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	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Room - Headline Archives
		This "bagman" had been Deputy Traffic Court Clerk in the Cook County judicial system, and he was the first defendant to be found guilty in a mammoth sting investigation of crooked officials in the Cook County courts.
		It was called OPERATION GREYLORD, named after the curly wigs worn by British judges.
		And in the end -- through undercover operations that used honest and very courageous judges and lawyers posing as crooked ones...
	www.fbi.gov /page2/march04/greylord031504.htm (480 words)

	Operation Greylord
		In the wake of the 1980s federally initiated Operation Greylord scandal that rocked the community and exposed a judicial system rife with corruption, incompetence, intrigue, and influence peddling, a blue-ribbon panel was assembled to examine the ills of the Cook County courts and issue recommendations that would contribute toward noteworthy, long overdue reform.
		Convicted Greylord Judge Raymond Sodini presided over Gambling Court at 11th and State - a carnival-like atmosphere where attorneys had to shout at the judge and each other in order to be heard over the din of a passing CTA elevated train.
		Operation Greylord produced evidence suggesting that high-profile murder cases could be fixed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
	www.tulanelink.com /tulanelink/greylord_02a.htm (4395 words)

	Bribery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In legal situations, lawyers, judges, and others with power may be subject to bribery or payoff for making a decision that benefits someone willing to pay for favours.
		Operation Greylord revealed that bribery was rampant in the bench and bar community of Chicago in the early 1980s.
		Politicians receive campaign contributions and other payoff from powerful corporations when making choices in the interests of those corporations, or in anticipation of favorable policy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/bribery (481 words)

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		The FBI mole, John Christopher, "a waste hauler with a criminal past and reputed ties to organized crime," wore a hidden microphone which allowed the feds to secretly tape his conversations.
		Skolnick: In the 1980s, the federal Operation Greylord investigation of the Cook County courts unearthed scores of sleazy lawyers and judges who were sent to jail, disbarred or suspended for their misdeeds.
		Yet even more remarkable than that, right when the scoundrels were heading off to jail and everyone knew that the feds were crawling all over the courts, some lawyers and judges kept fixing cases.
	www.textfiles.com /conspiracy/CN/cn07-26.txt (560 words)

	judgingcrimes.com - Judging Crimes - 141. Brocton Lockwood and Operation Greylord
		According to the Daily Register, Operation Greylord's final tally was "17 judges, 48 lawyers, 8 policemen, 10 deputy sheriffs, 8 court officials, and 1 state legislator" arrested, and most of them convicted.
		When the state Supreme Court learned about Operation Greylord, Lockwood and two lawyers involved in the case were called on to show why they should not be disbarred for casting the state judicial system in a bad light, Lockwood said.
		It's sobering to think that if Operation Greylord hadn't produced quite so many headlines, the Illinois Supreme Court might have been quite happy to sacrifice the legal career of an honest judge to protect the the reputation of a system that didn't deserve it.
	www.judgingcrimes.com /journal/2006/8/1/141-brocton-lockwood-and-operation-greylord.html (1068 words)

	Encyclopedia: Scott Turow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Turow also was lead counsel in Operation Greylord, the federal prosecution of Illinois judicial corruption cases.
		Operation Greylord was an FBI investigation of judicial corruption in Chicago, Illinois in the 1980s.
		After leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, Turow became a novelist, writing his famous legal thrillers, including The Burden of Proof, Presumed Innocent, Pleading Guilty, and Personal Injuries.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Scott-Turow (971 words)

	Greylord Review
		A look back at Operation Greylord and Operation Gambat, the far-reaching 1980s judicial corruption scandals in the Cook County Circuit Court system.
		In the wake of the 1980s federally initiated Operation Greylord Scandal that rocked the community and exposed a judicial system rife with corruption.
		Judge Bailey was well into his second decade on the bench when the whisperings of Greylord erupted into a front-page mayor media scandal that compromised the fragile integrity of ail of Cook County's judiciary.
	www.ipsn.org /greylord.html (4307 words)

