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Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies lobbyists Patrick L. Carey (left), Darren Collier (center) and John F. Dunn (right) pose together at Cozen O’Connor’s office earlier this month. The law firm’s government relations subsidiary added the three professionals who each previously worked with Cozen colleague Patrick G. Martin during his time with McGuireWoods Consulting. – Photo provided by Cozen O’Connor/Andrew Collings

Cozen O'Connor adds three lobbyists in Chicago

Since Cozen O’Connor’s lobbying arm expanded to Chicago more than a year ago, the law firm’s subsidiary has added four lobbyists to its government relations team, including John F. Dunn, Darren Collier and Patrick L. Carey earlier this month.
By Sarah Mansur
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Asian bar leader Zhao aims to raise profile

A recent study, “A Portrait of Asian Americans in the Law,” revealed Asian Americans make up nearly 5% of lawyers in the country but remain woefully underrepresented in leadership positions throughout the profession.
By Sarah Mansur
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Judge OKs suit against defunct racetracks’ directors

It’s off to the races for a bankruptcy trustee, who got the go-ahead to seek $20 million he alleges was misappropriated by the directors of two defunct horse-racing tracks.
By Patricia Manson

Hospital patients can’t sue guard over hostage standoff

Two hospital patients trapped in their rooms after an inmate escaped and took hostages don’t have a case against the guard who unshackled the detainee, a federal appeals court held.
By Patricia Manson

Probationer’s social media ban argued before Supreme Court

The high court heard arguments Wednesday in a case brought by a convicted sex offender banned from social media as a result of his probation.
By Adrianna Pitrelli

$8.4M to mechanic exposed to asbestos

An Edwardsville law firm obtained a verdict of more than $8.4 million last month in St. Louis against Ford Motor Co. on behalf of a former mechanic exposed to asbestos in auto parts.
By Jordyn Reiland

High court suspends 23 lawyers, disbars seven

The state’s high court suspended 23 attorneys and disbarred seven in its latest round of disciplinary orders. The orders were entered Monday.
By Sarah Mansur

Judge: DOJ can’t withhold funds from ‘sanctuary’ cities

The Trump administration ran afoul of federal law and the U.S. Constitution when it tried to withhold grant money from so-called sanctuary cities, a judge ruled Thursday.
By Patricia Manson
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Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies lobbyists Patrick L. Carey (left), Darren Collier (center) and John F. Dunn (right) pose together at Cozen O’Connor’s office earlier this month. The law firm’s government relations subsidiary added the three professionals who each previously worked with Cozen colleague Patrick G. Martin during his time with McGuireWoods Consulting.
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Cozen O'Connor adds three lobbyists in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot holds the Sandra J. Otaka Trailblazer Award she was awarded Tuesday evening at the St. Jane Hotel during the annual Asian American Bar Association installation and award dinner. Standing to Lightfoot’s right is Jane Funk, an attorney at Xact Data Discovery and AABA board member, with new bar association President Gary Zhao with SmithAmundsen LLC on the mayor’s left.
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Asian bar leader Zhao aims to raise profile
Maywood Park shown in 2008. A federal judge last week denied a motion to dismiss eight counts in a lawsuit filed by the trustee of the Balmoral Racing Club Inc. and Maywood Park Trotting Association Inc. The trustee alleges the tracks’ directors made millions of dollars in unlawful payments to themselves and other individuals before the bankruptcy filing in 2014.
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Judge OKs suit against defunct racetracks’ directors
On Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak's first paid passenger run on a new route from Tacoma, Wash., to Portland, Ore., derailed onto Interstate 5 near DuPont, Wash., killing three people and injuring more than 60 others. On Friday, a jury in Tacoma federal court awarded nearly $17 million to three plaintiffs in a damages trial stemming from the incident.
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Amtrak derailment victims awarded $17M
Chief Cook County Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans speaks with reporters in a Daley Center hallway after he was voted into a record seventh term in office.
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Evans wins seventh term as chief judge