Dudley & Lake partner, Jesse Placher, was interviewed by WMBD-TV regarding a lawsuit the firm filed against Carle Health Methodist Hospital on behalf of the family of Logan Dunne. The complaint alleges Carle Health was negligent in their failure to supervise Dunne, allowing him to leave a secured psychiatric floor and walk out of the hospital without proper discharge protocol.…
Dudley & Lake Partner Kevin J. Golden recently filed a lawsuit against North Shore School District 112 following a deeply disturbing invasion of privacy at Edgewood Middle School and Highland Park High School. Read the Full Article Here: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/highland-park-school-bathroom-recording/
Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the Estate of a 55-year-old man who died as a result of septic shock caused by an undiagnosed anastomotic leak following a hernia repair surgery. Following a three-week trial in Cook County, the jury found in favor of the Plaintiff and determined the surgeon negligently discharged the patient from the hospital despite his worsening…
Kevin J. Golden has begun a two-year term as president of the Illinois Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). The American Board of Trial Advocates is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ABOTA is…
Congratulations to Dudley & Lake partner, Marisa Schostok, for being recognized by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin as one of the “40 Under Forty Attorneys to Watch” in Illinois for 2024! Each year since 2000, the Law Bulletin Publishing Company has recognized 40 attorneys in the state of Illinois, under the age of forty, who have demonstrated that they are…
Dudley & Lake, LLC congratulates Kevin J. Golden on being inducted as a Fellow into the International Society of Barristers. Kevin was inducted into the ISOB at the Annual meeting held from March 17-22, 2024 in Laguna Beach, CA. Membership into the ISOB is by invitation only which is proceeded by a rigorous screening process that considers the lawyer’s ability,…
We’re pleased to announce that attorney, John “Jack” Saletta, has joined Dudley & Lake, LLC. as an associate attorney. Learn more about Jack here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7174474718819856385/
Dudley & Lake, LLC. congratulates partners, J. Matthew Dudley, Kevin J. Golden, Marisa Schostok and Alex Campos for being recognized by Super Lawyers for 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7173384783262105600
Dudley & Lake attorneys, Marisa Schostok and Matt Dudley (not pictured) were honored at the JVR Trial Lawyer Excellence Awards when they received the 2022 award for Highest Reported Lake County Settlement. The award was for the settlement of $20,000,000.00 for a 13-year-old girl who suffered a permanent hypoxic brain injury due to the medical negligence of a local hospital…
The following article was published on Patch on March 14, 2023. FRANKFORT, IL — An attorney representing the family of a former officer with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department who committed suicide in the Will County Jail last year after being arrested on domestic assault charges has filed a wrongful death suit against the sheriff’s office and jail, claiming that…