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		Throughout the 1970's Martin waged war against judicial corruption in Illinois' federal and state courts.
		His efforts set the foundations for Operation Greylord, which led to the conviction of over 80 court personnel.
		The United States Court of Appeals in Chicago once said "The stories about Martin's clashes with the appellate and district court judges in this circuit are legion…he might not win a popularity contest in this circuit." Any surprise there?
	www.andyforussenator.com (426 words)

	Southern Illinois History
		The former judge who wore a wire for the feds in "Operation Greylord" will speak about his experiences tomorrow night (Feb. 1) in Harrisburg.
		Finding widespread corruption in the court system itself he wore a wire for the FBI in what they called Operation Greylord.
		Afterwards he wrote a book about his experiences, "Operation Greylord: The Brocton Lockwood Story".
	www.illinoishistory.com /2005/01/organized-crime-and-cook-county-courts.html (190 words)

	Laborers-LIUNA Frank Caruso Jr. Judge Threatening By Chicago Outfit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The 1st Ward was centered in the Loop for all of Chicago's history until the last few years.
		In the 1980s, federal wiretaps in Operation Greylord and Operation Gambat would show that Outfit business was conducted routinely by political leaders from the front table of a restaurant on LaSalle Street across from city hall.
		In one case, a sitting judge was bribed $10,000 to fix a not guilty verdict for an Outfit hit man and the bribery originated in that Loop restaurant at that table less than 300 paces from the entrance of city hall.
	www.thelaborers.net /newspapers/ChiHerald_Caruso_2-3-99.html (1009 words)

	1984: Justice goes on trial
		Over the next few years more than 15 judges, four court clerks, 13 police officers and 50 lawyers were convicted as a result of the most successful undercover sting operation by the U.S. Justice Department.
		My involvement in Greylord began six years earlier when, as United States attorney, I received reports of crooked judges, "miracle" defense lawyers and dishonest clerks and police.
		While the Greylord convictions shook the roots of the judiciary and public confidence in the courts, it led to many reforms and reassured Chicagoans that judges, lawyers and police are not above the law.
	www.suntimes.com /century/m1984.html (883 words)

	CNN - Prose and cons: A profile of Scott Turow - October 22, 1999
		It is the story of Robbie Feaver, a personal injury lawyer who is forced by the FBI to serve as an undercover informant in an investigation of judicial corruption.
		The broad outlines of the story are based on Turow's own experiences as an assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago in the 1980's, when the FBI and Justice Department conducted Operation Greylord.
		But Turow says while Operation Greylord might have provided inspiration for the story, the characters are strictly his own creation.
	www.cnn.com /books/dialogue/9910/turow/index.html (373 words)

	Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		By now, most Illinoisans have heard of "Operation Greylord," the investigation that exposed widespread corruption in the Cook County justice system.
		Both of these books on Greylord describe the long hours and hard work that went into uncovering and documenting the corruption in order to obtain convictions in federal trials.
		However, since his cooperation was the single most important reason that Operation Greylord succeeded, the book really should have considered more fully the possibility that one man's ambition, not simply his disillusionment, was the force behind the investigation.
	www.lib.niu.edu /ipo/ii900225.html (1174 words)

	Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP \| Articles About Us \| Articles
		In 1986, the US District Court for Northern Illinois appointed Bartlit to be special counsel and gave him subpoena power to investigate alleged misconduct of lawyers implicated in the Greylord judicial bribery scandals.
		The code-named investigation, Operation Greylord, resulted in the convictions of six state court judges, thirteen attorneys, sixteen police officers, and court personnel on extortion and bribery charges.
		The federal judges exercised the rare move to appoint an outside counsel because of disillusionment with the Illinois Supreme Court that oversees attorney discipline.
	www.bartlit-beck.com /articles/detail.asp?whichid=115048712004&Article=true (1107 words)

