Status: Pending
Attorneys Burton Odelson and Mark Sterk sued over statements in the anonymous Proviso Insider blog (provisoinsider.blogspot.com; no archive before 2008) that they were going to be indicted for advising a local school board member on how to lie to a grand jury. Although originally filed against a John Doe defendant, the plaintiffs amended the suit to claim that the statements were written by District 209 School Board President Emanuel "Chris" Welch. While Welch says that he contributes to the blog, he denies writing the statements at issue in the suit. On June 26, 2008, Welch filed his own suit against Odelson and Sterk, as well as his former employer, alleging that they conspired to fire him after removing Odelson and Sterk’s law firm as counsel to the school board.
Links and Court Documents:
Docket: https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/Finddock.asp?DocketKey=CAAH0L0AAIIAH0LD
http://www.prairiestateblue.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3382
http://forestparkreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=3&ArticleID=2849&TM=76073.96
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-proviso-legal-fees_24jun24,0,1234016.story
http://forestparkreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=38&ArticleID=3304&TM=29435.78
http://provisoinsider.blogspot.com/2008/06/proviso-board-president-chris-welch_26.html
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