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Chicago PI firm sponsors student essay contest, offers $5,000 scholarship as prize

June 8, 2017, 7:32 am
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This is apparently the fourth year that Staver Law Group, P.C. has run an essay contest to help college students reach their financial goals, but this is the first time FWIW has been asked to help promote it. The prize is a $5,000 national scholarship; the winner will be determined on December 31.

Applicants must be a United States citizen or permanent resident, be accepted to or currently enrolled in a U.S. accredited college, university, or graduate program and have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Staver's press release adds, "The application consists of an application form, a current high school, college or graduate school transcript and an essay exploring how personal injury lawyers lead safety initiatives and how individuals can promote safety in their everyday life. Scholarship applications will be accepted through December 1."

The application can be accessed at this link on the Staver Law Group website. For additional information about the scholarship contest, email scholarship@chicagolawyer.com.

And, yes, gentle readers, I am aware that I have just given free advertising to the Staver firm, a firm I've never run across in my 37 years of practice (that I can remember, anyway).

But the youngest of my five children just graduated from college a couple of years ago and my wife and I will be paying off the debts we incurred for this purpose for a long time to come -- and that's even though each of my children graduated from college with their own individual loans.

So I'm OK with plugging a firm that offers scholarship money. Every little bit helps. And for those of you who have yet to fill out a FAFSA and experience the blood-curdling, nightmare-inducing shock of seeing what your 'expected parental contribution' turns out to be, well, just wait. After you discover that the amount you think you can afford to give your child for college for the coming year is maybe a fourth of what the government decides you will provide---somehow---you may come around to my point of view.

Now, the next question: Are there other firms out there that are doing this, too?

Do not hide your lights under a bushel. Let me know (email me at jackleyhane@yahoo.com) and I will do my best to pass the information along.
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Campaign website now live for Judge David Navarro

June 8, 2017, 11:14 am
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Judge David Navarro was just sworn in a couple of weeks ago. His supporters have already set up a campaign website to support Navarro's efforts to keep the 4th Subcircuit seat he has just assumed. That's a link to the new campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Navarro was an Assistant Attorney General, serving as Chief of the Public Integrity Bureau at the time of his appointment. He has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1993.

According to his campaign website, Navarro also served as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office from 1994 to 2009, eventually becoming Supervisor of the Professional Standards Unit of that office.

Also according to his campaign website, Navarro is a member of the adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and at The John Marshall Law School, and has served on the faculty of the Conference of Western Attorneys General, training Mexican prosecutors on trial advocacy.

A volunteer Boy Scout leader, directing the Pinewood Derby for Troop 92 each year, Navarro has also coached in the Riverside Little League and for Riverside Recreation soccer and basketball. He serves on the Finance Committee for St. Mary Parish in Riverside. A cross-country runner at the University of Chicago in his undergrad years (winning all-conference and all-association recognition), Navarro remains an avid runner, according to the website, having run 20 Chicago Marathons.

Navarro’s wife, Kelly, is also an attorney. Their two sons attend Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois.
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June 19 fundraiser for Oran F. Whiting at Hubbard Inn

June 13, 2017, 9:09 am
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Supporters of Oran F. Whiting's judicial campaign are planning a fundraiser for their candidate on Monday, June 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Hubbard Inn, 110 West Hubbard.

Tickets for the event are $100 each, but sponsorships are available ($250 - Friend, $750 - Host, $2,500 - Co-Chair, $5,600 - Maximum). Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th Ward) and Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd Ward) are the Honorary Co-Chairs of the event; Cong. Danny Davis, 7th District; Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough; and 10th Dist. State Committeewoman (and former State Rep.) Lauren Beth Gash are the honorary Co-Hosts. For more information, or to order tickets, email info@WhitingForJudge.com or visit this page of the candidate's campaign website.
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Lindsay Hugé campaign website launched

June 13, 2017, 11:05 am
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Assistant Public Defender Lindsay Hugé has announced plans to seek a judicial seat in the 8th Subcircuit. That's a link to the candidate's campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Hugé has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1989, and has been with the Public Defender's office throughout his career. According to his campaign bio, Hugé also taught history at DePaul University from 2001 to 2003 and has taught law and history at Columbia College since 1998. While still teaching and practicing law, Hugé found time to earn a second M.A. in literature from DePaul in 2008 (he earned an M.A. in history from Loyola University Chicago in 2000) and an LLM in intellectual property from John Marshall Law School in 2014.

