A year into Evans’ still-secret investigation, the Sun-Times has found that nine of his highest-paid employees who left match loan recipients in the fraud-ridden Paycheck Protection Program.
The Cook County court system is an enormous machine with dozens of interlocking parts. The machinery can get jammed at every stage of a case, and often does.
The fee now matches that of DuPage, Will and McHenry counties. Some attorneys said they had filed adoptions in the collar counties because it was cheaper.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge William Raines was heard making disparaging comments about Jennifer Bonjean, a high profile civil rights lawyer, calling her appearance in court nuts and insane.