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- Jack Leyhane
- For over 40 years I concentrated my law practice in insurance coverage, insurance litigation, insurance defense, and civil appeals. Although I am currently retired from active practice, I continue to serve as an Arbitrator in Cook County Municipal and Law cases. I am also certified as a Mediator in the Cook County Law Division Major Case Court-Annexed Civil Mediation Program and the Chancery Division Mediation Program.
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- Guest Post: Dr. Klumpp evaluates the March primary
- Five suggestions to improve judicial evaluations a...
- Three employees of the Chief Judge's Office have t...
- Supreme Court results illustrated
- Guest post: Sean Tenner analyzes the primary results
- What will the mail-in ballots bring?
- Starting to look at yesterday's results: There's a...
- Cushing wins in the 9th Subcircuit
- Appointed Judges Fallon and Patton win at either e...
- Cliffhanger in 3rd Subcircuit
- Pamela Reaves-Harris wins 7th Subcircuit seat
- Jill Rose Quinn wins, county Democratic Party slat...
- Henry will hold the Murphy Gorman vacancy
- Levander "Van" Smith, Jr. leads in the race for th...
- Tiesha L. Smith leads in the race for the countywi...
- Hyman, Johnson apparent winners in Appellate Court...
- McAuley election results
- Two of the three slated countywide Latinas are lik...
- Suburbs giving Justice Neville a lead in the Supre...
- Mescall, Glennon emerging from the field in crowde...
- Judge Sondra Nicole Denmark in 2nd Subcircuit clif...
- 9th Subcircuit results so far
- Dempsey, Marubio lead in the 10th
- Tristan, Tirado leading in the 14th Subcircuit
- Justice Hyman has a significant lead in the suburb...
- Appellate Court races -- Griffin may be in trouble
- Suburb numbers coming in
- While we're waiting for county numbers, let's look...
- No county numbers yet
- Very, very early election returns
- Start here for the most complete information about...
- Second Ward offers endorsements in Cook County jud...
- 15th Ward Democratic Party offers recommendations ...
- Cook County judicial endorsements from competing f...
- Tenth Ward offers only two judicial recommendations
- Berwyn Township Democrats make endorsements in Coo...
- 30th Ward Democrats offer choices in Cook County j...
- 18th Ward Democrats endorse Howse, otherwise follo...
- 42nd Ward Democratic Organization hews closely to ...
- Guest Post: Bonnie McGrath responds to Injustice W...
- 29th Ward Democrats depart from judicial slate in ...
- Let's talk about what the courthouse shutdown does...
- The court will be in recess... for 30 days... but ...
- Wait... I thought shills weren't supposed to have ...
- This isn't a virus... it's a snowball rolling down...
- Organizing the Data: 13th Subcircuit - Kulys Hoffm...
- Organizing the Data: 14th Subcircuit - Lacy vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 15th Subcircuit - Griffin vac...
- Coronavirus at the courthouse
- Organizing the Data: Countywide K. Sheehan vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide C. Sheehan vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Roti vacancy
- BREAKING: St. Patrick's Day Parades cancelled!
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Murphy Gorman vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Mason vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Larsen vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 10th Subcircuit - O'Brien vac...
- Organizing the Data: 10th Subcircuit - McGing vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 9th Subcircuit - Luckman vacancy
- Yes, there are a lot more campaign websites in the...
- Organizing the Data: 8th Subcircuit - Fleming vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 7th Subcircuit - Jackson vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 6th Subcircuit - Nega vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 3rd Subcircuit - Flynn vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Ford vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Countywide Bellows vacancy
- Organizing the Data: 2nd Subcircuit - "A" vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Appellate Court - Simon vacancy
- Organizing the Data: Appellate Court - Neville, Jr...
- Organizing the Data: Supreme Court - Freeman vacancy
- Final set of Alliance primary grids for the March ...
- Chicago NOW PAC makes endorsements in several Cook...
