One Appellate Court justice, 58 Circuit Court judges file for retention in...
Appellate Court Justice Joy Virginia Cunningham has filed for retention and will appear on the November ballot, according to information provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections...
View ArticleRhonda Sallee's independent judicial bid undergoes challenge
It will probably not come as a surprise but, for the record, a challenge has been filed to the petitions recently filed by Rhonda Sallee, seeking to run as an independent candidate for the Williams...
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Illinois Judges Foundation plans Summer Reception for August 17
The Illinois Judges Foundation, the charitable arm of the Illinois Judges Association, will host its Summer Reception on Wednesday, August 17, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Corboy Hall at the Chicago Bar...
View ArticleChief Judge Evans to face challenge in reelection bid?
The Chicago Tribunereports this morning that Judge Thomas R. Allen will attempt to unseat Judge Timothy C. Evans as Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County.Judge Allen, like Judge Evans a...
View ArticleReacting to Dan Mihalopoulous's column today
Dan Mihalopoulos (@dmihalopoulos) gets all the best judicial emails. I admit to being jealous.FWIW readers probably read Mihalopoulos's column in this morning's Bright One (does the Sun-Times still use...
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August 25 fundraiser at Cavanaugh's for James E. Hanlon, Jr.
Supporters of James E. Hanlon, Jr.'s bid for the "A" vacancy in the 12th Subcircuit are planning a fundraiser for their candidate on Thursday, August 25, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Cavanaugh's Pub, 53...
View ArticleUpdating: Judge Pethers issues new statement
An alert reader directed me to a new letter from Judge Sheryl A. Pethers published yesterday on the Windy City Times website. That's a link to the complete letter. Please click over and read it.I...
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Judge suspended for letting judicial candidate decide cases
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced this afternoon that, pursuant to action taken today by the Executive Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Judge Valarie E. Turner has been...
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Tributes, scholarships conferred at IJF Summer Reception
The CBA's Corboy Hall was packed last evening for the Illinois Judges Foundation Summer Reception.Proceeds from the reception support the charitable and educational programs of the Illinois Judges...
View ArticleNot vindicated, but spared; Judge Santiago censured by Illinois Courts...
In an order released Thursday (still not online, but I'll update when I can supply the link), the Illinois Courts Commission censured Judge Beatriz Santiago for violations of Canons 1 and 2 of the Code...
View ArticleUpdating the Turner-Crawford story and suggesting a step back
This week's story about a Cook County judge getting suspended after allegedly allowing a law clerk/ staff attorney (and judicial candidate) to wear a robe and decide cases on the judge's call has grown...
View ArticleCrisis in the Legal Profession: What you can do to help
by Chelsy A. Castro Clinical Case and Program ManagerIllinois Lawyers’ Assistance ProgramNews stories about mental health and addiction issues in lawyers seem to be increasingly commonplace and yet...
View ArticleA note about today's guest post, which follows immediately
In writing about the Turner-Crawford business, I suggested that, surely, someone must have seen some warning signs. I found it difficult to believe that an experienced, respected judge would just wake...
View ArticleBlogger submits to self-criticism concerning Chief Judge election
When the comment is written in ALL CAPS you know someone's serious. In this case, the comment began:WHY HAVE YOU NOT WRITTEN ABOUT SANDRA RAMOS CANDIDACY FOR CHIEF JUDGE?Well---says the blogger,...
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Michael A. Forti obtains 8th Subcircuit appointment
In an order entered yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Michael A. Forti to the 8th Subcircuit vacancy recently created by the passing of Justice Laura Cha-yu Liu.Forti's appointment is...
View ArticleA cautionary tale about a tempting email
The email, when I opened it, looked almost legit. Yes, it wasn't from anyone I knew. But it was actually addressed to me, not to a group or seemingly to the sender itself, like so many of the junk...
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Stephanie Saltouros appointed to 10th Subcircuit vacancy
Still waiting on the press release (I'll link it when it's posted) but the Illinois Supreme Court yesterday appointed Stephanie Saltouros to the 10th Subcircuit vacancy created by the recent elevation...
View ArticleJudge Maryam Ahmad will/will not be write-in candidate against Rhonda Crawford
Shortly after announcing her write-in candidacy for the Hopkins vacancy in the 1st Subcircuit, the Chicago Board of Elections ruled Judge Maryam Ahmad ineligible.Judge Ahmad was defeated in her attempt...
View ArticleMother Tribune weighs in on Chief Judge election... sort of
The Tribune story, by Steve Mills and Todd Lighty, can be found here.Mills and Lighty quote UIC Professor (and former Alderman) Dick Simpson as saying that "[t]here's obviously a rebellion going on. *...
View ArticleAnd then there were two....
I have it on very good authority that Judge Sandra Ramos has, just this evening, withdrawn her candidacy for Cook County Chief Judge. In an email to colleagues, Judge Ramos noted that Hispanics make up...
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