Thomas J. Maloney, upon becoming a full Cook County Circuit Court judge in 1977. Photograph by Jim Frost. As published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. © 2004 by Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. Reprinted with permission. When Corruption Was King © 2004 by Robert Cooley and Hillel Levin
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From 1986 to 1989, criminal defense attorney Robert Cooley wore a recording device and developed criminal cases against mobsters and corrupt officials. His investigation led to nine federal trials in the Nineties and convictions or guilty pleas for twenty-four. | |||||||||||||
“Bob is every bit the hero because he didn’t have to Tom Durkin, former First “The man is a paragon of corruption. The man is Criminal Defense Attorney Never has a federal investigation accomplished |
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