In Re Corboy

These cases involve attorneys who were each charged with violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility by reason of having made a gift or a loan to a judge. While we initially heard each of these cases separately, we have, on our own motion, consolidated them to consider in one opinion the common legal issues raised by all of these cases. The crucial common question is one of first impression in this court: What conduct constitutes giving or lending “a thing of value” to a judge so that it falls within the proscription of our Rule 7 — 110(a)? 107 Ill. 2d R. 7-110(a).

The Corboy, Maddux,…