Happy New Year! As we say sayonara to 2015, and bring on 2016, we here at LauraLaw want to thank all of our faithful readers for following our blog and downloading our app (Apple & Andrioid) this year, helping us continue to … Continue reading
The holiday season is upon us and with that comes the joy of our children returning home from college to celebrate our favorite winter family traditions. Having our children away at school, we as parents are not naïve to the … Continue reading
Starting January 1, 2016, the Clerk of Courts in Cook County can only keep a maximum of $100 of your posted bond for fees and costs. Prior to passage of the new Act, the Clerk was entitled to 10% of … Continue reading
Black Wednesday? Blackout Wednesday? Biggest Bar Night of the Year? Whatever you choose to call the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, it has infamously become one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. This new age event isn’t just revered … Continue reading
Have you been putting off paying old parking tickets? Have you left your red light tickets, hoping they would just go away? Well, there’s good news and there’s bad news: the bad news is that your unpaid tickets won’t just … Continue reading
It was not long ago when we brought the attention of our readers to DUI issues. But with Octoberfest being celebrated this weekend in Chicago, we think that it is time to talk about DUI again; specifically about the problems of enforcing … Continue reading
Over the past year or so marijuana has become increasingly decriminalized throughout Illinois. Last year, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced that her office would not prosecute small marijuana possession cases, and at the beginning of this year, a … Continue reading
Another busy week, capped by a busy Friday, has led us to this 7:00 p.m. Fun Friday Frolic. Somewhere between driving all over Cook County for court and meeting with law clerk applicants and new clients in the office, we … Continue reading
In what is becoming one of our favorite features each month, our friend Samuel Partida, Jr. at IllinoisCaseLaw.com has posted his August 2015 update of criminal cases published in Illinois. Mr. Partida has created an excellent blog, and we honestly … Continue reading
Every semester/year I go through the same thing: I find a great law clerk who inevitably has to go back to school/graduates/fills up their new semester with lots of classes all day (silly them!). So every semester I inevitably go … Continue reading
