Legal Ethics
Motion Seeks Recusal of 4 Ill. Justices Getting Corboy Campaign Cash
Posted Dec 2, 2008, 01:13 pm CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A motion filed in a legal malpractice appeal contends that four of Illinois’ seven Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves because of campaign contributions by the defendant law firm, Corboy & Demetrio.
If the motion is granted, the court would not have enough votes to issue an official ruling, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Illinois Constitution has no provision for temporary judicial appointments.
The motion says Corboy & Demetrio has made donations ranging from $1,500 to $52,000 to campaigns of the four justices, according to the Sun-Times. It was filed after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Constitution required the recusal of a West Virginia Supreme Court justice who received more than $3 million in contributions from a coal mining executive.
The underlying malpractice suit resulted in a $100,000 judgment against Corboy & Demetrio, the story says. The suit contends the well-known plaintiffs firm botched a suit filed on behalf of a Georgia woman killed in a 1995 car crash. The suit names former Corboy lawyer G. Grant Dixon III and managing partner Robert Bingle, the story says. The firm has admitted the suit was dismissed because it failed to follow a court order, but denies other allegations, according to the Sun-Times.
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Posted by Rosanne Dresher - 1 month, 4 days, 23 minutes ago
I have a lawsuit against Bingle and his firm with a value in the millions of dollars. Among the wrongs is that he handed my children and I contracts which combined the personal injury suit which he was representing me on with Class X criminal litigation. He wanted my children and I to ask for leniency for a perpetrator who tried to kill me and left me a bedridden invalid for two years. The contracts stated that I would receive my settlement if we asked for leniency. I wanted to ask the court for the longest sentence possible, however, Bingle attached a letter to one of the contracts which scared us and we had to comply. We never received the money and the perpetrator is getting our of prison sooner than later, which will put my children and I at risk, when the Judge himself wanted the longest sentence possible
Posted by Garry - 1 month, 3 days, 7 hours, 50 minutes ago
Was there motivation behind this request for leniency on Corboy’s behalf? More facts, please
Posted by Rosanne Dresher - 1 month, 3 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
I welcome all lawyer questions and comments concerning my current lawsuit against Robert Bingle My email is rcdresher@sbcglobal.net. However, I will answer all lawyer questions on this blog as well. I am assuming that Garry is a lawyer. Here is my answer to his question above; My children and I were offered many millions of dollars for asking for leniency. We morally did not want to do it. A letter which was written by Bingle was attached to one of the contracts which frightened us into going along with their plan. We followed his written instructions and the perpetrator got a short sentence (against the Judge’s wishes) and my children and I got NONE OF THE PROMISED IN WRITING MONEY which we signed on for .