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Biden’s handwritten notes part of classified docs probe

Family of boy shot in knee during police raid gets $12M

Wrongful death suit can proceed against shooter Kyle Rittenhouse

A U.S. Supreme Court police officer walks by during a voting rights rally at the Supreme Court in 2021 in Washington. High court personnel are showing up on college campuses, military bases and other venues to try to fill some of the many vacancies on the force that protects the nine justices and the court building.

Supreme Court offers bonuses, debt relief to lure police hires

Building Bridges awards granted

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Romanucci delivers undergraduate commencement address

Antonio M. Romanucci delivered the undergraduate commencement address at the University of Illinois Chicago on Saturday at the Credit Union 1 Arena. More than 1,400 degrees were conferred and more than 5,000 people attended, Romanucci & Blandin said. “Class of 2022, social responsibility is not …
Lake County bar group hosts awards

Donna Johnson, center, mayor of the Village of Libertyville, was a keynote speaker at the Lake County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Awards and Luncheon at the Waukegan City Hall last month. She is shown with LCBA President and Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard partner Tara R. Devine and LCBA Executive Director …
Barnes & Thornburg raises funds for charity

More than 25 Barnes & Thornburg lawyers and employees from the firm’s Chicago office raised money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation last month. The group raised more than $5,000 for the foundation and walked from its offices at 1 N. Upper Wacker Drive to The Bean at Millennium Park on Oct. 26 to …
Students get a glimpse of firm life

Attorneys from Clausen Miller gave future lawyers a glimpse into law firm life as part of a “Day in the Life” program for students with diverse backgrounds, organized by the firm’s Diversity, Inclusion and New Talent Committee. Students heard presentations on topics ranging from business and operational …
Interpreter honored for pro bono work

The National Immigrant Justice Center's Associate Leadership Board hosted an award reception sponsored by Perkins Coie LLP. Shown are NIJC Associate Leadership Board co-chairs Anna Mikulski of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, from left, and Caroline Gizem Tunca of Perkins Coie LLP with award recipient Bill …
Firm names winners in oratory

Harper Williams, a fifth-grade student from Robert A. Black Magnet Elementary School in Chicago, won first place Friday in the fourth annual Foley & Lardner MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. Williams took on the persona of Dr. King to call for a renewed focus on the “culture of excellence” in the Black …
WBAI holds awards ceremony

Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Brian L. Salvi, from left, Eirene N. Salvi and Matthew L. Williams attend the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois Top Women Lawyers in Leadership and Top Women Legislators in Leadership awards at the Chicago Athletic Association on Oct. 27. Photo courtesy Salvi Schostok & Pritchard
ABOTA honors Judge Budzinski

Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates President-elect Jill M. Webb, from left, of the Law Offices of Jill M. Webb, and President William J. Rogers of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP presented Cook County Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth M. Budzinski with a framed War of 1812 American flag …

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A U.S. Supreme Court police officer walks by during a voting rights rally at the Supreme Court in 2021 in Washington. High court personnel are showing up on college campuses, military bases and other venues to try to fill some of the many vacancies on the force that protects the nine justices and the court building.

Supreme Court offers bonuses, debt relief to lure police hires

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, at lectern, announced Monday she is dropping sex abuse charges against singer R. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year prison sentence in a New York case and awaits sentencing Feb. 23 in Chicago federal court.

Foxx says ‘justice has been served’ by R. Kelly’s previous sex-abuse convictions

President Joe Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast Feb. 3, 2022. The breakfast is one of the most visible and long-standing events that brings religion and politics together in Washington. But due to concerns the gathering had become too divisive, it's splitting from the private religious group that had overseen it for decades. The organizer and host for this year’s breakfast Thursday will be a new foundation headed by former Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas.

Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over

Paul Morella is bringing his one-man show to Chicago’s legal community. “A Passion for Justice: An Encounter with Clarence Darrow” is hosted by the Chicago Bar Association. “He packed more into one lifetime than most people do,” Morella says after portraying Darrow onstage for more than 20 years.

Actor Paul Morella explores layers of Clarence Darrow story

Cook County Circuit Judge John F. Lyke Jr., from left, Larry R. Rogers Sr.; Larry R. Rogers Jr. and Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. discussed the legacy of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall after a screening of the film "Marshall" at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2018. “Lawyer’s lawyer” Larry Rogers Sr. died at 75.

Larry Rogers Sr. remembered for record-breaking recoveries, high-impact cases