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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House on Oct. 3. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, McCarthy said Wednesday that he’s resigning from his congressional seat.

Kevin McCarthy says he’s leaving Congress by year’s end

ARDC review board splits over shortening sanction advice

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Tossing of Cook County fleet manager’s termination suit affirmed

FBI chief makes fresh pitch for surveillance tool renewal

Sharon Oden Johnson

Panel nixes suit against Chicago over retiree health benefits

Supreme Court signals upholding foreign income tax, leaves wealth tax for later

Takata inflators watched after driver hurt in Chicago

Killer of Eddy Curry’s child, ex fails in bid to ARDC review board

Romanucci & Blandin marks 25 years

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Polish-American attorneys host fundraiser

The Advocates Society, an association of Polish-American lawyers, hosted its annual Scholarship Foundation fundraiser last week at Maggiano’s in Chicago. Shown are Alexandra Golota, attorney and president of the Legion of Young Polish Women, from left; John Pikarski of Gordon & Pikarski; 1st District …
CBF holds fall benefit at museum

Nearly 2,000 attendees from Chicago’s legal community gathered Saturday to support and celebrate the Chicago Bar Foundation’s mission at the Museum of Science & Industry. Shown are event co-chairs Robert Collins of Latham & Watkins and Kathy Malamis of Zurich North America. Photo courtesy of the CBF
Clifford scholar named at DePaul

Seattle University law professor Seth Katsuya Endo, left, spoke on “Professional Conduct Rules as Procedural Gap Filler” at DePaul University. Endo received the 2023 Clifford Scholar-in-Residence Award from Wendy Netter Epstein, associate dean of research and faculty professional development at the …
WBAI honors lawyers, legislators

The Women’s Bar Association of Illinois hosted its Top Women Lawyers, Legislators, and Legal Employers in Leadership event in Leadership awards event in October. Shown are Top Women Lawyers in Leadership awardees with WBAI President Whitney K. Siehl. They are, from left, Kyle Deal, accepting for Diana …
Salvi receives Bar Foundation award

Patrick A. Salvi Sr., founder and managing equity partner of the Law Offices of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., received the Illinois Bar Foundation’s “Distinguished Award for Excellence” at the 2023 IBF Black Tie Gala at the Four Seasons. The award honors an individual who has made remarkable …
Immigrant Justice Center hosts pro bono event

The National Immigrant Justice Center Associate Leadership Board hosted its annual Pro Bono Celebration at DLA Piper last week. Shown are board and staff including Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy, in scarf in front, and associate leadership board co-chairs Anna Mikulski of Katten Muchin Rosenman …
Catholic Lawyers Guild celebrates Red Mass

The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago celebrated its 89th annual Red Mass and Reception in October at Holy Name Cathedral. Attendees included awardee Daniel R. Murray, front row from left, former CLG president Jean M. Gaspardo, Appellate Justice Ramon Ocasio III, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth M …
ABOTA hosts annual series event

The Illinois Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) hosted its second annual James Otis Lecture Series last month, welcoming 180 Chicago public high school students and teachers to Chicago-Kent College of Law for civics education. Speakers included, from left, Jill M. Webb, Honorable Lorna …

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House on Oct. 3. Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, McCarthy said Wednesday that he’s resigning from his congressional seat.

Kevin McCarthy says he’s leaving Congress by year’s end

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who visited Chicago in 2010, reminds the umpires to be fair after delivering the first ball to the crew before a game between the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field. Legal leaders spoke of her influence after her death Friday.

O’Connor impressed, inspired Chicago judges, legal leaders

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger in the court's conference room in Washington, Sept. 25, 1981. Justice O'Connor's husband John holds two family Bibles. The White House via AP

Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on Supreme Court, dies at 93

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans planned to object to the legitimacy of the action. The panel’s Democratic chairman, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, pushed through the vote in the meeting’s final moments after Republicans walked out of the meeting.

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in Supreme Court ethics probe

Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, is shown at the Field Museum in 2018. For years, Sue was at the center of a legal battle, and the latest dispute involves who inherits what's left of the money created by the sale of Sue.

Proceeds from sale of Sue the T-rex at center of inheritance dispute