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Cooper

Bread & Collinsville Circuses
8/18/2007 6:00 AM -Dicta
Asbestos magnate Jeff Cooper was recently airbrushed in a media report as a nationally renowned home-grown super-lawyer dangling a $100 million carrot before the lords of horseradishville.
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Judge Judy

Judge Judy
7/28/2007 10:30 AM -Dicta
It could be a doozy of an '08 Southern Illinois Democratic primary election: Working-class incumbent of coal-mining descent versus ambitious personal injury trial lawyer.
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John Edwards

Bank of Tillery
6/17/2007 10:00 AM -Dicta
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards relied heavily on trial lawyer cash during his failed bid for the White House in 2004. He vowed his fund-raising efforts this time around would be "far more diversified."
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Mentor

Mr. Maag the mentor
4/7/2007 4:00 PM -Dicta
Dicta sleuths recently confirmed that the notorious Edwardsville Pizza Hut plaintiff is THE Amanda Verett, a Madison County family law attorney.
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Serial suer

Door control legislation
3/18/2007 1:37 PM -Dicta
Pizza Hut plaintiff Amanda Verett inspired an outpouring of unsympathetic jabs on www.fark.com last week.
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Making a Comeback

St. Clair Squares
3/3/2007 12:56 PM -Dicta
It's on the map because it's a retail mecca, not a bastion of political intrigue.
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Blew it

Don't blow it
2/4/2007 7:58 AM -Dicta
St. Clair County Judge Patrick Young saved his breath. He's apparently poised to proclaim innocence in the matter of his December DUI arrest.
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Party Bus
1/14/2007 6:54 AM -Dicta
Curiously, the St. Clair County Bar Association's annual "Judicial Night" is not going to be held in-county this year.
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Webmeister

Dr. No Mo
12/24/2006 1:03 PM
Alton doc Charles Earnshaw surrendered his medical license for good during a hearing Wednesday before a review board of the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation (DPR), several sources tell Dicta.
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With power

Bad hair days
12/10/2006 2:03 PM -Dicta
Recent power outages have devastated the region, displacing familes, disrupting businesses and otherwise making life miserable for lots of folks in the Metro area.
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