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Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny over safety culture

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Advocates renew push to tighten Illinois firearm laws

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Sanction upheld for firm that faked expert discovery

Painting the times he lives in

Posted May 13, 2014 2:40 PM

Updated June 23, 2014 12:07 PM

Timothy J. Leeming, a Cook County assistant public defender, spends much of his free time painting in his basement studio at home.

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Justices visit NIU to ‘Ride the Circuit’

The Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb in March as part of its “Ride the Circuit” event. John M. Fitzgerald of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein is shown presenting arguments in a case about attorney fees before justices including Elizabeth M. Rochford, left, and …
Cook County judges sworn in

Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans swore in associate judges Antara Nath Rivera, from left, Federico M. Rodriguez and Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright on Monday at the Daley Center. Judges selected them from a list of six finalists. Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and other …
WBAI honors judges

The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois presented judges with the Mary Heftel Hooton Award at its Judicial Reception. Shown from left are Soobin Lee, Molly Condon Wells, Hon. Sanjay T. Tailor, Hon. Janet Adams Brosnahan (ret.), WBAI President Whitney K. Siehl, Hon. Maryam Ahmad, Hon. Mary M. Rowland …
UIC group honors Justice Reyes

The UIC Law Latinx Law Student Association hosted its annual fiesta event and awards ceremony Friday. 1st District Appellate Justice Jesse G. Reyes, second from left, received the 2024 Alumni of the Year Award for outstanding achievement in the judiciary and public service. Other recipients include …
Justinian Society of Lawyers awards grants

The Justinian Society of Lawyers hosted its 22nd annual Children’s Endowment Fund Grant Reception at Lux Bar and gave grants of $5,000 each to Almost Home Kids and La Casa Norte. Shown from left are Justinian Society president Michael D. Pisano of Ice Miller, Jose M. Munoz of La Casa Norte, endowment …
Polish-American Attorneys officers installed

The Association of Polish-American Attorneys hosted its annual Installation Dinner and Award of Merit Feb. 29 at the Union League Club of Chicago. Incoming president Hon. Michael J. Chmiel was sworn in by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M. Rochford. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans …
BWLA honors black judges

The Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago hosted its annual Judicial Reception at Jones Day. BWLA honored the accomplishments of the newly admitted Black women federal judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and the Northern District of Illinois and recognized the journey …
Dickerson Awards honor lawyers, judges

The Chicago Bar Association hosted its Earl B. Dickerson Awards Feb. 15 at the Union League Club to recognize minority lawyers and judges. Honored were Judge Maryam Ahmad, attorney Christopher C. Cooper, Commission on Professionalism executive director Erika N.L. Harold, Office of the Illinois Attorney …

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Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny over safety culture

The Supreme Court unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, making it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims.

Ruling eases way to sue for job bias in forced transfers

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas was back on the bench Tuesday after an unexplained one-day absence. He joined the other justices in questioning whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

SCOTUS questions obstruction charges against Jan. 6 rioters, Trump

Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly LLP poses in front of the Supreme Court last week in Washington. Known for her humor, bluntness and informality, Blatt will argue her 50th case before the Supreme Court later this month, more than any other woman.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

‘Inimitable’ Lisa Blatt nears 50th high court argument

State Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters after passing an amendment to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act through the Senate on Thursday. It now heads to the House for consideration.

Illinois Senate advances changes to state’s BIPA law