A former Cook County judge accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen now faces a looming criminal case after a lawsuit laid bare the alleged scheme.
Patricia Martin, a former presiding judge in Cook County, was ordered last month to pay $1.2 million in damages, fees and court costs after she failed to turn over records or answer questions about her handling of Oscar Lawton Wilkerson’s money.
