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Michael Stillman

Monday, September 24, 2012

Mayor Blasts Legal Report for Ignoring Federal Criminal Investigation

Mayor Dave Heilmann charges that Godfrey and Kahn attorney Eric Wilson ignored federal criminal grand jury subpoena because of relationship to Trustee Tom Phelan, a former college fraternity brother. Read the federal subpoena.

Oak Lawn’s new “best seller” – the Godfrey and Kahn report – is apparently missing an important chapter, according to Mayor Dave Heilmann. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Voicing his frustration with the “one-sidedness” of the Wisconsin-based law firm’s probe into the former village attorney now known as Tressler LLP, Heilmann blasted Godfrey and Kahn attorney Eric Wilson’s omission of a federal grand jury subpoena. Read the mayor's timeline and the federal grand jury subpeona. Godfrey and Kahn was hired by the village in May 2011, to look into the findings into alleged overbillings and botched litigation of Tressler by attorney Burt Odelson, who maintained that missteps by the former village attorney …

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Patch Releases Part 4 of the Legal Investiation of the Former Village Attorney, Village Spends $453K To Settle With Law Firm for $470K, Exclusive: Oak Lawn Served With Federal Grand Jury Subpoena, and 7 more ›

Monday, February 27, 2012

Orland Township Super, Law Firm Founder Disagree On Firing Reason

Communication problem or retaliation? Why Odelson and Sterk aren’t representing Orland Township any more all depends on who is asked.

Orland Township recently removed the Odelson and Sterk law firm as legal counsel for the government unit after about 15 years. Paul O’Grady, township supervisor, said Thursday that the firm was let go because of “communications problems,” and that they were holdovers from the last township board. O’Grady didn’t specify when during the three years that the current township board has been in place that such issues were first noticed. “They were the prior board’s attorneys and we’re going in a new direction,” he said. The announcement was the first Burt Odelson, founding partner of the Evergreen Park-based firm, said he had heard of any problems with representing the township. He said he believes his firm was dismissed for a different reason…

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Orland Township Administrative Offices (in Orland Park Patch) and Odelson & Sterk (in Evergreen Park Patch)

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