Dan Balanoff to make 8th Subcircuit judicial bid

Dan Balanoff, the grandson of former Cook County Circuit Court Judge Miriam Balanoff, has announced plans to seek an 8th Subcircuit judicial seat.

That's a link to Balanoff's campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Balanoff has already had a write-up on Politico, in a piece that mentions that Dan Balanoff's father is Cook County Circuit Court Judge Robert Balanoff and "his uncles are progressive political consultant Clem Balanoff and SEIU President Tom Balanoff."

Licensed as an attorney since 2007, according to ARDC, Balanoff is the principal of Balanoff & Associates, with an office on South Ewing Street on the Southeast Side. His campaign bio stresses that he has lived in Lincoln Park for the past decade, and has served on the Lincoln Park High School LSC.