Hummel John E Atty

As Public Defender for Kane County, John showed up a little too conveniently at the jail on the day of my arrest, to interview me. Then, I later learned, while he was talking with me, the private attorney I had previously left a message with contacted the jail, only to be told that I already had an attorney and would not be needing him.
Meanwhile, John asked me questions a responsible Defense Attorney would not have asked his client. He also offered to contact my family, who did not know I was in jail, to notify them I was there, and then did not bother. Thirdly, he ascertained how much money I had access to– which is of itself not improper– but which became significant later, when the prosecutor, probably upon learning from him that I had a fair amount of resources, promptly added charges that made my defense even more expensive. Yes, I’m suggesting that they were in cahoots. I believe he shared with the prosecutor what I had confided to him as well. I cannot prove all this, of course, but the Judgeship John told me he aspired to might have provided his motive to «play ball» with the police and Prosecutor. Finally, several years later, after he had inherited that same Prosecutor’s position, he was forced to resign over a residency scandal, thus adding fodder to my charge of dubious ethics– and that event is on the public records.
And now, several years later, I am revisiting this review to update it. It seems that John has been arrested and charged with numerous felonies, related to official corruption. He awaits trial, this Dec. of 2012. Shocker!
June, 2015: He was convicted, BTW, and did do jail time.