Ex-Prosecutor Tells Discipline Panel He 'Didn't Think Anything of' Roommate's Drug Activities
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A 30-year-old former prosecutor told an Illinois attorney disciplinary panel on Wednesday that he “didn’t think anything of it at the time” when a college friend and roommate dealt drugs from their shared home in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
Aaron Isaacson told the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission that he witnessed drug deals, knew his roommate’s only income came from selling drugs and even used marijuana and cocaine himself, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Until after his roommate, Ryan Yoselowitz, was arrested in 2009, Isaacson also worked as a Lake County prosecutor, sometimes handling misdemeanor drug cases in addition to his usual traffic call.
On one occasion, when the two were running late for a social engagement, Isaacson said he helped his roommate count and organize drug money, so they could get out the door.
Isaacson, who was never criminally charged, was given immunity for testifying against Yoselowitz. Now 30, the ex-roommate is serving a 12-year sentence.
According to testimony, Isaacson was morbidly obese and painfully shy as a child. He had gastric bypass surgery before he graduated from the John Marshall Law School. He cried as an uncle of Isaacson’s who is in charge of the Chicago litigation practice at DLA Piper told the panel about his “great character.”
Isaacson’s lawyer, George Collins, argued for a “significant suspension” of his client’s law license instead of disbarment.
“I so badly want to practice law,” said Isaacson. “I just hope I can do that.”
