Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano ( October 6, 2026, 8:01 PM EDT) -- When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them....

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