The following column by ITLA President J. Matthew Dudley appeared in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on Thursday, June 17, 2021.   New ITLA president charts course for term Initially, I want to express how honored I am to have the privilege of serving as president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.  Our organization has…

The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the William J. Harte Amicus Volunteer Award for 2021. These individuals are recognized for their dedicated volunteer service and professional efforts on behalf of the ITLA Amicus Curiae Committee in preparing legal briefs before the Illinois Supreme and Appellate Courts over the…

J. MATTHEW DUDLEY, co-founder of the firm of Dudley & Lake in Libertyville, Illinois, will be installed as the 68th President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) on Friday, June 4, 2021, during its virtual board meeting. Dudley, 53, received his law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1993 and…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Effingham Daily News on April 28, 2021.   Legislation concerning prejudgment interest in civil cases, now on the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, is a compromise between the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Illinois Hospital Association, the Health Care…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Bloomington Pantagraph on April 10, 2021. The same letter was also published in the Daily Herald on April 12, 2021, titled “Lawsuit interest bill is true compromise.”   Pritzker should sign civil lawsuit bill Legislation concerning prejudgment interest…

The following op-ed by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Rockford Register Star on April 11, 2021.   Senate bill will bring greater fairness to Illinois legal system Justice delayed is justice denied – a tenet of our state and federal constitutions in criminal matters, but one that is no less…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on Monday, March 29, 2021.   Compromise bill on prejudgment interest heads to governor’s desk For a person who has suffered a life-altering injury, incurred onerous medical expenses, or lost a loved one who…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr was submitted to the Chicago Tribune in response to an editorial.   A recent editorial (Gov. Pritzker, protect ‘health care heroes’ from excess litigation; March 3, 2021), which imagines an impending wave of COVID-related lawsuits and argues that nursing homes and health…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Quad City Times on February 23, 2021.   For a person who has suffered a life-altering injury, incurred medical expenses or, even worse, lost the family breadwinner due to another party’s malfeasance or negligence, delays in resolving their…

The following letter to the editor by ITLA President Larry R. Rogers, Jr. was published in the Chicago Tribune on Saturday, February 20, 2021.

The fear-mongering assertions contained in a Feb. 17 editorial merely echo the cries of corporate front groups that spend millions every year promoting rigged polls and phony studies to make false assertions about so-called “lawsuit abuse” and “judicial hellholes.” 

House Bill 3360 eliminates the unfair financial benefits businesses reap from prioritizing profits over people and their pain. The measure incentivizes corporations and insurers to promptly and timely resolve meritorious claims instead of dragging cases out for years, a practice that disproportionately harms lower-income and minority plaintiffs who are cannot withstand the loss of income from being unable to return to work.