Legal News for Chicago, Illinois

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...

Betty Wright v. Advocate Healthcare Systems

Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory. 42 U.S. Code § 2000e-2 makes it illegal for employers, employment agencies, and labor unions to discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This includes practices like refusing to hire, discharging, or otherwise discriminating against individuals in com... More...

Bridget Krause v. PM. Mold Compnay, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory. AI Overview The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas like employment, public accommodations, and government services. The law aims to ensure that individuals with disab... More...

Nasim Ghebart v. Nationwide Credit and Collection, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Restrictions of Use of Telephone Equipment Act violation. AI Overview The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 restricts the use of automated calling equipment for telemarketing and other commercial purposes. Key restrictions include prohibiting unsolicited calls and texts to c... More...

Eddie Richardson v. Karim Kharbouch

Chicago, Illinois copyright lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over ownership of a song. In 2012, sixteen-year-old Eddie Lee Richardson enjoyed making instrumental hip-hop beats and uploading them to the internet under the moniker Hotwire the Producer. One beat Richardson crafted is titled “*Hood* Pushin Weight” (HPW). The track has all the trappings of a successful ... More...

State of Illinois v. Donald J. Trump

Chicago, Illinois, constitutional law lawyers represented the State of Illinois challenging the power of President. Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not eve... More...

State of Illinois v. Law Davison

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Law Davison, age 36, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman during a home invasion. Police said, around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Davison broke into a 38-year-old woman's home in the 2800 block of North Milwaukee Avenu, and sexually assaulted her.... More...

State of Illinois v. Derek Rucker

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple felony acts of assault and battery. Derek Rucker, age 37, was accused of attacking five women and one police officers at various locations across the City of Chicago.... More...

The People of the State of Illinois v. Matthew Smith

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Defendant was arrested and charged with a murder that occurred in the parking lot outside the Press Box bar in the early morning hours of August 11, 2012. Prior to a jury trial, defendant filed a motion in limine to suppress the eyewitness identifications from the two lineups ... More...

State of Illinois v. Joseph Czuba

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder Joseph Czuba, age 71, was accused of killing a six-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured his mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza.... More...

Patrick Jones, Jr. v. Lake County Sheriff's Office and Lawrnece Oliver

Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff. When Patrick Jones Jr. was in training to be a deputy sheriff, he offered to share what he thought was a study guide with his classmates in preparation for an up- coming test. As it turned out, the study guide was a cheat sheet for a prior version of the Illinois state law enforcement exam. After an investigation i... More...

State of Illinois v. Darius Bowdry, Harvey fisher, Alton Jackson, Kellen McMiller, Dujuan Wingard, Anthony Hemphill, and Keth Perkins

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First-Degree Murder, Burglary, and Retail Theft. “This case is a heartbreaking example of the threat that these organized retail theft operations pose to the entire community. Not only is the economic vitality of our city compromis... More...

Anushka Bubey, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security

Chicago, Illinois, immigration lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking review of adverse administrative decisions made by HHS. Five citizens of India, who came to the United States as students with F-1 visas, returned home for short periods and sought reentry. Officials at the air- ports where they arrived revoked their visas. The officials ordered expedited removal with respect to fou... More...

United States of America, et al. ex. rel. Ronald J. Streck v. Eli Lilly and Company

Chicago, Illinois, whistleblower lawyers represented the Plaintiff who used the Defendant on a qui tam theory. Relator Ronald Streck first publicly accused pharmaceutical companies of reporting falsely de- flated drug prices to the government in 2011. Over a decade later, a jury decided in his favor against Eli Lilly, one of the largest drug companies in the world. At a broa... More...