William Grady

Are lawyers being hung out to dry these days as federal prosecutors go after the people who launder drug money? Last week, lawyer Richard Goldstein was sentenced to 15 years...

The cozy appellate courtroom on the 30th floor of the Daley Center was a decidedly smaller stage than the one on which he once had starred at the Dirksen Federal...

And then there were 12. The commission that is screening candidates for the job of U.S. attorney in Chicago reportedly has made its first round of cuts. Remaining in contention...

The Cook County state's attorney's office seems to be on a mission these days to keep the streets of Chicago free of gangbangers, murderers and-gasp-Good Samaritan nurse-anesthetists. Jurors, though, saw...

The courts are often seen as a safeguard against encroachments on our fundamental liberties. But, from the numbers in a recent federal report on eavesdropping, it doesn't appear that judges...

One of the heavy hitters in Chicago's lineup of matrimonial-law firms is preparing to defend itself in an unusual legal-malpractice complaint that's set for trial in June. But if this...

It may take a bit more time before Susan Sher becomes comfortable in the oversized chair behind the desk of her new office at Chicago's City Hall. In fact, she...

Fearing Illinois is facing a losing battle in its efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect, a Downstate judge has suggested that forced birth-control may be an alternative in...

For more than a decade now, federal law has allowed judges to award attorney fees to people who have been successful in arguing that they have been denied rights guaranteed...

Around the Dirksen Federal Building, the word among courtroom staffs is that the judges' secretaries don't come much better than Marie K. Williams. She is a seasoned professional, they say,...