The son of a former Illinois appeals court judge was recently suspended by the state’s highest court for violating conflict of interest rules.
Thomas Gordon Maag was suspended for 60 days for taking title to a client’s house as payment for legal fees without advising the client that the transaction posed a conflict of interest, according to the Illinois State Bar Association, which reported on the Illinois Supreme Court’s suspension order.
“He then engaged in a further conflict of interest by attempting to evict that client while simultaneously representing her in other legal matters,” the association said.
Maag and his family have a colorful past. Thomas Maag pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2008 after being arrested for soliciting a prostitute.
Maag’s father, Gordon Maag, ran unsuccessfully for the Illinois Supreme Court in 2004 in one of the most expensive judicial races in the nation at the time, with both contenders raising almost $10 million.
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