RSMD’s Stephanie Stewart will participate in addressing the Chicago Bar Association’s Business Divorce and Complex Ownership Disputes Committee on March 9, 2021, from 12:15-1:30 p.m. She and her co-presenter, ARDC Director of Education Melissa Smart, will address conflicts, confidentiality, and…

One product of the pandemic that lawyers and related professionals may have experienced, or may be experiencing, is a kind of stasis, a difficulty in moving beyond the tasks of the day toward a broader goal or better vision.…

RSMD’s Stephanie Stewart is part of the distinguished faculty for PLI’s October 6 webcast Illinois Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Attorneys 2020. Along with other practitioners, Stephanie will present her insights on the disciplinary system, educating new lawyers on the…

“Tea Leaves,” Manu Sankerms (CC-BY-SA 2.0)

The ARDC recently released its 2019 Annual Report. The tale it tells is a familiar one – declines in investigations and prosecutions, the latter down to 44. (For some reason, my…

“Basel Train,” Masakazu Matsumoto (CC-by- 2.0)
It’s been a hard and confusing time for so many, in so many ways, that it almost seems like folly to write a blog post sorting out the ethics of the difficulties…

“Closed,” Steve Snodgrass (CC-BY-2.0)
by Jim Doppke
Sometimes when I read about ever-accelerating innovations in legal tech, I come across articles about apps and programs dating from a few years ago. Not every one of them took off,…