His campaign bio also notes that Hugé has also served on the boards of the City Lit Theater and the Cliff Dwellers Club. He has also been active in the Chicago Bar Association (past Chair of Law & Literature committee), the Advocates Society, the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Organization of American Historians, the Chicago History Museum, the American Motorcycle Association, the Chicago Jazz Institute, and Steppenwolf Theater.

Hugé announced an intention to seek a judicial post in the 2016 primary season, but folded his campaign without filing.
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June 23 fundraiser for Judge Joanne Rosado

June 13, 2017, 11:45 am
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Judge Joanne Rosado's supporters have scheduled a fundraiser for their candidate on Friday, June 23, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., at the Underpass Lounge, 9400 Grand Ave. in Franklin Park.

River Grove Mayor Dave Guerin and Franklin Park Mayor (and Leyden Township Committeeman) Barrett Pederson are sponsoring the event. Tickets are $75 each, but sponsorships are available (Friend - $150, Supporter -- $250, Sponsor - $500, Host - $1,000). For more information about the fundraiser, or to order tickets, call or email Pericles Abbasi at (773) 368-5423 or Pericles@UChicago.edu.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Rosado to the Kennedy vacancy in the 11th Subcircuit earlier this year.
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Two new judicial campaign websites found on the Internet

June 14, 2017, 4:48 pm
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Here are two judicial candidates who haven't yet reached out to me at jackleyhane@yahoo.com -- but I found them anyway.

On the left is Stephan J. Feldman. I've added a link to his campaign website in the blog Sidebar; Feldman also has a campaign Facebook page up and running.

FWIW readers may recall that Feldman ran for a countywide vacancy in the 2014 primary. This time, according to his campaign website, Feldman has his sights set on an 8th Subcircuit vacancy. The campaign website also contains a link to Feldman's law firm site. I think they call that "synergy" in business school.

Licensed as an attorney since 2001, according to ARDC, Feldman's campaign website stresses his experience as a hearing officer for the Secretary of State's Office, presiding over 1,000 contested hearings. Since 2011, according to the campaign website, Feldman has also served as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the John Marshall Law School, teaching trial advocacy. Feldman's Facebook campaign page says that he is a lifelong resident of the Gold Coast, attending the Ogden School and graduating from the Francis W. Parker School.

On the right is Ioana Salajanu, a partner with Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC, who is bidding, according to her campaign website, to become Cook County's first ever Romanian-born judge. I've added Salajanu's campaign website to the blog Sidebar as well; she also has a Facebook campaign page.

Salajanu was licensed in Illinois in 2000. Her firm biography notes that Salajanu did her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, taking her B.A. in 1996. Her principal areas of practice, according to the Rock Fusco site, are commercial finance, corporate transactions, commercial litigation and real estate. Her campaign Facebook page notes that she was born in Oradea, Romania, immagrating to the United States in 1983. She lives in Skokie, where she is raising three children.

Her campaign website specifies that she intends to seek a seat in the 9th Subcircuit. And her Facebook campaign page contains photographic proof that State Rep. Lou Lang, who doubles as Niles Township Committeeman, attended her April 18 campaign kickoff. That's not necessarily an endorsement -- and Salajanu's Facebook page carefully notes that her reception was attended by supporters and Rep. Lang -- but it certainly is a feather in the cap of a first-time candidate.

There's just one problem... is there a 9th Subcircuit vacancy yet? Whose?
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Website goes live, June 19 fundraiser set for Judge Stephanie Miller

June 14, 2017, 6:31 pm
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A campaign website has been set up in support of Judge Stephanie Miller's bid to retain her 6th Subcircuit seat. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the blog Sidebar.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Miller to the Lopez Cepero vacancy in the 6th Subcircuit earlier this year. Her campaign bio notes that, prior to her appointment, Miller served as an Assistant State's Attorney, supervising "several attorneys in felony trial courtrooms in courthouses throughout the county." While an ASA, Miller "co-founded the National LGBT Prosecutor’s Bar Association and served as the treasurer for the National Hispanic Prosecutor’s Association."

According to her campaign website, Miller lives with her wife and twins "in Chicago where she is an active member of the West Bucktown Neighborhood Association, Maplewood and Lucy Flowers Park Advisory Counsel and Friends of Goethe Elementary School."

