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The Honorable Judge James (Jim) M. Wexstten, 71, passed away at Greentree Assisted Living and Memory Care in Mount Vernon, Illinois, on April 10, 2022. Jim was born on April 29, 1950, in Pana, Illinois, to the late Henry and Doris (Ruppert) Wexstten. Jim grew up in Nokomis, Illinois. Jim married Darla Smith Wisely on August 3, 1982, in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Kenneth Eugene Mehochko died on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at the age of 75 in Fort Myers, Florida, after a brief battle with cancer.
Jay William Adams, 70, of Litchfield, died on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. He was born on July 17, 1951 in Urbana, the son of William and Verna June (Landes) Adams, but later moved to Litchfield in 1955.
Frederick “Fred” Michael Endres of Oakdale, Illinois, was born on January 9, 1940, in Peoria, Illinois, and was the only child of Helen and Alvin Endres. He passed away peacefully on February 8th, 2022 at home.
Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) and DiMonte & Lizak, LLC (D&L) have merged their Chicago-based law practices to form Robbins DiMonte, Ltd. at robbinsdimonte.com. The combination expands the firms’ collective capabilities in core practice areas including business and real estate, finance, litigation, and trusts and estates, while bolstering their already strong presence in the Chicagoland and Midwest markets. Led by CEO Andrew M. Sachs and President Riccardo A. DiMonte, the combined firm has 60 lawyers, with 40 staff and paralegals located across two offices in downtown Chicago and Park Ridge, Illinois.
Andrew Myron Liefer, 51, of Shiloh, IL, born April 18, 1970, in St. Louis, MO, died Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL.
Fortified by the Last Rites of Holy Mother Church and surrounded by his loving family, John William Huffman, aged 84, passed peacefully to his heavenly reward after a stroke at Memorial Hospital, Carbondale, Illinois.
Here are brief summaries of the 18 new Illinois laws that will go into effect on January 1, 2022.
Alan S. Ganz died peacefully at Evanston Hospital on October 31, 2021. He was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, the child of Alexander Ganz, a Ukrainian immigrant, and Joan Stropke.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is accepting applications from all qualified applicants for the position of Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Illinois. This position is headquartered in East St. Louis, Illinois. Deadline to apply has been extended to November 16, 2021.