Legal News for Chicago, Illinois

United States of America v. Ana A. Hernandez

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully interfering with housing rights. On March 16, 2024, ANA M. HERNANDEZ, age 70, threw a glass bottle containing oil and a washcloth—a device commonly known as a “Molotov cocktail”—onto her neighbor’s back porch in Chicago. The incendiary device started a fire on the wooden porch, but no one was... More...

Cheryl Lane, et al. v. Stericycle

Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on Equal Pay Act violation theories Stericycle sells waste-disposal services to healthcare organizations and commercial businesses. Its sales department includes two divisions: a national division, serving corporate entities including pharmacies; and a hospital division, serving hospitals and integrated delivery netw... More...

Shrella Benton v. Trans Union, L.L.C.

Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. AI Overview Common FCRA Violations & Penalties | Stein Saks, PLLC Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations involve credit bureaus (CRAs) or data furnishers messing up your credit report (like wrong balances, late payments, mixed files), not fixing disputes, reportin... More...

Ryan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a noti... More...

Ramona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P.

Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from ... More...

Dustin Dean Cooper v. Trans Union, L.L.C.

Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory under 15 U.S.C. 1681. AI Overview The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protects consumers from inaccurate, unfair, and irrelevant information in their credit reports, safeguarding against identity theft, data breaches, and unfair denial of credit or employment by ensuring th... More...

United States of America v. Annazette Collins

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and false statements and willful failure to file return information. After a career in the Illinois state legislature, Annazette Collins began evading tax liability.... More...

Tanya N. Svoboda and Antonella M. Ortiz Colosi v. Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Services, LLC

Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2021CH04516 Tanya Svoboda and Antonella Ortiz Colosi used a Virtual Try-On feature through Amazon’s mobile site and app to virtually test facial products like lip-stick and eyewear.... More...

United States of America v. Alfredo Rollins

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.... More...

State of Illinois v. Rasheed Griffin

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault/handicapped, aggravated battery/public place; and aggravated battery/pregnant/handicapped. Rasheed Griffin, 23 of Calumet City, accused of sexually assaulted a 35-year-old woman.... More...

United States of America v. Jimil Parmar

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending a threatening letter to a spiritual mission in suburban Chicago. n July 2023, Jimil Parmar, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, mailed a letter to the Sant Nirankari Mission in West Chicago, Ill. The letter stated, “CANCEL US CANADA TOUR IMMEDIATELY SRS ATTACK PLANNED.” The threat coincided with the visit of ... More...

United States of America v. Labar Spann

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal organization that terrorized the West Side of Chicago for two decades by committing murders, robberies, extortions, witness tampering, and drug dealing. The Four Corner Hustlers operated primarily in the Chicago neighborhoods of ... More...

The People of the State of Illinois v. Abhijit Patel

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder. Abhijit Patel, 28, is accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a sledgehammer in the family home.... More...

United States of America v. Minhaj Feroz Muhammad and Sufyan Feroze

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and private health care insurers and for participating in a money laundering conspiracy with the fraud proceeds. Minhaj Feroz Muhammad, 37, and Sufyan Feroze, 35, both of Naperville, owned and controlled, sometimes through straw owners, four clinical laboratories located in Illinoi... More...

United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán López

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnapping, distributing drugs, and money laundering. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, who succeeded his father, Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as “El Chapo,” as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal drug charges. “The Sinaloa Cartel is a terrorist or... More...

Julius H. Schoeps, et al. v. Sompo Holdings, Inc., et al.

Chicago, Illinois lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over the ownership of the Van Gogh Sunflowers. Vincent van Gogh painted Sunflowers in 1888. Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a German banker and art collector, later acquired the painting. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was the co-owner and director of an international bank, Mendelssohn & Co., which was one of the five ... More...

State of Illinois v. Lawrence Reed

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Lawarence Reed is accused of dousing a woman with gasoline and setting her on fire. The Defendant reportedly yelled three times in succession "I'm guilty", after the judge warned he could receive a life sentence for charges that include committing a terrorist attack. ... More...

United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U... More...

State of Illinois v. Jermaine Sutton

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Jermaine Sutton, of Chicago, was charged with murder and misdemeanor cannabis possession for shooting and killing a 57-year-old man.... More...

Eddie L. Bolden v. Angelo Pesavento, et al.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sue on civil rights violation theories claiming that he was wrongfully charged, convicted, and incarcerated. Bolden was arrested in February 1994 for the murders of Irving Clayton and Derrick Frazier and the attempted murder of Clifford Frazier. A jury found him guilty in October 1996, and he was sentenced to life... More...

Andrew D. Coe v. Darrin Atkins, et al.

Chicago, Illinois, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories. Andrew Coe sued four correctional officers and a doctor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging they were deliberately indifferent to his need for high-top shoes to manage his painful foot condition. To walk, Coe uses a cane and wears leg braces. When Coe a... More...

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with murder. Victor Hernandez, age 55, is accused of killing a woman.... More...

Jacquiline Pettitt v. The Procter & Gamble Distributing LLC

Chicago, Illinois, Commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of Contact actions.... More...

Penny Evans v. Fortune International, LLC

Chicago, Illinois, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Americans with Disabilities Act violaiton theory. AI Overview The Americans with Disabilities Act: A Brief Background ... An Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation occurs when a covered entity discriminates against a qualified individual with a disability in areas like employment, public s... More...

Tanisha Burress v. Western Avenue Nissan, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Racketeering (RICO) Act violation toery. AI Overview The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a federal law enacted in 1970 to combat organized crime. It allows prosecution for a "pattern of racketeering activity" involving at least two related criminal acts, known as "predica... More...