Miller's supporters are planning a fundraiser for their candidate on Monday, June 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the @mosphere Bar, 5355 North Clark Street. Tickets for the event are $50 each but sponsorships are available (Host - $150, Sponsor - $300, Patron - $500, Chair - $1,000). For more information about the fundraiser, or to reserve tickets, email Michilla@electjudgestephaniemiller.com.
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June 29 fundraiser set for Judge Mike Gerber

June 14, 2017, 7:05 pm
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Supporters of Judge Mike Gerber's election bid are planning a fundraiser for their candidate on Thursday, June 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Ditka's Restaurant, 2000 W. Euclid Ave. in Arlington Heights. Tickets for the event are $150 each, but government employees can buy tickets for $75 each. Sponsorships are also available (Bronze - $500, Silver - $1,000, Gold - $2,500, Platinum = $5,600). For more information about the event, or to reserve tickets, call (312) 720-3904 or email info@gerberforjudge.com.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Gerber to the Lawrence vacancy in the 13th Subcircuit in December 2016. He will be a candidate in the Republican primary in that far northwest suburban Republican enclave.
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June 26 fundraiser set for Judge Kent Delgado

June 15, 2017, 8:00 am
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Supporters of Judge Kent Delgado's 6th Subcircuit election bid have announced a Monday, June 26 fundraiser for their candidate at the Plymouth Restaurant & Rooftop Bar, 327 South Plymouth Ct.

Tickets for the event, which will run from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., are $150 each, but sponsorships are available ($250 - Bronze, $500 - Silver, $1,000 - Gold, $2,500 - Platinum). Kevin Forde, Michael Forde, Hon. Henry Simmons (Ret), Thomas M. Tully, and John J. Tully are the listed hosts. For more information about the fundraiser, email nick@cfoconsults.com; to reserve tickets click on this link.
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June 28 fundraiser announced for Judge Robin Denise Shoffner

June 15, 2017, 8:30 am
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Supporters of Judge Robin Denise Shoffner's 8th Subcircuit election campaign are throwing a fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson.

Aldermen Brendan Reilly (42nd), James Cappleman (46th), and Brian Hopkins (2nd) are the hosts for this event. Tickets are $100 apiece, but sponsorships are available ($150 - Supporter, $250 - Sponsor, $500 - Host, $1,500 - Chair). Tickets will be available at the door. For more information about the fundraiser, or to reserve tickets in advance, email INFO@craticshaffer.com or call (312) 798-9376.
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Marian E. Perkins appointed to 5th Subcircuit vacancy

June 15, 2017, 11:00 am
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Updated and corrected to reflect additional information provided.

The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday appointed Marian Emily Perkins to a 5th Subcircuit vacancy that will be created by the forthcoming retirement of Judge Rickey Jones. Perkins' appointment is effective July 13; it will expire on December 3, 2018.

Perkins currently operates the Law Office of Marian E. Perkins, P.C., in Chicago's Loop. She has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1987. A past president of the Cook County Bar Association, Perkins is also a longtime Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Law at Chicago State University. According to her LinkedIn page, Perkins began her legal career in the office of the Illinois State Appellate Defender; she also worked for several years as an Assistant Cook County State's Attorney and, during the mid-90s, as a staff attorney for the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation. Perkins was an associate judge finalist in 2016.
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Campaign website goes live for Judge John A. O'Meara

June 17, 2017, 6:01 am
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A campaign website has been established in furtherance of Judge John A. O'Meara's bid to hold onto the 4th Subcircuit seat to which he was appointed late last year. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

According to ARDC, O'Meara has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1995. O'Meara's campaign biography notes that his legal career actually began the year before that: "Under authority granted by Supreme Court Rule 711, in his last year at The John Marshall Law School, [O'Meara] prosecuted traffic and business offenses for" the Corporation Counsel's Office, "conducting hundreds of bench trials."

After graduation, O'Meara stayed with the City of Chicago as an Assistant Corporation Counsel before moving to a "private practice in civil litigation defense successfully defending individuals, companies, municipalities, and Fortune 500 corporations in complex tort litigation." O'Meara joined Curcio Law Offices in 2001, according to the campaign biography, becoming a partner in the firm soon thereafter. With Curcio's office, according to the firm biography, O'Meara represented "victims of injury or wrongful death due to medical malpractice, product liability or other torts." O'Meara was practicing with Curcio's office at the time of his appointment to the bench.