	Books: Turow's Truths (Newcity Chicago . 09-27-99)
		With his sixth book, "Personal Injuries" (to be released October 7), Turow has not a chance of denying the liberal influence of non-fiction.
		A dense tome that finds the author returning to his created Kindle County, the story takes readers behind the scenes of an FBI investigation into judges on the take -- a premise remarkably similar to Turow's own experience, in the eighties, as a prosecutor involved in trying the infamous judicial corruption sting, Operation Greylord.
		"When I was a prosecutor involved in Greylord, it was such an unpleasant, distasteful experience that I had no recollection of any resemblance between that and some events in 'Personal Injuries' while I was writing," the author says.
	www.weeklywire.com /ww/09-27-99/chicago_scans.html (537 words)

	AJS [American Judicature Society] - News Release
		Such roles have included co-chairing Governor Ryan’s Commission on Capital Punishment, whose report persuaded the governor to grant clemency to all Illinois Death Row inmates, led to reforms in Illinois, and contributed to the debate over wrongful convictions nationally.
		Sullivan also served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1977 to 1981 where he spearheaded Operation Greylord, which to this day is still the single most extensive investigation into judicial corruption in our nation.
		Hailed as a "model" for attorneys who aspire to be leaders in their community through pro bono representation of the poor, Sullivan was recently honored by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) and inducted into its prestigious Academy of Illinois Lawyers.
	www.ajs.org /ajs/news_releases/sullivan.asp (342 words)

	Exposes of Corruption and Bribery of Judges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		All of this smacks of a highly coordinated effort such as organized crime operates." Each's "family, including the children, cannot help but be aware of this illegal activity.
		Bribery is a standard operating technique of the U.S. government, via the CIA, but it is a criminal offense for U.S. businesses.” “Operationally its case officers 'publish or perish'—an officer who does not generate operations does not get promoted.
		A Reaganite U.S. Attorney handling Operation Greylord, Dan K. Webb, not surprisingly was later retained by the tobacco lobby, promoting the underlying basis (tobacco-crime link) of the bribery process he had purported to oppose!
	members.tripod.com /medicolegal/govtcrime.htm (5084 words)

	Operation Goodwood - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Operation Goodwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Operation Goodwood is not available in the Hutchinson encyclopedia.
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		Operation Game Thief (various US state anti-poaching programs)
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Operation+Goodwood (97 words)

	Click2NewSites.com - A Gateway to New Web Sites, Best Web Sites, Press Releases and Business Opportunities. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From 1972 to 1980 I waged a relentless war against corruption in Illinois.
		My disclosures eventually led to Operation Greylord, which in turn led to the conviction of some 80 judges, lawyers and court staff.
		For my efforts to expose and remove corrupt judges and other political figures I was attacked by the Illinois Supreme Court, as well as illegally prosecuted.
	www.click2newsites.com /pressrelease18122003-06.htm (833 words)

	Gifts best left ungiven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Besides, association chief Timothy Bertschy reasoned, ``We already have a very strict set of guidelines that applies to judges, and it does not need to be duplicated'' by a new state ethics commission.
		On the contrary, we see it as a welcome backup system to avoid a repeat of the Operation Greylord corruption scandal involving the influence-peddling exchange of gifts.
		Like it or not, lawyers who give money or other valuables to judges are perceived as trying to wrangle a favorable decision.
	www.clr.org /lawyers_protest_ban.html (176 words)

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		Traffic Court, and the high-volume misdemeanor courtrooms attached to six Chicago Police Department Area Headquarters spawned Greylord - they were seedbeds of corruption for many years and the average street cop knew this to be true.
		A veteran police officer who asked not to be identified, recalls standing on the ground floor waiting for an elevator to convey him to the upper floors of Police Headquarters.
		But it would not surprise me." It should really not surprise anyone -Cook County being what It is.
	www.judicialaccountability.org /articles/NomoreGreylords.htm (4279 words)

