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Katten Garners More Praise for Its Pro Bono Services News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that it will be honored with Immigration Equality's Rising Star Award for providing exceptional representation to several LGBTQ+ asylum seekers over the course of the past several years. "I have worked on pro bono matters with Katten attorneys for many years and know first-hand the great skill they have in doing this work and the passion with which they pursue it," said Jonathan Baum, senior counsel at Katten and the firm's d...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file SPRINGFIELD — For more than half a century, anyone in Illinois who wanted to own a gun needed to first apply for a special state identification card. But now the state’s top court is being asked to decide whether the Firearm Owner’s Identification cards — popularly called FOID cards — are a necessary safeguard or a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Last week, a downstate judge ruled the FOID card system was unconstitutional, reducing residents’ Second Amendment rights to bear arms to a “façade.” Gun control advocates denounced the ruling as “frig...

Katten Recognized as Leader for Pro Bono Efforts to Help Underserved Communities News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Participating in the American Bar Association's annual Free Legal Answers Pro Bono program, Katten attorneys fielded more than 100 questions asked by seniors, veterans and other income-eligible individuals pertaining to a range of issues, from unemployment and disability to housing and homelessness, and was named an ABA 2020 Pro Bono Leader. In a letter sent to Jonathan Baum, senior counsel at Katten and director of pro ...

Evanston Now School elections: Why some are hot, others not In search of an explanation for the packed race in one Evanston school district while the other lacks enough candidates to fill the ballot. (GoodStudio/Shutterstock.com) HELP WANTED: Must be willing to work long hours for no pay. Sit through boring meetings. Read complicated budget documents. Receive verbal abuse from the public. Apply to your local board of education. With working conditions like those, it’s amazing that anyone would ever want to run for a seat on a local school board. Of course, despit...

A 25-year-old La Crosse man has been charged in La Crosse County Circuit Court with hitting and choking a pregnant woman during a Dec. 6 altercation in La Crosse. Jonathan M. Baum faces felony charges of strangulation/suffocation, false imprisonment and substantial battery with the intent to inflict bodily harm. According to the criminal complaint, a woman told police she and Baum were together inside an apartment unit on Hood Street, when Baum became enraged that the woman was viewing a picture of an ex-boyfriend on her cell phone. She said Baum took the phone from her and refused to give it...