BG Files New Lawsuits on Behalf of 193 Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Cook County, IL Juvenile Court System

Bailey Glasser and co-counsel have filed another round of new complaints on behalf of 193 survivors of sexual violence and abuse against the State of Illinois; the Office of the Chief Judge for Cook County, Illinois; the Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice employees, alleging these entities failed to protect children from rampant sexual abuse perpetrated by adult employees at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (formally known as the Arthur J. Audy Home).

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BG Summer Associate Spotlight: Noah Wilbur

For our final Summer Associate Spotlight, Bailey Glasser has the pleasure of welcoming back Noah Wilbur who began his legal journey at BG as a paralegal in our Washington, D.C. office before embarking into law school. Noah is a rising 3L at Duquesne University Kline School of Law and is working as a summer associate in our Pittsburgh office.

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BG Summer Associate Spotlight: Mackenzie Howe

As we continue to recognize the promising legal talent that we have with us at BG this summer, today’s Summer Associate Spotlight focuses on Mackenzie Howe, a rising 2L at West Virginia University College of Law. Mackenzie is originally from Danville, Kentucky, and graduated with a B.S. in psychology from Centre College in Kentucky and worked for a year as a deputy clerk at the Kentucky Court of Appeals before starting law school.

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BG Summer Associate Spotlight: George Jacobs II

Bailey Glasser appreciates the burgeoning legal talent that we have with us this summer. Today’s Summer Associate Spotlight focuses on George Jacobs, a rising 2L at West Virginia University College of Law. George’s additional studies at WVU included not only obtaining a BA in International/Global Studies, but also receiving a Master of Arts in History where his thesis was entitled:

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Federal Appeals Court Reinforces Protection for Worker Class Action Rights in ESOP Action

Bailey Glasser’s ERISA litigation team won another victory before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which declined to reconsider a May 2024 ruling that an employee stock ownership plan trustee and selling shareholders in a stock sale to the plan can’t compel individual arbitration of a representative action on behalf of the plan accusing them of overcharging the plan, rejecting the trustee’s argument that the panel unfairly displayed “hostility to arbitration.”

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