A judge did not overstep her bounds when she sanctioned Chicago attorney Joel A. Brodsky for engaging in “egregious” behavior while representing a client in a civil case, a federal appeals court held.In a nonprecedential order last week, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the $50,000 fine U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Kendall imposed on Brodsky, owner of the Law Office of Joel A. Brodsky.Kendall acted under her inherent power “to fashion an appropriate sanction for conduct which abuses the …