I had a jury trial in Henry County last week in a case where a guy shot a teenager with a shotgun. The case and the verdict were both interesting, so the local newspaper picked up the story, which ran today. If you’re a subscriber, you can click here – otherwise read these snippets from [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Quad Cities’
September 28, 2007
Michael Warner & Associates Updated Website
My firm, Michael J. Warner & Associates, just updated our other website, http://www.mjwlaw.com – check it out. Not only do you get to see some of our success record, but you get pictures of my shining, happy face! Actually, I seem to have awkwardly positioned myself against a judge’s bench in the Rock Island Justice [...]
August 23, 2007
Rock Island County Arbitration Statistics
I attended a meeting today regarding Rock Island County Arbitration cases. The goal of the meeting was to decide what statistics the county should keep on these cases to help attorneys and arbitrators value cases.
The statistics they kept for the last year were very interesting:
19 – number of cases tried to a jury between June [...]
June 13, 2007
The last horse finally crosses the finish line
From the paper today… the Scott County Courthouse (Davenport) will finally be getting security measures like every other courthouse I go to. Congrats!
I’m still a little concerned about the fact that most courthouses let anyone in without question as long as they are wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, and carry themselves like a lawyer. [...]
May 25, 2007
RIP Henry County Courthouse’s Jim Raes
Well this is a sad one… it seems Jim Raes, the baliff at the Henry County courthouse passed away the other day. Here’s an article on his career.
He was always a nice guy.
(Howard Zimmerle is a lawyer, practicing in Henry County Illinois)
