Chicago, Illinois, May 1: Civil protest in Downtown Chicago against the restrictions placed upon the citizens by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in front of the James R. Thompson Center. Photo: Kevin Kipper/Shutterstock
Thomas DeVore's firm has just a handful of lawyers and he doesn't specialize in constitutional law. But he's front and center in a fight over J.B. Pritzker's authority, amid a backlash over state shutdowns nationwide.
May 06, 2020 at 03:43 PM
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Reporter, Business of Law
The southern Illinois lawyer who successfully sued Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his stay-at-home order says he really doesn’t care for all the attention it’s gotten him.
“I live on a farm in a town of 600 people,” said Thomas DeVore, the owner of DeVore Law Offices and of counsel to Silver Lake Group. He’d rather be out in the fields than “take on a fight with Gov. Pritzker,” he said.
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