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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke retires as a lawyer after the state’s highest court failed to pull his law license Burke’s legal retirement marks a shift from earlier this month, when the state listed him as ...
Update: Judge Virginia Kendall has denied former Ald. Ed Burke's motion for a mistrial. Read the latest here. “I thought it was very corrupt,” government witness and Amtrak official Ray Lang ...
Ex-Alderman Ed Burke, right, walks towards his West Elsdon home after being found guilty in a federal corruption trial, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Burke retired as a lawyer recently after efforts to ...
Potential jurors in Burke’s case have been spending time in the ceremonial courtroom of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, which is right across the hall from the public corruption display.
Judge Virginia Kendall sentenced Cui, Burke's long-time associate, to 32 months in prison, which is just over two-and-a-half years. Cui must also pay a $50,000 fine. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming ...
EDWARD BURKE JR. spends most of the year handling drug cases, traffic offenses, larceny and white-collar crime. But during the summer, when this criminal defense lawyer’s stretch of eastern Long ...
Chicago's federal court puts its history proudly on display on the 25th floor, sharing stories with visitors about everything from the 1918 bombing of the old courthouse to the prosecution of Al ...
The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Alderman Edward Burke has been delayed at least a week after one of the defense lawyers tested positive for COVID-19 overnight, the judge said ...
The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke has been delayed at least a week after one of the defense lawyers tested positive for COVID-19 overnight, the judge said Thursday, … ...
Opening statements in the corruption trial of ex-Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke have been delayed a week after an attorney in the case tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Virginia ...
Federal prosecutors argue that disgraced former alderman Ed Burke deserves 10 years and one month in prison for his corrupt acts during his years as one of the most powerful public figures in Chicago.
Justin Timberlake‘s lawyer claimed that the pop star was not drunk at the time of his arrest on a DWI charge in Sag Harbor in June. Ed Burke, Timberlake’s lawyer, made the comments after a ...