O'Meara and his wife, Barbara, are the parents of four children. The campaign also has a Facebook page and a Twitter handle (I think that's the right way to say it...).
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Sean Kelly to make 6th Subcircuit run; campaign website launched, June 22 fundraiser set

June 17, 2017, 8:55 am
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A veteran DuPage County Assistant State's Attorney, Sean Patrick Kelly, is looking for work closer to his Chicago home: Kelly has announced his intention to seek a judicial vacancy in Cook County's 6th Judicial Subcircuit. His supporters have set up a campaign website and scheduled a June 22 fundraiser for their candidate. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the blog Sidebar. Kelly also has a campaign Facebook page.

Kelly has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 2006, according to ARDC. After graduating from John Marshall Law School in 2005, Kelly went to work for the Haymarket Group LLC, an independent management consulting and business advisory firm serving the energy/oil and gas industries, rising to General Counsel, according to his campaign bio. Kelly joined the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office in 2007. He currently works in the felony narcotics unit of that office.

Kelly and his family.
As noted, Kelly's supporters are throwing a fundraiser for their candidate this coming Thursday, June 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Racquet Club of Chicago, 1365 N. Dearborn Pkwy.

Tickets for the event are $100 each, but sponsorships are available ($500, $1,000, $2,500, or $5,000). There is a dress code at the Racquet Club; men are required to wear a jacket and tie. Valet parking is available. For more information, or to reserve tickets, call Erica at (312) 909-1418 or email ericakkelly@gmail.com.
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Rishi Agrawal announces plans to seek 8th Subcircuit seat, campaign website goes live

June 17, 2017, 11:31 am
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Chicago attorney Rishi Agrawal has announced plans to seek an 8th Subcircuit vacancy. A campaign website has recently gone live. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar. There is also a campaign Facebook page.

Agrawal has been licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1998, according to ARDC. Since 2007, has been the principal of the Agrawal Firm, LLC, according to his campaign bio. Before that, Agrawal worked for Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, LLP, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., and the Will County Public Defender's Office.

A former President of the Asian American Bar Association, Agrawal's campaign bio notes that he also "chaired the host committee for the 2005 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) conference, served on the board of the National South Asian Bar Association (now South Asian Bar Association of North America) and held several positions with the Indian American Bar Association (IABA) (now known as the South Asian Bar Association of Chicago), including President and Vice President for Professional Development."

During his service with the IABA, Agrawal helped "renew" the Cyriac D. Kappil Legal Clinic at the Indo-American Center, which, according to the campaign bio, "is now one of the largest pro-bono legal clinics in Chicago." Agrawal is currently serving a second elected term on the South Loop Elementary School Local School Council and has also coached the South Loop Elementary Debate Team for several years.
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Campaign website launched for Judge Stephanie Saltouros

June 19, 2017, 8:08 pm
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Judge Stephanie Saltouros now has a campaign website up and running. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Saltourous's campaign bio details her 12 years of experience in the State's Attorney's Office, noting that she led the "Domestic Violence prosecution team in the Second Municipal District, where she used her expertise in that area to prosecute hundreds of domestic abusers" and her subsequent service in the Felony Review Unit of the State’s Attorney’s Office, where, according to her campaign site, she "worked closely with police officers from Chicago, Park Ridge, Niles, Des Plaines, and Glenview, assisting in hundreds of investigations that led to the prosecution and conviction of thousands of criminals." The last five years of her career in the State's Attorney's Office were spent as a felony prosecutor. Saltouros started her own practice in 2008. FWIW readers will recall that Saltouros was slated by the Democratic Party for a 10th Subcircuit vacancy in the March 2016 primary. She withdrew from that race, however, throwing her support to Judge Eve Marie Reilly, the eventual primary winner. Saltouros was appointed to the bench in September 2016.

Saltouros and her husband, Jim, are the parents of two children. Judge Saltourous served on her local school counsel and volunteered for the PTA while her children attended Chicago Public Schools. She is a member of the board of the Emergent Theatre.

According to Saltouros's campaign website, State Rep. Robert F. Martwick, Jr. is the Chair of the campaign. Jacob Kaplan, the Executive Director of the Cook County Democratic Party, is the Campaign Manager and Field Director. Michael Tierney is the Assistant Field Director.
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June 28 fundraiser set for Judge Debra A. Seaton

June 19, 2017, 8:32 pm
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Supporters of Judge Debra A. Seaton's election bid are holding a fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, June 28, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., in the Chicago offices of Faegre Baker Daniels, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4300. Francis Chinaka is hosting the event.

