ZRFM News
Record $19 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Recovered for McHenry County Boy
David McArdle, senior partner of the Crystal Lake, Illinois, law firm Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, has announced the settlement of a medical malpractice lawsuit for $19 million on behalf of a McHenry County boy who suffered a serious brain injury during a...
Developments Around ’Penny Per Push’ Video Gaming Tax
March 10, 2020 The Village of Oak Lawn made recent headlines with a new concept to generate tax revenue from video gaming. Oak Lawn implemented a “penny per push” amusement tax which, as the name suggests, taxes a video game user one cent for every spin on a video...
City and ZRFM Prevail in Case Defining DUI Law
September 17, 2019 In a recent opinion issued in City of McHenry v. Kleven, the Second District Appellate Court held that a police officer’s failure to continuously observe the defendant prior to submission of a breathalyzer test did not require exclusion of the...
We Hope to See You at the IML Conference!
September 17, 2019 Several ZRFM attorneys will be active at the IML Conference this Thursday-Saturday, September 19-21. Please join us for “FOIA/OMA in the Internet Age” on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Stevens Salon A-5. We will be presenting alongside Assistant...
What Every Municipality Really Needs to Know (and Do) About Recreational Cannabis
July 17, 2019 If you feel inundated with the flurry of updates about the legalization of recreational cannabis in Illinois, we hope this provides you a practical summary of what you really need to know and what actions can be taken: The law is not effective until...
Ruth Schlossberg to Speak at 5th Annual Local Government Law Institute
November 1, 2017 Ruth Schlossberg will be speaking at the “5th Annual Local Government Law Institute” to be held Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at the One North Wacker Conference Center (second floor of UBS Tower) in Chicago. For the first time, there will also be a...
Live Podcast Recording at the IML Conference
September 20, 2017 The next episode of the Illinois Local Government Podcast will be recorded live at the Illinois Municipal League Annual Conference this Friday from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. The topic of the Podcast is Illinois’s Video Gaming laws and its impact on...
Introducing ZRFM’s Illinois Local Government Law Podcast
April 20, 2017 ZRFM is proud to announce its inaugural publication of the Illinois Local Government Law Podcast. The Illinois Local Government Law Podcast seeks to provide an insightful discussion on topics concerning Illinois's municipalities, counties and townships....
ZRFM Invites You to a Seminar for Local Government Officials
April 6, 2017 ZRFM invites you to join other newly elected officials, as well as administrators, managers, and long-standing elected officials at a seminar on May 6, 2017, dealing with the ABCs of local government. Get a jump start on: The fundamentals of local...
Crystal Lake Chamber Honors ZRFM’s 40-Year Membership
April 14, 2016 The Crystal Lake-based law firm of Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle — the largest law firm in McHenry County — recently received an award from the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce recognizing its 40 years as a member of the organization. Located at...
Melissa Cooney Appointed to Illinois Supreme Court Committee
February 16, 2016 Effective Jan. 1, 2016, ZRFM Attorney Melissa J. Cooney has been appointed to a three-year term on the Illinois Supreme Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness. Cooney is one of six appointees representing the Second District of Illinois, which...
ZRFM Welcomes New Attorney
Jacob D. Caudill has entered practice at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle after receiving his juris doctor in 2015 magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law. Before coming to ZRFM he clerked both for ZRFM and for another law firm in Peru,...