Michael Shakman
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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, Michael Shakman, the attorney whose challenge of Chicago's patronage system nearly 40 years ago led to a decree that bans most political hiring, sits in the conference room of his law firm in Chicago. Shakman says the city of Chicago is largely in compliance with bans on the practice and on Thursday, May 15, 2014, filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Chicago asking a judge to end longstanding federal oversight. The city has operated under a federal decree, called the Shakman decree, for years. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Chicago attorney Michael Shakman poses in his office. Shakman, who spearheaded a decades-long court case leading to bans on political hiring, filed a motion request for an investigation into hiring practices under Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration. A federal judge on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, said Quinn has until June 6 to respond to the motion. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
