J. MATTHEW DUDLEY, co-founder of the firm of Dudley & Lake in Libertyville, Illinois, will be installed as the 68th President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) on Friday, June 4, 2021, during its virtual board meeting. Dudley, 53, received his law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993 and his bachelor’s degree from the…
By Jessie M. Molloy Chicago Daily Law Bulletin May 19, 2021 Two Winnebago County motorcycle riders who were seriously injured in a 2019 crash have settled their case for $5.3 million. Cook County Circuit Judge Karen L. O’Malley dismissed the case on May 12 following a mediation before retired Cook County judge Michael Hogan of ADR Systems. Jeffery Rudd, of Machesney Park, and Kimberly Ingram, of…
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The Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) has named Kevin J. Golden as a Fellow of the peer-selected and invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. Attorneys named as Fellows have been vigorously vetted for effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation as well as ethical reputation. Membership in LCA is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half on one percent of the American…
On June 23, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Illinois ABOTA Chapter appointed Kevin J. Golden the Treasurer of ABOTA Illinois. ABOTA is a national organization of civil trial lawyers comprised of an equal number of plaintiff and defense attorney who share the common goal of preserving the right to trial by jury afforded by the Seven Amendment to the…
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From the Chicago Tribune… read the original article here Officials at Sunset Ridge School District 29 in Northfield said this week that an allegedly confusing state law regulating background checks for school employees is partly to blame for their failure in preventing a man with a criminal history from working as a custodian and food service worker. According to a…
Dudley & Lake attorneys Kevin J. Golden and Alex Campos have filed suit on behalf of a teacher at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield against David Garcia-Espinal – the man accused of hiding cameras in bathrooms at the school – and the two contractors that employed him. Garcia-Espinal has been wanted on a warrant since mid-January on charges that he…
Dudley & Lake attorney Kevin J. Golden was recently featured in in a Chicago Tribune article regarding the suit on behalf of a Sunset Ridge School teacher who was one of the individuals secretly recorded in a school bathroom by a man working at the school in maintenance and food service. The suit filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court…
Kevin Golden was recently featured on CBS News segment regarding an unsafe Metra railroad crossing case: Read the full article Here