. Seventh Circuit judges directed District Judge David Dugan to remand a $3.5 billion suit against Country Mutual to St. Clair County Circuit Court on Oct. 2.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Monroe County farmers facing a claim that their tractor derailed a Union Pacific freight train argued on Sept. 22 that Union Pacific caused the derailment.
BELLEVILLE – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker transferred a wrongful death complaint filed by Swansea attorney Tom Keefe to a new court.
MOUNT VERNON – Plaintiffs from Georgia can sue Cottrell Inc. of Georgia in St. Clair County over an incident that happened in Illinois 230 miles from Belleville, Fifth District appellate judges ruled on March 14.
EDWARDSVILLE – Lawyer Ryan Mahoney claims lawyer David Cates concealed almost $10 million in fees while they negotiated terms for ending their partnership in the Cates Mahoney firm of Swansea.
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MOUNT VERNON – St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker imposed a $3,500 sanction when he could have imposed about 20 times as much, Fifth District appellate judges found on Aug. 3.
MOUNT VERNON - St. Clair County Circuit Judge Christopher Kolker improperly branded Johnson & Johnson vice president Susan Nicholson as a criminal and fined her $500 without due process, according to Fifth District appellate judges.