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Karen Kies DeGrand was named the new managing partner at Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC last month. DeGrand was one of the original attorneys who formed the firm in 1995. – Photo provided by Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC

Donohue Brown names DeGrand as managing partner

With two of Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC’s named partners in semiretirement, the firm is going through a leadership transition, said Mark M. Burden, who stepped down earlier this year as managing partner.
By Sarah Mansur
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Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit

The outcome of a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by profiting off the presidency could depend largely on competing definitions of an antiquated word: emoluments.
By Denise Lavoie

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Suburban judge has a flair for the academic

Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judge John C. Anderson once bought a beer for Antonin G. Scalia.
By Andrew Maloney

High court takes case of $100 bet

The Illinois Loss Recovery Act offers those on the losing side of an illegal bet a way to get their money back. Now, the state’s top court will review whether that law can apply to wagers made through a third-party sports gambling website.
By Adrianna Pitrelli

Indiana’s fetal tissue transport ban upheld

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that the law making it a felony to transfer fetal tissue in the Hoosier State is unconstitutionally vague.
By Andrew Maloney

Attorney who helped arts community dies at 82

Lawyers with Chicago’s arts and entertainment community are mourning the death of a man they say “almost single-handedly” revitalized a legal referral program that’s been used by hundreds of artists and art-related nonprofits.
By David Thomas

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Court questions successor judge's opinion in injury case

Picking the appropriate standard of review was a tricky proposition when Frank Russo appealed from an order that wiped out his $9.9 million judgment against Corey Steel — because the trial judge stepped aside during post-trial proceedings, and Corey Steel’s request for a new trial was granted by a successor judge based on his disagreement with the first judge’s ruling on expert testimony.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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High court settles use of vehicle damage photos to prove injury

The Illinois Supreme Court recently resolved a conflict between appellate districts regarding the admission of vehicle damage photographs in a personal-injury context.
By Norman Ruber

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Being heard on the topic of civility

Should lawyers and judges take a stand against incivility in their communities and workplaces? Can they stem the tide?
By Jayne Rizzo Reardon

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A low-stakes ‘Captain Marvel’ backstory now to save the universe later

Captain Marvel” has one job. That job is to explain the origin story of its titular shero well enough to justify her role in saving the universe when “Avengers: Endgame” opens on April 26.
By Rebecca L. Ford

Opening Statement

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‘Choir of Man’ rocks, but ‘Bronx Tale’ not as meaty as ‘Todd’

Did you hear the one about the theater critic who walked into a bar? Sounds like the setup to a punchline — but in fact that’s what critics and audiences are doing this month at Chicago Shakespeare on Navy Pier.
By Julian J. Frazin

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Close, but no cigar: Where’s the Academy’s love for Glenn?

Glenn Close’s 2019 Oscars dress weighed 42 pounds — 4 million tiny glass beads, hand-sewn on sheaths of golden fabric formed into a shimmering caftan — the vestment of a Hollywood high priestess.
By Rebecca L. Ford

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Windy City Playhouse takes on ‘Noises Off’

There’s an old joke about the lawyer who wanted to impress his aged mother.
By Julian J. Frazin
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Salvi Law at career day

Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C. partners Tara R. Devine and Jennifer L. Ashley presented about the legal profession during a career day program last week at Butterfield School in north-suburban Libertyville. The two helped students hold a mock trial in the case of B.B. Wolf v. Curly Pig. Photo provided by Salvi Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
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ABA’s Carlson at DePaul

American Bar Association president Bob Carlson, a shareholder with Corette Black Carlson & Mickelson P.C. in Butte, Mont., visited with students at the DePaul University College of Law on March 12. Photo provided by DePaul University/Jeff Carrion
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WBAI judicial reception

The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois hosted its annual judicial reception on March 7 at the Chicago Cultural Center. This year, WBAI honored four judges: (left to right) Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner, former Cook County Circuit Judge Russell W. Hartigan and 1st District Appellate Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham.
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CBF’ Campaign Kickoff

Winston & Strawn LLP hosted the kickoff reception for The Chicago Bar Foundation’s 2019 Investing In Justice Campaign on March 6. It’s the 13th year the CBF has held the campaign, which runs throughout March with more than 150 firms and organizations participating. Last year’s campaign raised $2.3 million in grants. Pictured at last week’s reception are Linda T. Coberly (left), Chicago managing partner at Winston & Strawn and the 2019 campaign chair, and CBF President Carrie J. Di Santo (right) of CME Group. Photo provided by The Chicago Bar Foundation

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Karen Kies DeGrand was named the new managing partner at Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth LLC last month. DeGrand was one of the original attorneys who formed the firm in 1995.
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Donohue Brown names DeGrand as managing partner
Trump International Hotel in Washington seen in a January 2018 file photo is the subject of a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeal Tuesday. The court will hear arguments in a lawsuit that alleges President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by profiting off the presidency.
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Appeals court to hear arguments in Trump hotel lawsuit
A federal appeals panel has affirmed the dismissal of claims brought by Richard Vartanian to reclaim this P-51D Mustang WWII-era fighter plane, “Geraldine,” pictured at the 2008 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. Vartanian bought a Mustang from the Canadian military in the 1960s, and his plane went missing from a New York hanger in the ’70s or ’80s. He alleged this plane is the one that was stolen and later sold to its current owners. In November 2017, a trial judge ruled the statute of limitations ran out on the claims.
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Panel: WWII plane-theft lawsuit filed ‘too late’
Catherine R. Landman (center), chief legal and human resources officer for the kitchenware company Corelle Brands, discusses lessons she’s learned in her legal career as part of a panel, “Where We Are, Where Do We Go From Here?” during The Chicago Bar Association’s inaugural Working Women’s Legal Summit on Friday. She was joined on the panel, one of several during the daylong program, by Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Barbara L. Dawkins (left), Schiff Hardin LLP managing partner Marci A. Eisenstein (right).
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CBA hosts daylong women’s legal summit
Illinois Supreme Court Justice P. Scott Neville Jr. looks on at the Appellate Lawyers Association reception on Wednesday at the Kimpton Hotel Allegro’s Walnut Room in the Loop. The Appellate Lawyers Association’s special honorees this year were Neville and former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman, both of whom served as 1st District appellate justices before ascending to the high court.
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Appellate Lawyers Association honors high court justices
Women Everywhere celebrated its 20th anniversary Thursday at Petterino’s, honoring Chief Cook County Judge Timothy C. Evans with its inaugural Steadfast Advocate Award. Pictured (left to right) are Gina M. Lencioni, law clerk to Appellate Justice Maureen E. Connors and a Women Everywhere board member; Rachael N. Toft, owner of the Law Offices of Rachael N. Toft and Women Everywhere’s planning committee co-chair; former circuit judge Diane Joan Larsen, a Women Everywhere board member; Evans; Circuit Judge Janet Adams Brosnahan, Women Everywhere president; and Sarah F. King, associate at Clifford Law Offices and Women Everywhere vice president.
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Women Everywhere celebrates 20 years