Results so far in contested subcircuit races
There are only three subcircuit contests, one in the 12th Subcircuit and two in the 4th Subcircuit.In the 12th Subcircuit, with just over 75% of the votes counted, Judge Andrea Schleifer is ahead of...
View ArticleIt looks like all retention judges survive
I'm focusing tonight on three judges who were targeted for defeat by the Chicago Tribune and the vast majority of bar associations (all of the bar associations in the case of Judge Hill-Veal, who chose...
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Swanson, Lyle receive new appointments
Judge LyleThe Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Judge Freddrenna M. Lyle to the 7th Subcircuit vacancy created by the appointment of Judge William H. Taylor II to the Appellate Court. Judge Lyle had...
View ArticleJudge Cynthia Y. Cobb receives new appointment
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Judge Cynthia Y. Cobb to the Cook County Circuit Court countywide vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Barbara A. McDonald. The appointment is effective...
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Judges Moreland, Fletcher and Vilkelis receive new appointments
Updated, corrected and link fixed.Three Cook County Circuit Court judges whose current appointments were about to expire received new appointments from the Illinois Supreme Court in orders entered...
View ArticleJudge Hyman assigned to the Appellate Court
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Michael B. Hyman has been assigned to the Illinois Appellate Court effective January 8, 2013 according to an order entered yesterday by the Illinois Supreme...
View ArticleSupreme Court fills two more Circuit Court vacancies
In separate orders entered today, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Lauretta Higgins Wolfson and Gregory Emmett Ahern to vacancies on the Cook County Circuit Court.Judge Wolfson was originally...
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The last man on the Moon left 40 years ago today
Image obtained from GeneCernan.com.At 5:55 p.m. EST on December 14, 1972, Captain Eugene A. Cernan, USN, and Dr. Harrison Schmitt, a professional geologist, blasted off from the lunar surface in the...
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Cook County courts on ATRA "Hellhole" watchlist
The American Tort Reform Foundation released its annual list of Judicial Hellholes (you can access and download the entire report from that site).The top five jurisdictions singled out for opprobrium...
View ArticleTribune complains about judicial reappointments
*Sigh*The Chicago Tribune is upset again this morning about Cook County judges. In a front page article, "Defeated judges find way back to bench," reporters Jeff Coen and Todd Lighty grouse that the...
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Time to take down -- and recycle -- the holiday decorations
Updated January 10, 2013Now that the Three Kings have come and gone, you may be wondering what to do with that Christmas tree shedding needles all over your living room.Until January 18, 2013 Chicago...
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Farewell to two respected Cook County jurists
Judge GreenI was saddened to learn from Sneed's Chicago Sun-Times column this morning of the passing of former Chancery Division Presiding Judge Albert Green.At arguments on fully-briefed, contested...
View ArticleDiana L. Embil appointed to 15th Subcircuit vacancy
The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Diana L. Embil to a 15th Subcircuit vacancy created by the pending retirement of Judge John T. Doody, Jr.Currently, Embil is an Associate Regional Counsel with...
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Justice Steele's retirement prompts Appellate Court reshuffle; Judge Daniel...
Justice Sheldon A. HarrisAppellate Court Justice John O. Steele retired at the close of 2012.The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Sheldon A. Harris to the vacancy created by Justice Steele's...
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Law professors may need civics courses, too
The Pro Say Blog, the blog of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, ran a post this week by Suzanne Schmitz, a Professor Emeritus at the SIU School of Law, entitled "Why Care About...
View ArticleGhostwriting controversy highlights another difference between state and...
Tonight's Chicago Daily Law Bulletin carries an article by Patricia Manson, "Judge warns against ghostwriting briefs" (subscription required).In a trademark dispute case, according to Manson's story,...
View ArticleDoctor's suit against online critic thrown out by Minnesota Supreme Court
I don't pretend to cover Minnesota law here; I am not licensed in Minnesota.However, I wrote about the case of McKee v. Laurion here before, back in 2011 (Doctor sues patient?) and, yesterday, the...
View ArticleCBA Judicial Evaluation Committee looks to beef up investigation panels
The CBA Judicial Evaluation Committee is looking for members to serve in its Investigation Division. The Committee evaluates candidates for the bench and sitting judges seeking retention. CBA members...
View ArticleJean M. Cocozza appointed to countywide vacancy
Updated 2/14/13The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin reports in its February 11 edition that Jean M. Cocozza has been appointed to the Cook County Circuit Court countywide vacancy created by the election of...
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Justice Theis creates appointment screening committee
Judge Anderson (ret.)Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis announced Friday the formation of a 14-person "bipartisan screening committee" to assist her in screening potential appointments to interim...
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