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The Illinois House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to impeach the Pepperdine University School of Law’s most prestigious alum, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, this Friday morning on the grounds of abuse…
January 9, 2009Read More
Top aides to President-elect Barack Obama are lawyering up, in anticipation of questioning in the probe of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s alleged attempt to sell Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Rahm Emanuel,…
December 26, 2008Read More
Above the Law has announced its Lawyer of the Year, based on a reader poll. And it’s exactly who you’d expect. The lowest tally of votes? I would have expected…
December 24, 2008Read More
Bradley Lerman, a partner at Chicago’s Winston & Strawn who has represented Illinois Governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, is leaving the law firm to join Brooklyn-based pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Lerman will…
December 24, 2008Read More
Time Magazine has published its Person of the Year issue, and has shocked the world by choosing the come-from-behind candidate, Barack Obama</sarcasm>. The issue includes Obama, four runners-up, and twenty…
December 23, 2008Read More
Indicted Governor Rod Blagojevich’s attorney will challenge the lawfulness of the court-ordered wiretaps offered as evidence in federal corruption allegations against the Illinois Democrat. Chicago attorney Ed Genson criticized FBI…
December 19, 2008Read More
Apparently, indicted Illinois Governor MIlorad “Rod” Blagojevich is a lawyer, but not a very good one. From US News & World Report’s “10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rod Blagojevich”:…
December 18, 2008Read More
Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will retain Edward Genson, of Chicago’s Genson & Gillespie today, according to news sources. Genson is best known for defending former Hollinger CEO Conrad Black…
December 15, 2008Read More
The speaker of the Illinois house is convening a special panel to determine if Governor Rod Blagojevich should be impeached on corruption charges. Also, an internal review by the Obama…
December 15, 2008Read More
We reported yesterday that embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was no longer using Chicago’s Winston Strawn to defend him against Federal charges. Today the Chicago Business News reports that Blagojevich…
December 11, 2008Read More
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