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Hock fundraiser set for November 15
Supporters of John Hock's 18th Subcircuit judicial bid are planning a fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, November 15, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., at Mikerphone Brewing, 121 Garlisch Dr., in Elk...
View ArticleWho Sits Where: I've been doing it all wrong edition
The 2024 election will be the first conducted under the Judicial Circuits Districting Act of 2022, P.A. 102-0693. Section 60 of this Act amended several provisions of the Circuit Courts Act, 705 ILCS...
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CBA YLS announces Santa letters project
The letters referred to are not the ones that some lawyers may be tempted to write at this time of year ("Dear Santa -- This year, could you please bring me just one paying client? Preferably one that...
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Illinois Latino Judges Association Holiday Party tickets now available
The Illinois Latino Judges Association Holiday Party will take place on Thursday, December 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Mi Tierra, 2528 S. Kedzie. Tickets are $100 each -- and I regret to inform you,...
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Rivanda Doss Beal to make 17th Subcircuit judicial bid
There is no campaign website yet (one is apparently under construction) but there is a campaign Facebook page announcing that Rivanda Doss Beal is planning to seek a 17th Subcircuit vacancy in the...
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Philip Fowler campaign website found online
Usually--and by 'usually' I mean every single time I can think of before today--in those cases where a person has been appointed to the bench, said person's picture on the eventual campaign website...
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Ed Underhill campaign website found online
A campaign website has been found online for Judge Edward J. Underhill. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the Sidebar on this site. The Illinois...
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Campaign website launched for Pablo deCastro
A campaign website has been launched in support of Pablo deCastro's countywide judicial bid. That's a link to the new website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the Sidebar on...
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Still time to participate in the Decalogue Chanukah Toy Drive
The Decalogue Society of Lawyers has partnered with the Hinda Institute to bring Chanukah cheer to children in need through its 2023 Toy Drive. With Hinda, Decalogue will be purchasing and delivering...
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PRBA providing gifts for children in need this holiday season with Adopt a...
The Puerto Rican Bar Association has partnered with several Chicago area social service agencies to provide holiday gifts for needy children. The PRBA's flyer, announcing this venture, is reproduced...
View ArticleIJEC offers FAQs for judicial candidates
The Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee (IJEC), a joint committee of the Illinois Judges Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association, has published an updated list of...
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Tickets still available for Advocates Society Scholarship Fundraiser
The Advocates Society dinner in support of the Polish-American Advocates Scholarship Foundation is set for November 30, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Maggiano's, 516 N. Clark Street. Individual tickets...
View ArticleWho Sits Where: First Day of Filing edition
With all this warm weather we've had this autumn, one might have hoped that there would be decent weather for the Cook County judicial candidadtes' pilgramage to Springfield this morning. It snowed...
View ArticleMiller, Vega Samuel file in 14th Subcircuit
Associate Judge Stephanie Kathryn Miller and MALDEF Midwest Regional Counsel Griselda Vega Samuel filed nominating petitions for 14th Subcircuit vacancies this morning, Miller filing for the Pierce...
View ArticleRalph E. Meczyk files for Betar vacancy in 13th Subcircuit
Ralph E. Meczyk has filed for the Betar vacancy in the 13th Subcircuit. There is no campaign website that I can find this morning; I will keep looking. Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1977,...
View ArticleDave Heilmann to run for 19th Subcircuit vacancy
Clausen Miller partner Dave Heilmann was in line when the doors opened at the State Board of Elections this morning, filing petitions to run for the vacancy in the new 19th Subcircuit. That's a link to...
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James "Jack" Costello files for Schleifer vacancy in 12th Subcircuit
Updated November 27 to add photo and link to campaign website.James "Jack" Costello, who lost a 2022 bid for a 13th Subcircuit vacancy by a razor-thin margin, has filed this morning for the Schleifer...
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And the first non-lottery-eligible 2024 Cook County judicial candidate is...
Michael B. Kilgallon filed this morning for the Wojkowski vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. That's a link to his campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link will be added to the Sidebar on this...
View ArticleChallenges in Supreme Court, two Appellate Court races
So far."So far" being an important qualifier here. After all, filing merely opened up this morning. Petitions can come in for another week yet. After the enormous crush in the morning when the doors...
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