James Thompson, former governor of Illinois, currently an at

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 22: James Thompson, former governor of Illinois, currently an attorney for the state's former Governor George Ryan, speaks to members of the media outside the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007. A U.S. appeals court yesterday upheld the corruption conviction of Ryan, a Republican who served as governor from 1999 to 2003, and was convicted in April 2006 of 18 criminal counts accusing him of trading state contracts for Caribbean trips, gifts and cash. (Photo by Frank Polich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)