Maybe you will have better luck than I reading this page and a half court order from Friday’s Grafton Township separation of powers lawsuit. It follows Judge Michael Caldwell’s extensive 37-page decision from the Friday before last.
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The handwriting is that of Ancel Glink attorney Thomas DiCianni.
A major goal for DiCianni seems to have been to limit the damage done to his firm’s bottom line.
He requested that only his firm’s Keri-Lyn Krafthefer be basically banned from doing work for Grafton Township outside of the lawsuit.
Judge Michael Caldwell would not allow that.
He did agree to allow Ancel Glink to work for Grafton Township after Moore’s term of office expired.
If you can figure out what is in the order, please type it in a comment.
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Grafton Township Court Order Fires Pam Fender and Ancel Glick – Part 2
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What Happened about the Grafton Township Case in Judge Michael Caldwell’s Courtroom
This cause comes on status.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
1. Court clarifies that any finding or order contained in the body of the courts Mororandun Opinion and Order (Opinion) of December 10, 2010 is in effect and binding on the parties even if it is not contained in the finding or the “Order” sections of the Opinion, which are on pages 34 to 36 of the Opinion.
2. Court will determine if the preliminary injunction applies to the Ancel Glink law firm in entirety, or only to Keri-Lynn Krafthefer, with defendents counsel’s representation that Ancel Glink will not continue to serve as Grafton Township’s attorney.
3. Any injunction against the Ancel-Glink firm or Keri-Lynn Krafthefer serving as Grafton Township attorney expires when plaintiff leaves office of Supervisor of Grafton Township.
4. Matter continued to January 21, 2010 at 9 am for the parties to report on the status of implementation of all orders contained in the Opinion.
Prepared by Thomas DiCiani (Ancel-Glink)
Attorney for Defendants
Attorney Registration number 3127041
Judge Michael Caldwell
Read by John M Nelson
Do you think Judge Caldwell read it before he signed it? Maybe he had Attorney DiCianni read it to him…
The next order of the court should be for the attorney to write it out 100 times legibly. Judge Caldwell should have marked it “F” for penmanship and told him to re-write it!!!
What’s funny abou this is that DiCianni threw Keri-Lynn Kraftheifer under the bus. I guess they don’t want to give up that gravy train. A real victory for the township would have been Judge Caldwell prohibiting Ancel from contracting with Grafton again, based on the legal bills and litigation alone being darn near actionable. I think the time is right now for somebody NOT affiliated with the Trustees to position themselves to run for Linda’s spot and bring balance once again to the Force.
Won’t Linda be running for Linda’s current position?
What you are seeing is the scanned in version of a carbon copy. The attorneys, as a rule, do hand write the order in McHenry County. I am not familiar with procedures elsewhere.
Just a thought, why would anyone or any entity WANT to rehire an attorney or lawfirm that provided advice a judge and or appeals court disagreed with?
As I recall a different firm represented the township (while some of the same Trustees were in charge) with regard to the case about the plans for a multi-million dollar building. The Township didn’t win with the Judge then and it didn’t win on appeal either.
Now there is this new case where legal advice was provided, the Trustees took action accordingly, and it ended up in court where the Judge disagrees with what was done. The judge also confirms the right to terminate an employee AND the lawfirm.
Nothing personal against the current or past lawfirms, just looking at it with a common sense eye. If a bakery has a less than thrilling product or service, people usually don’t go back there. If the bakery is fine but just doesn’t suit your needs, you also usually don’t go back there. The bakery will likely still survive quite nicely – with other customers.