Decorum and a delicate diagnosis

Back in 2013, the Illinois Appellate Court issued an opinion in a case dealing with whether to sanction a lawyer who publicly questioned the fairness and motives of 1st District justices who ruled against his client.The panel made the attorney defend his remarks. The lawyer was forthright in his apology to the court, and the panel accepted the apology without further punishment — but it delivered a …

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