Each comprehensive and concise chapter of this handy resource is a no-nonsense discussion of the common elements in assorted Illinois causes of action. Topics covered in this handbook include pleadings, discovery, conversion, quo warranto, mandamus, class action, interpleader, unauthorized practice of law, injunctions, actions in accounting, federal actions in Illinois state courts, and removal and remand from federal court.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 — Pleadings
Timothy W. Kelly, Kelly & Castagna, LLC, Bloomington
Chapter 2 — Petition To Perpetuate Testimony
Nathaniel O. Brown, Weilmuenster, Keck & Brown, P.C., Belleville
Chapter 3 — Discovery Before Suit To Identify Parties
Nathaniel O. Brown, Weilmuenster, Keck & Brown, P.C., Belleville
Chapter 4 — Adding Respondents in Discovery
Nathaniel O. Brown, Weilmuenster, Keck & Brown, P.C., Belleville
Chapter 5 — Actions in Accounting
Richard L. Whitman Sr., The Whitman Law Office, Monmouth
Chapter 6 — Conversion
S. Linn Perkins and Wesley D. Enz, Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC, Peoria
Chapter 7 — Quo Warranto
Kimberly E. Rients Blair and Robert F. Merlo, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Mandamus
Kimberly E. Rients Blair and Robert F. Merlo, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Class Action
Alex B. Mahler and Jenna K DiJohn, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Interpleader
Alex B. Mahler and Rebecca E. Bennett, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago
Chapter 11 — Unauthorized Practice of Law
Douglas M. Belofsky, Law Offices of Douglas Belofsky PC, Northbrook
Chapter 12 — Federal Actions in Illinois State Courts
Mark L. Hellner, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Chicago
Chapter 13 — Removal & Remand from Federal Court
Ryan R. Bradley, Koester & Bradley, LLP, Champaign, Jeshel Forrester, Rotorua New Zealand, William R. Graham Jr., Champaign
Chapter 14 — Injunctions
Mark L. Hellner, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Chicago