	1983: 1st black mayor elected
		As with racial politics, 1983 continued other dubious Chicago traditions: The public school teachers went on strike.
		The city entered a new era of corruption with indictments from Operation Greylord and a federal probe of the courts.
		Allen Dorfman, convicted in a Teamsters union bribery case, is shot gangland style outside the Lincolnwood Hyatt hotel.
	www.suntimes.com /century/m1983.html (648 words)

	The Federalist (Number 87) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It does not follow that what may have once been historically true is therefore true now.
		These are the days of Watergate, "Operation Court Broom" in Miami and Greylord in Chicago, not the days of Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Abraham Lincoln.
		The nature of the practice of law and the integrity of lawyers has changed dramatically for the worse commencing after the Civil War.
	www.constitutionalguardian.com /federalist_papers/fed87.htm (2015 words)

	Review \| Personal Injuries
		Personal Injuries offers a deceptively juicy plot involving judicial wrongdoing, menacing thugs, a struggling out-of-the-closet FBI agent and an overzealous U.S. attorney.
		The scenario is actually based on an infamous federal undercover operation in which Turow took part: Operation Greylord, which resulted in double-digit convictions of crooked judges and lawyers in Chicago during the 1980s.
		In this fictionalized version, Stan Sennett is the federal prosecutor who's determined to pull down the corrupt justice system of Kindle County (the mythical double for Illinois' Cook County) via a lawyer-turned-confidential informant.
	www.januarymagazine.com /crfiction/persinj.html (823 words)

	The Volokh Conspiracy - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Now, I used to be a prosecutor in Cook County, so I know that this attitude is based on fact.
		Many circuit court judges are hacks or, when I was there during Operation Greylord, worse.
		But this accusation assumes that state judges are worse today in this regard than they used to be, and I know of no reason to believe this is so.
	www.volokh.com /posts/chain_1107798923.shtml (2337 words)

	CBS 2 Chicago WBBM-TV: Parking Dangers At Midway Airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This garage project first came under the the microscope when the original low bidders involved two general contractors.
		One company was owned by a man convicted in "Operation Greylord"; a scandal involving judicial bribes and corruption.
		The city changed the scope of the project and that company did not get the contract.
	www.cbs2chicago.com /investigations/local_story_206173142.html (760 words)

	Or is That Asking Too Much?
		That the defendant presently is charged with the offense of harassment by telephone, 720 ILCS 135/1-1.
		That the defendant and her common law husband did in the 1980's through cases becoming related to those during "Operation Greylord" suffer serious harm and trauma from many attorneys, including attorneys whom under normal circumstance are considered "cream of the crop".
		That the defendant being out of work and with limited assets cannot afford to hire an attorney in this charge as cited in paragraph 1.
	www.chicagoabc.org /motion_assistance.htm (254 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Personal Injuries at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		When the IRS determines that Robbie has a secret bank account used to bride judicial officials,...
		Scott Turow is by far the most literary author in the legal-thriller genre.
		He was also intimately involved in Chicago's crooked-judges sting of the 1980s-- Operation Greylord-- and this new one is a fairly low-key exploration of the mechanics of such a...
	www.epinions.com /Personal_Injuries_by_Scott_Turow_and_narrated_by_Joe_Mantegna_and_narrated_by_Ken_Howard/display_~reviews/pp_~1/sort_~date/sort_dir_~des/sec_~opinion_list (790 words)

	CRFC 2001 Bill of Rights in Action Benefit
		In 1995, Judge published a comprehensive history of the Operation Greylord scandals in which 15 judges and 49 lawyers went to prison.
		When word got out that Judge was revisiting the Greylord scandal, several prominent lawyers suggested that it would be too painful to the local judiciary.
		But Judge published the series because it was in the public interest.
	www.crfc.org /ben2001judge.html (786 words)

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