Former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson sounded contrite at times as he argued that his law license shouldn’t be suspended for three years following his conviction last year for income-tax fraud and lying about how much money he got from a crooked Bridgeport bank.
“I’m taking responsibility for what’s happened to me,” Thompson said during a hearing this past week held by a panel of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, which will make a recommendation on a suspension, though the Illinois Supreme Court will ultimately decide.
