Personal Life
Alderman Banks lives in the Galewood neighborhood with his wife Shirley and their two children.
Bank's brother, Samuel Vincent Panebianco Banks, was an attorney who for years was synonymous with influence in Chicago's 36th Ward on the Far Northwest Side. A former Chicago police officer, Cook County prosecutor and Cook County judge, Samuel V. P. Banks was a powerful behind-the-scenes figure in his brother William's 36th Ward Democratic organization. Samuel V. P. Banks made a name for himself as a criminal defense attorney representing Mob-linked and corruption defendants.
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