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Nov 30, 2007 9:01 am US/Central
Ald. Brookins Sued Over Law Office Rent
Alderman Faces Eviction From Law Office, Campaign Headquarters
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
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Ald. Howard Brookins Jr. (21st) is running for Cook County State's Attorney, but he is being sued for back rent on his law office and campaign headquarters.
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Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) faces eviction from his law office and campaign headquarters because he's failed to pay the rent for six months.
That's according to a lawsuit filed this week against Brookins -- a candidate for Cook County state's attorney -- and his former law partner, Judge Thaddeus Wilson.
Brookins, a Democrat, learned of the lawsuit from the Chicago Sun-Times, but said he and his landlords at 100 N. La Salle had been "going back and forth" about the rent owed and he was surprised it had advanced to legal action.
"I need to go talk to them and figure this out," Brookins said. "I'd been working with those guys and I was not aware of this."
Last week, Brookins' 17th-floor Loop office was served with an eviction notice, along with paperwork saying there was $41,819.18 in unpaid rent. That gave Brookins five days to pay up or make plans to get out.
On Wednesday, the landlord -- 100 N. La Salle St. LLC -- filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court, asking a judge to boot Brookins and force him to pay the back rent.
Attorneys for the landlord did not return calls.
This marks the second time this year that Brookins has been accused in a lawsuit of failing to pay office bills on time.
A pending suit by GE Capital Corp. accuses Brookins of "continuing to fail to make payments due" on two copy machines he rented. The firm wants $50,699 for those bills.
Brookins is fighting that claim.
He is one of six Democrats vying for the party's nomination for state's attorney. In the February primary, he'll battle Ald. Tom Allen, Assistant State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, attorney Tommy Brewer, Assistant State's Attorney Bob Milan and Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin for the right to challenge either Republican Ed Baron or Tony Peraica in the November election.
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