- Latest and greatest Alliance grids (as of the afte...
- CBA Symphony Orchestra and Chorus to perform "Bohe...
- Kerrie Maloney Laytin: In her own words
- 41st Ward Dems make endorsements in several Cook C...
- United Hellenic Voters of America announce endorse...
- LGBTQ Impact offers endorsements in Cook County ju...
- Ricky Hendon offers Cook County judicial endorsements
- Ald. Cardenas offers endorsements in several Cook ...
- Niles Township Dems back Silverstein and Foutris i...
- Alliance grids: More blanks filled in
- Injustice Watch has a Judicial Primary Guide
- Chris Stacey: In his own words
- 49th Ward Dems announce judicial choices
- Those pesky Russians are back
- Justice Charles E. Freeman, 1933-2020
- Ald. Michele Smith makes endorsements in several C...
- American Middle East Voters Alliance Political Act...
- Alliance grids -- further updates
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If I have failed to respond to your Facebook message, it's not entirely my fault - From Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich. I launched my Facebook account in 2009 with some trepidation -- *would my kids friend me?* -- and...
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CWB Judge List - Part One - *The crew over at CWB has a list of judges* that you ought to do your due diligence on: - *CWB Chicago does not endorse or recommend judges or...4 hours ago
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‘Chicago is not a world-class city’ / Who sent you that? / ‘Your router snitches’ - *‘Chicago is not a world-class city.’ *And it can’t be, *Sun-Times* columnist Neil Steinberg says, as long as it finishes dead last in a ranking of U.S. ci...19 hours ago
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Here are some things to know before you vote for —or against — these Cook County judges (Part 1) - CWB Chicago does not endorse or recommend judges or candidates for political office. In the past, we have provided subscribers with information about Cook ...1 day ago
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Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies - {mag_summary}Updated: Melissa Hart, the chair of the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, died Thursday. Hart, who reti...3 days ago
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This judge up for retention faced a flood of reversals - [image: An illustration of a woman in a black robe behind a wave of paper] The Illinois Appellate Court has repeatedly overturned and criticized decisions...4 days ago
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Swift Falling - I’ve been pretty excited about the mission to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory satellite, which is why since January I have had a widget in the ...5 weeks ago
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Financial peril by law school - Paul Campos, whose long-defunct blog Inside the Law School Scam inspired our name, has just published "Is Your Law School Going Broke? A field guide for ...1 month ago
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Todd S. Schenk Named Attorney Intel’s Top 25 Financial Services and Insurance Attorneys of 2025 - Tressler is proud to announce that Todd S. Schenk has been named Attorney Intel’s Top 25 Financial Services and Insurance Attorneys of 2025. Read more…1 year ago
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Joliet mayor calls for donations to pay funeral costs for survivors of 7 relatives killed during shooting rampage - Joliet's mayor asked the public to contribute to the grieving families of those killed during a deadly rampage that left seven people dead.2 years ago
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House passes bill to enhance child tax credit, revive key tax breaks for businesses - The House has passed a roughly $79 billion tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for millions of families and restoring three key tax breaks for b...2 years ago
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UN Special Rapporteur Releases Guantánamo Report - On June 26, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Fionnuala Ní Aoláin released her report following a technical visit t...3 years ago
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Failure to Challenge Damages Expert Via Post-trial Motion Dooms Lawyer’s Attack on Legal Malpractice Jury Verdict - Midwest Mailing & Shipping Systems, Inc. v. Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg, 2023 IL App (1st) 220562-U illustrates in sharp relief the consequences...3 years ago
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Ketanji Brown Jackson actually said a couple of things that should make the other side happy.... - Now that KBJ has been sworn in as a Supreme Court justice to replace the justice she clerked for way back when, Stephen Breyer, it's time to take note o...4 years ago
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Mail in ballots still need to be accounted for. I wouldn't celebrate yet if I were Neville
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