Another judge sent to 'judges' jail' -- but not for long
Yesterday the Office of the Chief Judge issued the following statement:The Executive Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County has determined that, on or about December 6, 2021, the Hon. Raúl Vega...
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Office of the Chief Judge mandates COVID-19 vaccines for all employees
In announcing the employee mandate, the Office of Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans issued the following statement:In recent weeks, the nation has seen a surge in coronavirus cases due, in large part, to...
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Stephen A. Swedlow to make 8th Subcircuit bid
Stephen A. Swedlow is planning to run for judge in the 8th Subcircuit, and he's already kicked in a half million dollars into his campaign warchest in a bid to overwhelm potential competition. (His...
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A new draft of the 20-subcircuit map has been posted on the Ilinois...
That's the Redistricting page of the Illinois House Dems website. Lest there be any confusion.The link to the latest map can be found by clicking here. But here is a screenshot of the new map for...
View ArticleOcasio appointed Acting Presiding Judge of the 4th Municipal District
Statement issued yesterday by the Office of Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans:The Hon. Ramon Ocasio has been named acting presiding judge of the Fourth Municipal District in Maywood, said Chief Judge...
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They put down the crayons alright: Cook County got a new subcircuit map last...
For the record, the new Cook County map, the one that got posted on the House Redistricting website just this past Monday, got joined by a few friends sometime yesterday afternoon or evening. Here's a...
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Continuing: The "evolution" of HB3138 -- or -- Subcircuit redistricting in an...
In our last installment, we introduced you to HB3138, the bill that, last night, became a 389-page judicial redistricting bill.As introduced, of course, the bill had nothing to do with judicial...
View ArticleI'm not sure they thought this one all the way through: Looking more at how...
The Judicial Circuits Districting Act of 2022 is 389 pages long... but most of of it---nearly all of it, really---consists of written descriptions of the many and various subcircuits set up in Cook...
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HB3138 is now law -- what will that mean for Cook County judicial hopefuls?
Let's start with what we know for sure:The new subcircuit maps are now law: On Friday, January 7, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB3138 into law. It is now P.A. 102-0693.Because the bill has been signed...
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Iris Y. Chavira seeks 14th Subcircuit vacancy, launches campaign website
Iris Y. Chavira, a Division Chief and Senior Administrative Law Judge for the City of Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings, has announced her intention to seek one of the two available 14th...
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Viviana MartÃnez to make 14th Subcircuit bid; campaign website launched
Viviana MartÃnez, a Special Assistant for Legal Affairs in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of Cook County, is running for a 14th Subcircuit vacancy in the upcoming June primary. That's a...
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Moving on... and some housekeeping announcements
If you've been visiting regularly these past several days (and, if you have, thank you) you must have noticed that I think there's a significant flaw in the language of the newly-passed Judicial...
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Free seminar next Thursday on how judicial candidates are evaluated
This seminar will be put on by the Chicago Bar Association next Thursday, January 20, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m., and, yes, it is an opportunity for the CBA to identify and attract more people to serve on...
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Campaign website found for Thomas E. Nowinski
Found on the Internet: This campaign website for countywide candidate Thomas E. Nowinski. That is a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the Sidebar on...
View ArticleWho's running for what....
This is the first day petitions can circulate for the June primary (and the weather is better than we'd dared hope -- especially after the ice storm last weekend). Stick around, though, it's going to...
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Deidre Baumann campaign website launched
A new campaign website has been established in support of the latest bid by Deidre Baumann for a seat on the Cook County Circuit Court. That's a link to the site in the preceding sentence; a link has...
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Brad Trowbridge to seek 8th Subcircuit vacancy
Bradley R. Trowbridge has announced plans to seek the Gordon vacancy in the 8th Judicial Subcircuit. That's a link to his campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the...
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40th Ward Dems announce endorsements in Cook County judicial races... so far
The 40th Ward Democratic Organization has put up its endorsements on its website.Here is a link to the complete list of the group's endorsements in all races. If you peruse the list carefully you will...
View ArticleSuburban drug treatment courts get federal grant
A press release issued by the Office of the Chief Judge earlier this week:A new federal grant will boost three existing suburban court programs that help drug users.The Bureau of Justice Assistance has...
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Jennifer Bae plans 8th Subcircuit run
Jennifer Bae has announced plans to seek an 8th Subcircuit vacancy. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the site Sidebar as well.Bae's campaign bio...
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