Larry R. Rogers Jr. (born 1967/1968)[1] is an American lawyer and politician currently serving as commissioner of Cook County Board of Review from the 3rd district since 2004.
The crash in question would lead to a federal investigation that discovered a scheme inside then-Illinois Secretary of State George Ryan's office in which unqualified truck drivers were given licenses in exchange for bribes.
[1] He has also won settlements from American Airlines, the Chicago Park District, and Cook County Hospital among other defendants.
[9] In 2004, Rogers challenged incumbent Robert Shaw in the Democratic primary for his 3rd district seat on the Cook County Board of Review.
In his first two years on the board, many reforms he proposed were blocked by its other two members, Democrat Joseph Berrios and Republican Maureen Murphy.
In 2006, Rogers supported Democrat Brendan Houlihan's ultimately successful bid to unseat Murphy in her Republican-leaning district.
[11] In August 2010, Chicago magazine made public that documents reveal that Rogers and Houlihan had expressed concern in May 2009 about how Berrios' staff had been processing tax appeals championed Paul Froehlich.
[17] From 1997 to 1999, Rogers served on the board of directors of the Robert Taylor Boys & Girls Club of Chicago.
[3] Rogers and his wife Rolanda have four children, son Dominique and daughters Erin, Jordan and Sydney.
[18] At the time he was first elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Rogers and his family lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.