Mihalopoulos: Judge’s Campaign Stunt Raises Extra Alarms
Executive Director Sarah Brune was quoted in this article
via – Chicago Sun-Times
“Like referees, judges tend to become the story only when they’ve done something wrong.
For the judges of Cook County, it hasn’t been the worst of times — certainly not nearly as bad as the 1980s, when Operation Greylord brought down 15 crooked judges. Still, it’s far from happy days for at least some of the lawyers who enjoy coveted jobs in black robes.
Judge Richard Cooke resigned just five months after being handed a gavel, a spokesman for the state Supreme Court told me Friday.
Chief Judge Tim Evans’ office says Cooke refused to report to traffic court, so he was banished to what’s known in legal circles as ‘judge jail’ — marriage court, in the basement of the county administration building.”
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