Timothy Evans

Divorce court weds power and privacy

2013-04-28 09:50:00

J.F.'s marriage was crumbling in 2010, but he didn't want that public. J.F. is a well-known Chicago politician, and when he and his wife ended up in divorce court, he asked that their names be kept secret to avoid a “media frenzy.” Despite...

Common sense locked out in Cook County Jail dispute

2013-04-25 21:33:58

Dart v. Evans v. Preckwinkle

2013-04-17 16:32:09

2 bickering attorneys thrown off case

2013-04-24 18:08:00

A Cook County judge Wednesday threw attorney Joel Brodsky and opposing counsel Michael Meschino off a civil case for what he said was "deplorable behavior." In the latest controversy involving Brodsky, former lead attorney for convicted murderer Drew...

Judge did right thing by banning cellphones in courtrooms

2013-04-25 00:00:00

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans kept hearing complaints from his judges about street gangs in their courtrooms using cellphones to photograph witnesses. "They're bold and they're brash," Evans told me the other day. "They think they can do it in...

Probationer held after taking cell phone photo in court

2013-04-17 17:02:00

Two days after Cook County rolled out the first phase of its cellphone ban, a former convict from Chicago was taken into custody today after he used his phone to take photos of a circuit judge in a suburban courthouse, authorities said. While Judge...

Electronic devices to be banned from court

2013-04-12 05:25:00

A crackdown on cellphones and other electronics in Cook County criminal courthouses begins next week at the busiest criminal court facility in the country. The ban on smartphones, computer tablets and other electronic devices takes effect Monday at...

Evans makes a bad call

2013-04-12 16:32:43

Electronics ban starts today at Cook County courthouse

2013-04-15 05:07:00

A crackdown on cellphones and other electronics in Cook County criminal courthouses begins Monday at the busiest criminal court facility in the country. The ban on smartphones, computer tablets and other electronic devices takes effect Monday at the...

Public officials: Take my advice, please

2013-04-14 00:00:00

Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear members of the Illinois General Assembly: While I admire the principle and spirit of thrift behind the overwhelming vote last...

Legal battles hidden from public view

2013-02-24 00:00:00

A Northwestern University student filed a lawsuit against the school in 2008, alleging top administrators failed to discipline a student who raped her. But what happened in the case is a secret. The student's complaint, filed under a pseudonym to...

Death of Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor, stunned the city

2012-11-18 00:00:00

The death of Chicago's first black mayor was marked by tears of sorrow, words of praise — and down-and-dirty politicking. A few days after Harold Washington had a fatal heart attack in his City Hall office, 25 years ago Nov. 25, a Tribune reporter...

Mayor Harold Washington speaks at Catfish Digby's restaurant before a second fundraising gathering of Cook County Democrats. Washington is flanked by (from left) Ald. Timothy Evans (4th), fiancee Mary Ella Smith, Ald. Clifford Kelley (20th) and Ald. Bobby Rush (2nd).

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Mayor Harold Washington , speaking Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1983, at Catfish Digby's restaurant before a second fundraising gathering of Cook County Democrats , is flanked by Ald. Timothy Evans , 4th, from left, Mary Ella Smith, Ald. Clifford Kelley, 20th, and Ald. Bobby Rush, 2nd.

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