Jan Crawford Greenburg

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday could leave the City of Chicago stuck with paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages suffered by businesses and individuals in the Great...

Alan D. Blumenthal, a Chicago defense attorney who has scored notable victories for clients in state and federal criminal trials in recent years, has won another round: This time successfully...

No doubt Keith Van Horne became the target of nasty epithets-on and off the gridiron-while playing for the Chicago Bears. And presumably the 6-foot, 7-inch former offensive tackle, who tipped...

Unanswered by Monday's head-spinning events surrounding former Winston & Strawn managing partner Gary Fairchild-being charged with a crime, pleading guilty and going to jail-is the fate of similar allegations surrounding...

Faculty members and students at Northwestern University Law School have been embroiled in a hiring debate that centers on race, politics and ideology. The controversy has resulted in the loss...

As Illinois attorney general, the late William J. Scott experienced firsthand the relentless vigor of William Witkowski. So did former Gov. Otto Kerner, John Cardinal Cody, former Circuit Judge Reginald...

Chicago Board of Trade elections can be messy. Ask Michael J. O'Brien, a veteran agricultural trader at the world's oldest and largest futures market who is running for a seat...

For years, Michael E. Lavelle's name has been synonymous with elections in Chicago, Cook County and around the state. As a former chairman of the State Board of Elections and...

Criminal defense attorneys Rick Halprin and William P. Murphy say prosecutors are at it again-attempting to determine the source of fees paid to attorneys who represent drug dealers. Three Chicago...

A relative calm has descended over the Dirksen Federal Building and Courthouse, and the seeming lull in criminal trials there has caused an uneasy stirring among members of the federal...