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A Cook County judge on Thursday voluntarily recused himself from a case, citing the “glare of publicity,” after an attorney filed a motion to replace him that alleged he made racist comments during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury last week filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with aggravated ...

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge on Thursday voluntarily recused himself from a case, citing the “glare of publicity,” after an attorney filed a motion to replace him that alleged he made racist comments during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury last week filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with ...

A Cook County judge is accused in a recently-filed motion of making racist comments to a defendant and his attorney during a conference in chambers earlier this year. Attorney Matthew Fakhoury on Friday filed a motion to substitute Judge William Hooks from presiding over the case of a defendant charged with aggravated domestic battery. The motion alleges that Hooks, who took the bench in 2008, ...

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