Tickets are $100 apiece, but current Assistant State's Attorneys and Assistant Public Defenders can buy discounted tickets for $25 each. Solo practitioners and attorneys in small firms can obtain discounted tickets for $50 each. Sponsorships are also available ($250 - Sponsors, $500 - Friends).

For more information about the event, or to reserve tickets, call (773) 503-4285 or email www.Citizens2ElectJudgeDebraSeaton@gmail.com (and, if that looks more like a campaign website than an email address, that may well prove to be the case -- but there is no campaign website on line -- not yet).

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Seaton to the Willis vacancy in the 2nd Subcircuit just last month.
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Campaign website goes live for Judge Robin D. Shoffner

June 20, 2017, 5:31 am
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A campaign website is now online in support of Judge Robin D. Shoffner's 8th Subcircuit election bid. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar. There is also a Facebook campaign page.

Shoffner's campaign bio stresses her pre-judicial service as a trial attorney for the Federal Civil Rights Division of the Corporation Counsel's Office, Senior Litigation Counsel for Aon Risk Services, and with the law firm currently known as Albert, Whitehead, P.C. It also notes Shoffner's service as President of the Black Women Lawyers' Association and as a past board member of the Cook County Bar Association. Shoffner was licensed to practice law in Illinois in 1990.

According to her campaign bio, Shoffner is an active member of Holy Angels Catholic Church, serving on the Finance Committee and the HIV/AIDS Ministry. Shoffner lives in the South Loop community with her daughter, who attends the South Loop Elementary School.

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Shoffner to the Fabri vacancy in the 8th Subcircuit in 2016. Before that, Shoffner served in a 5th Subcircuit vacancy.
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Tiana Ellis Blakely to seek 2nd Subcircuit vacancy, campaign website launched

June 20, 2017, 6:04 am
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Assistant Public Defender Tiana Ellis Blakely has announced plans to seek a 2nd Subcircuit vacancy in the March 2018 primary. That's a link to Blakely's campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar. She also has a campaign Facebook page.

According to ARDC, Blakely was licensed to practice law in Illinois in 2004. Her campaign bio notes that Blakely has served in the Cook County Public Defender's Office for her entire career, working in "several divisions including Child Protection, First Municipal, and Felony Trial." The campaign bio states that Blakely "has litigated over 200 cases from Battery to First Degree Murder."

Blakely was born in Chicago and raised in the Roseland community, where she attended Chicago Public Schools. She did her undergraduate work at SIU and graduated from Loyola University Chicago Law School. Blakely still lives in Roseland, with her husband and three children. According to the campaign bio, Blakely "speaks in neighborhood high schools about crime prevention, and volunteers at senior centers throughout her community." Blakely is a member of the Cook County Bar Association, the Black Women Lawyers Association, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She has served as Vice President of the Poe Classical School PTA and on the Fernwood Park Advisory Council.
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Fundraiser tomorrow for Judge Cecilia Horan at the University Club

June 21, 2017, 6:55 am
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Supporters of Judge Cecilia Horan's bid to hold her countywide seat are planning a fundraiser for their candidate tomorrow, June 22, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the University Club, 76 E. Monroe.

Tickets for the event are $150 each, but sponsorships are available ($250 - Supporter, $500 - Patron, $1,000 - Sponsor, $1,500 - Host, and $2,500 - Chair). Discounted tickets, for $100 each, are available to "associates" -- defined for this purpose as attorneys in practice for less than five years. Andy and Lynn Kopon and Kopon Airdo LLC are the listed hosts for this occasion.

For additional information about the event, or to reserve tickets, email eric@blueprintcampaignconsulting.com or call Eric at (773) 562-9559.

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Friends and family fundraiser set for Judge Debra A. Seaton on Saturday, June 24

June 21, 2017, 7:11 am
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Supporters of Judge Debra A. Seaton's 2nd Subcircuit election bid are planning a "Friends & Family Fundraiser" for their candidate this coming Saturday, June 24, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at 8500 S. Carpenter St., Chicago.

A minimum suggested fundraising contribution of $20 is requested. Francis Chinaka is hosting this event. For more information, or to reserve your place, please call (708) 218-2989 or email citizens2electJudgeDebraSeaton@gmail.com.
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