Judge loses law license for 2 months
January 21, 2004

 
 

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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