Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been a “reluctant participant” in court-appointed hiring reforms, attorney Michael Shakman said.

Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough has been a “reluctant participant” in a federally mandated effort to insulate her office from clout-based hiring practices, according to veteran anti-patronage attorney Michael Shakman. Shakman also doubled down against Gov. JB Pritzker’s attempts to free the governor's office from a federal anti-patronage probe, saying his administration is “not there yet” on a series of mandated reforms.