Recent Updates
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Retired judges will hear divorce cases to clear backlog
Family Law 03/26/2022The Maine court system will assign retired judges to divorce proceedings to clear a growing backlog of more than 6,000 cases that have been delayed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.The program began last week and will assign the former jud...
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Not guilty plea entered in alleged drug deal slaying
Family Law 03/07/2022A defendant accused of fatally shooting a man because he didn’t want to pay him for a drug deal pleaded not guilty in Brown County Circuit Court Monday. Pedro Santiago-Marquez is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and being party to...
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Chicago Family Law Responsive Website Design
Family Law 07/28/2021What if you were searching for a lawyer? Wouldn’t this beautiful eye¬catching background make you feel empowered? Aren’t you drooling over this SEOfriendly design? Well, we are. For clients looking for lawyers, their mind is probably ...
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Bankruptcy proceedings can have long-term benefits
Family Law 07/22/2021Chicago Bankruptcy Law Firm Covers Bankruptcy in the Wake of COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the economy, leaving many families and business owners worried about how they will pay for even the most basic expenses. In the midst of this cris...
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Georgia court officials eye March for jury trial resumption
Family Law 02/06/2021Georgia court officials say they are hopeful jury trials will resume in March given the recent decline in coronavirus cases along with the rollout of vaccines.State Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold D. Melton signed an order on Sunday extending for ...
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Appeals court rejects Trump challenge of Pennsylvania race
Family Law 11/27/2020President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected the campaign’s latest effort to challenge the state’s election results. Trump’s lawyer...
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Tory Lanez pleads not guilty in Megan Thee Stallion shooting
Family Law 11/20/2020Rapper Tory Lanez pleaded not guilty through his attorney Wednesday to felony assault charges in the July shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion. Lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to counts of assa...
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Republicans face court setbacks, Trump law firm steps down
Family Law 11/14/2020Republicans suffered setbacks to court challenges over the presidential election in three battleground states on Friday while a law firm that came under fire for its work for President Donald Trump’s campaign withdrew from a major Pennsylvania ...
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Supreme Court issues flurry of last-minute election orders
Family Law 10/31/2020North Carolina, yes. Pennsylvania, yes. Wisconsin, no. That’s how the Supreme Court has answered questions in recent days about an extended timeline for receiving and counting ballots in those states. In each case, Democrats backed the extensio...
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Supreme Court pick Barrett draws on faith, family for Senate
Family Law 10/12/2020Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vows to be a justice “fearless of criticism” as the split Senate charges ahead with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump’s pick to cement a conservative court majority before ...
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Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks
Family Law 09/10/2020Hoping to replicate a strategy long seen as key to his appeal among conservative voters, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is adding 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates he's pledged to choose from if he has future vacancies ...
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Judge improperly removed mother's rights to children
Family Law 03/24/2020A Tennessee judge who recently came off probation for mishandling cases improperly stripped a mother’s parental rights without proper notice or a hearing, a state court said.The Tennessee Court of Appeals described the father as abusive to the ...