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Decalogue Installation and Awards Dinner set for July 11
The Decalogue Society will hold its 89th Annual Installation and Awards Dinner on Tuesday, July 11, at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson. The dinner and awards presentation will frun from 6:30 to...
View ArticleGraduation speech press release commences runaway train of memories
Let's make this clear at the outset: I harbor no ill-feeling toward Brian Earl. I mean, for goodness' sake, it's been nearly a half-century now since he was chosen to deliver the student address at our...
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CBA webinar May 25 offers keys to success when running for office
Prospective Judicial Candidates: Even if you are already signed up for tomorrow's "Road to the Robe" presentation, sponsored by the Cook County Democratic Party (and perhaps especially if you are), you...
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Dawn Gonzalez to make 11th Subcircuit run
Dawn Gonzalez has announced her intention to seek an 11th Subcircuit vacancy in the 2024 Democratic Primary. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; when a candidate list is...
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Upcoming Democratic fundraisers which may of interest to Cook County judicial...
Haven't done one of these for awhile, but the latest batch arrived with significant lead time.... FWIW readers with disposable income and judicial ambitions may be interested in one or more of the...
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Edward J. Underhill appointed to countywide vacancy
In an Order entered yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Edward J. Underhill to a countywide vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Timothy P. Murphy. The appointment is effective June 8...
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Cook County Democratic Party to conduct judicial "pre-slating" on June 15 and 16
The headline pretty much tells you what you need to know. If you didn't know it already. The Cook County Democratic Party will hold a "Pre-Slating event" for countywide judicial hopefuls on June 15 and...
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Judge Neil H. Cohen to seek countywide vacancy
Neil H. Cohen was appointed to the countywide Mitchell vacancy last September. He will be seeking nomination and election to a countywide vacancy in the 2024 primary. A campaign website has been...
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DuPage County candidates raising funds in Chicago. Is this a thing now? Was...
Next Tuesday afternoon, June 6, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Tiffany Fordyce, a shareholder at Greenberg Taurig, will host a free Meet and Greet for DuPage County Judge Jennifer Barron. Well, sort of free....
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Alon Stein to make 2024 judicial bid
Alon Stein has announced his intention to seek a Cook County judicial vacancy in 2024. There's no campaign website yet, but there is a campaign Facebook page. Stein has been licensed in Illinois since...
View ArticleWho Sits Where: You Gotta Start Someplace Edition
Updated June 3, 2022 I'm sure this list is incomplete, particularly with regard to subcircuit vacancies. But it is as accurate as I can make it with the information I have collected. You gotta start...
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Two recent AJ finalists receive Circuit Court appointments
In separate Orders entered yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Corinne Cantwell Heggie to the countywide vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Vincent M. Gaughan and Debjani D. Desai...
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Koula Fournier announces 4th Subcircuit bid
Koula Founier has announced plans to seek a 4th Subcircuit vacancy in the 2024 election. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link will also be included in the candidate...
View Article396 (out of 400) associate judges retained statewide
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced yesterday that 396 of the 400 Illinois associate judges who filed requests for reappointment to a new four-year term have been retained....
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NSBA Judges Night set for June 14
The North Suburban Bar Association will hold its 2023 Judges Night on Wednesday, June 14, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the North Shore Country Club, 1340 Glenview Road, Glenview. Judge Megan Goldish, an...
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CCBA Leadership Conference and Installation Gala set for June 15-17
Some bar groups have a dinner to mark the end of one bar year and the start of another. Others might have a dinner and a reception. But, this year, the Cook County Bar Association has a kickoff party,...
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Former judge faces shocking ARDC charges
There was a challenge waiting for me in the comment queue this morning: "No Pat Martin post?" I saw the WBBM Radio article about the charges against former Judge Patricia Manila Martin last night on...
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Alliance of Illinois Judges Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers set...
I have been on vacation with the whole family this week... but I did have time this morning, wending my way back to home and hearth, to post an item or two. Here's one:This link will take you to the...
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Advocates celebrate Polish Heritage Night with the White Sox Tuesday
Limited vacation coverage continues on FWIW....If you don't want to do another installation dinner (see item below), the Advocates Society is participating in the White Sox Polish Heritage Night at...
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Ray J. Koenig to be sworn in as 2023-24 CBA President at sold-out Annual Meeting
The Chicago Bar Association will welcome Ray J. Koenig III as its new President at its June 29 Annual Meeting at the Union League Club, a gathering which, according to this page of the CBA website, is...
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