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Thu Apr 25, 2013, 01:00 PM

Apr 2013

Campaign contributions prompt judge to remove himself from case

A judge scheduled to hear the appeal of a Democratic candidate who was removed from the ballot has recused himself from the case after campaign contributions he received from the DuPage County Election Commission’s lawyer came to light.

Patrick Bond, the attorney for the commission, and his law firm have made campaign contributions to DuPage Circuit Judge Kenneth Popejoy and to state Sen. Carole Pankau, R-23rd District, of Itasca. The commission removed her Democratic opponent, Villa Park Trustee Tom Cullerton, from the ballot last month.

Bond is a Wheaton lawyer who serves as legal counsel for the bipartisan commission. His law firm, Bond, Dickson & Associates, donated about $900 to Pankau’s campaign from 2002 to 2007, according records filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Bond and his firm also have donated $6,500 to Popejoy’s campaign fund, records show.

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actually, those charges are low. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #1

ChairmanAgnostic LegalScholar Apr 2013 #2

Too many city council members would balk at such low fees. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #4

From five years ago... LegalScholar Apr 2013 #3

wasn't Popejoy forced off the bench for a few months? ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2013 #5

ChairmanAgnostic LegalScholar Apr 2013 #6