Two Cook County retention candidates withdraw from November ballot
Cook County Judges Vanessa A. Hopkins and Noreen Love have asked to have their names removed from the November election ballot.Judge Hopkins was elected to the bench in 1996 from the 1st Subcircuit....
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Scenes from last night's reception for the 2014 retention judges
Preston Bradley Hall was jammed for last night's reception honoring judges seeking retention in Cook County. Retired Appellate Court Justice Marvin H. Leavitt, the Co-Chair of the Lawyers Committee of...
View ArticleDoes an unenforced smoking ban in Chicago's parks encourage or erode respect...
I believe, with John Adams (who coined the phrase) and John Marshall (who appropriated it -- see, Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S.137, 163 (1803)), that ours is a government of laws, not persons. (OK, Adams...
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Ian Brenson joins race for Billik vacancy in 4th Judicial Subcircuit
I've been telling FWIW readers for months now that there is only one contested judicial election on the November ballot.Turns out, I was wrong.There are now two.LaGrange attorney Ian Brenson will be on...
View ArticleChicago Bar Association releases ratings for Cook County judges seeking...
The Chicago Bar Association has released its evaluations of all 73 judges seeking retention on the November ballot, finding all but one qualified for retention. (The link in the preceding sentence will...
View ArticleCBA ratings in "contested" Cook County judicial races on the November ballot
The word "contested" is rendered in quotes because so few of the contests on the November ballot are, in fact, contested.These could have been contested, however, at least arguably, if the Republicans...
View ArticleSupreme Court catches up on a little paperwork in re: Judge Freddrenna Lyle
The Illinois Supreme Court yesterday terminated the appointment of Judge Freddrenna M. Lyle to the Taylor vacancy in Cook County's 7th Subcircuit. The termination order is "[e]ffective September 5,...
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Alliance retention "grids" issued
The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening has issued its ratings for the one Appellate Court justice and the seventy-plus Cook County Circuit Court judges seeking retention in November....
View ArticleChicago Council of Lawyers finds 18 retention candidates "Well Qualified" for...
The Chicago Council of Lawyers has issued explanations for its ratings of Cook County judges seeking retention in November. The Council's complete ratings will be available shortly on...
View ArticleCCL rates one judge Not Qualified for retention, but it's not the same judge...
Continuing with a look at the release today of the Alliance retention ratings (the Chicago Council of Lawyers is an Alliance member) -- scroll down or click here for the complete Alliance "grids" on...
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Alliance releases, or re-releases, ratings in races for Cook County judicial...
The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screenings has released its ratings for candidates seeking election to judicial vacancies in November. As regular FWIW readers know (and as newbies will...
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Council, Alliance ratings in the two contested Cook County judicial elections
Voters will have a choice of candidates in only one race in the 12th Subcircuit and one in the 4th Subcircuit.In the 12th Subcircuit race, the Chicago Council of Lawyers has issued these ratings on the...
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LTF provides update on Northern Trust IOLTA conversions
The original deadline set by the Northern Trust for lawyers (or at least those lawyers who don't have $2 million that they can leave on deposit with the bank at all times) to move their IOLTA accounts...
View ArticleJudge Pamela Loza interviewed on NTNM
Judge Pamela Loza, a candidate for retention in the upcoming November election, is a guest on this week's edition of Avy Meyers'North Town News Magazine and her interview has now been posted...
View ArticleJudge James Kaplan interviewed on NTNM
Judge James Kaplan, a candidate for the Jordan vacancy in the far north suburban 12th Judicial Subcircuit, is a guest on this week's edition of Avy Meyers'North Town News Magazine and his interview has...
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Bad Judge, worse TV
Kate Walsh plays Judge Rebecca Wright on NBC's Bad JudgeI saw the commercials and was not enthused. Still, I thought it might be fun to watch NBC's Bad Judge and possibly do a review. I thought a...
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Judith C. Rice gets a head start on her judicial career
Former Chicago Revenue Director and Water Commissioner Judith C. (Judy) Rice will be sworn in as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge on Monday, October 6, according to an order entered yesterday by the...
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IVI-IPO makes endorsements in some (but not all) Cook County judicial races
Updated and corrected 10/6/14The Independent Voters of Illinois - Independent Precinct Organization has posted its endorsements for the November election. That's a link to the IVI-IPO's endorsement...
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Why does the Sun-Times have a beef against Robert Kuzas?
Judicial candidate Robert D. Kuzas is singled out on the Sun-Times editorial page today as "another example of how firmly politicians continue to control who sits on the Cook County bench."The...
View ArticleISBA modifies rating of Republican candidate in 4th Subcircuit contest
The Illinois State Bar Association has changed its rating for Ian Brenson, the Republican candidate for judge in the far west suburban 4th Subcircuit.Like all of the other Alliance bar associations,...
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