July 2007 Photos

Attorney General Lisa Madigan answers questions about the Illinois Homeownership Preservation Summit convened by her office to address the burgeoning home foreclosure crisis in Illinois. Madigan was joined by, from left, Allen Fishbein, housing policy director for the Consumer Federation of America, and Illinois homeowners Lillian Gonzalez and Edward Booker. The Homeownership Preservation Summit is the second component of a two-part initiative that Madigan launched to address the foreclosure crisis. As the first component, Madigan crafted a bill this legislative session to address the problem at the point of loan origination. For more information, click here.

Joined by House Speaker Michael Madigan, Senate President Emil Jones, Jr. and other state lawmakers, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the details of an electric rate relief and reform package during a news conference in Decatur. The results of the negotiated settlement were presented in a series of visits throughout downstate Illinois. For more information click here.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan stands with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller during a summit on mortgage foreclosures in Rosemont. Representatives from 35 states attended the one-day meeting, which was designed to bring together government and businesses to work to reduce predatory mortgage lending nationwide.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined with officials of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), environmental advocacy organizations and representatives of Dynegy, Inc., to announce the State of Illinois' recent acquisition of scenic property along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River in Oakwood. Madigan stands with, from left, Glynnis Collins, executive director of Prairie Rivers Network; Leslie Sgro, deputy director of IDNR; Albert Ettinger, senior staff attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Center; and John Hott, site superintendent at Kickapoo State Park. For more information, click here.

Hi-Res image of Chinese packaging, above.

Hi-Res image of South African packaging, above.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan holds a tube of possibly counterfeit toothpaste found in Illinois stores that may contain a toxic chemical used in anti-freeze. The toothpaste has turned up in low-end discount stores in Chicago. For more information, click here.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan stands with Lowell Sachnoff of Reed Smith Sachnoff & Weaver during the annual meeting of the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (CLCCRUL). Sachnoff received the Edwin A. Rothschild Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Rights. The Chicago Lawyers' Committee is the public interest law consortium of Chicago's leading law firms who donate more than 15,000 hours of professional legal services to civil rights issues.