BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Legal Affairs Reporter
The Supreme Court of Illinois suspended the law license
of Cook County Judge Adam D. Bourgeois Jr. for two months Tuesday for lying
on five questions on his application to become a judge.
Bourgeois admitted that he did not mention as required
on his application that he defaulted on his student loan. He lied about
not being held in contempt of court for failing to pay child support and
his student loan. He failed to reveal that the state's lawyer disciplinary
agency had investigated complaints against him. He had lied about whether
he had ever been sued, failing to mention the suits about his student loan,
his missed child support payments, and failing to pay his rent.
Bourgeois was previously sentenced to one month unpaid
leave from his job as a judge by the state's Judicial Inquiry Board for
failing to mention on his statement of economic interest that he owed money
to the state, to the IRS and to a landlord. He also did not mention he
had been sued for non-payment of child support.
During the investigation, Bourgeois has been performing marriages and handling other administrative duties.
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