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Too good to be entirely true: Cook County Jail detainees did not support...
The news that President-Elect Donald Trump got a plurality of the votes cast in the precinct wherein the Cook County Jail is located got a lot of traction. FWIW jumped on the bandwagon, too, running a...
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CCBA Barristers Holiday Soirée set for December 12 in Hyde Park
The Cook County Bar Association holiday party will be held on Thursday, December 12, from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m., at The Penthouse Hyde Park, 5107 S. Blackstone Ave., on the 17th floor. Regular admission...
View ArticleNot every comment left in the queue is equally perspicacious
In a post last Friday I hope I gave due credit to the anonymous reader who helped me understand how and where detainee votes at the Cook County Jail were counted in the recent election. But not all...
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Tickets now on sale for Illinois Latino Judges Association Holiday Party
Tickets are now on sale for the Illinois Latino Judges Association Holiday Party. The event is set for Thursday, December 12, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Mi Tierra Restaurante, 2528 S. Kedzie. Tickets...
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FWIW now fishing for readers on Bluesky Social
I stopped being an early adapter of technology many years ago when I bought what would today be described as a tablet, but one loaded with Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing ver. 1.0. It was going to...
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Dr. Klumpp takes a first look at the Cook County judicial retention results
FWIW is once again pleased to present a Guest Post by Albert J. Klumpp, a PhD in public policy analysis with a national reputation for expertise on judicial races, the author of several scholarly works...
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Illinois State Bar Association seeks awards nominations
The Illinois State Bar Association is soliciting nominations for a host of awards -- not all of which, by their terms, are 'career achievement' awards meant as solace for someone sailing off into the...
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Tickets available at the door for tonight's SWBA Installation Dinner
If you're looking for something to do tonight, and if the currently falling snow stays pre-shoveled as promised, the Southwest Bar Association is holding its installation dinner, starting at 5:00...
View ArticleA rose by any other name? Name change statute in for some big changes
HB 5164 has passed the House and, having been reported out of the Senate Executive Committee on a party line vote, stands on the cusp of passage in the Senate, set for its Third Reading as of November...
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Wake and funeral arrangements announced for Mike McGowan
A lot of current and former Cook County judges will remember Mike McGowan, if only from their new judge orientations. Mike concluded his public career some years ago now, working as the technology...
View ArticleCBA condemns threats against Judge Thomas Nowinski
The Chicago Bar Association has issued a statement condemning threats made against Judge Thomas Nowinski. The statement, posted to X, states in pertinent part, "Regardless of one's views on the merits...
View ArticleJustice Cunningham announces appointment process for three subcircuit vacancies
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunninghman has announced that applications for temporary appointments to three subcircuit vacancies will be accepted until December 23 at 5:00 p.m. The vacancies...
View ArticleChief Justice Theis announces process for filling 11th Subcircuit vacancy
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis has announced that applications will be accepted for a temporary appointment to an 11th Subcircuit vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Mary...
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Wake and funeral arrangements announced for retired Appellate Court Justice...
Retired Appellate Court Justice Thomas J. O'Brien passed away this past Saturday at the age of 92. First elected to the Circuit Court in 1976, O'Brien concluded his judicial career on the Appellate...
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Linda Sackey appointed to countywide Hooks vacancy
Justice P. Scott Neville and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Linda Sackey to the countywide vacancy created by the recent retirement of Judge William H. Hooks. The...
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Tickets now on sale for CBA's Bar to the Future
Drive your DeLorean over to the Studebaker Theater, 410 S. Michigan Ave., for the Chicago Bar Association's 101st Annual Bar Show, Bar to the Future. The Wednesday, January 8 performance is billed as...
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CBA's Barristers Big Band at Andy's Jazz Club on December 30
The Chicago Bar Association's Barristers Big Band will perform at Andy's Jazz Club, 11 E. Hubbard Street, on Monday, December 30, at 6:00 and 8:15 p.m. Reservations (available at the Andy's Jazz Club...
View ArticleJustice Cunningham announces application process for three Circuit Court...
Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham has announced an application process for three Circuit Court vacancies, one countywide, and one each in the 1st and 13th Subcircuits. The countywide vacancy was...
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Bonnie McGrath remembered
Bonnie McGrath, who passed away unexpectedly just before Christmas (which would have been her 74th birthday), came to the law later in life, having done other things first. It is not that unusual for...
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Dr. Klumpp looks at the data: What were the major influences on the 2024 Cook...
FWIW is once again pleased to present a Guest Post by Albert J. Klumpp, a PhD in public policy analysis with a national reputation for expertise on judicial races. His article, "California's Judicial...
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