…the one that pertains to Josh Bradley’s ARDC complaint.
And a very intriguing story it is.
Because it involves one of the big names in Williamson/Saline counties, “Bradley,” and all the fear and awe the name brings with it.
Josh Bradley is little brother of state representative John Bradley, who’s undergoing problems of his own currently. And while much of the state rep’s problems are documented, the interested person has to track all around southern Illinois in order to get the full picture. That’s not the case with little bro; all one has to do is look at the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission’s website to see what kind of hot water he’s into. However, it’s hard to slog through the ARDC’s legalese, so we boiled it down for you, and that’s what’s in the big front-pager this month, Complaints filed against attorney, your noontime Read the Lead:
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MARION—An attorney who has represented or been involved with some of the most corrupt players in and around Williamson and Saline counties is under investigation by the state’s Attorney Registry and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC).
A four-count ARDC complaint was filed May 9 against Joshua Bradley, a Marion attorney who works regularly in not only Williamson and Saline counties, but many others surrounding. He is originally from Harrisburg, and is the brother of Rep. John E. Bradley (D-117th).
Bradley has been practicing law since 1999, having worked first for the Franklin County state’s attorney, then for Morris Lane Harvey in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, before setting up his law office in Marion in 2007.
Bradley has in the past advertised that he has extensive experience in civil litigation, family law and personal injury, and “takes on cases involving highly complex litigation and civil litigation.”
However, the complexities of the cases involved in the four-count complaint against him might have proven a little too complex, and, if the allegations are true (and the ARDC wouldn’t file a complaint against one of its own unless it had the paperwork fully in order to support it), Bradley’s work on them shows either utter laziness…or total incompetence.
And, if other cases about which complaints have been made against Bradley are filed formally at ARDC, there exists yet a third possibility regarding why he’s made some of the alleged screw-ups: That Bradley has been doing the bidding of many of the corrupt in Williamson, and under said pressure, he’s simply proven to not be up to the task…
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