Member Groups

Judicial Advisory Polls

The mission of the Standing Committee on Judicial Advisory Polls is

  • To study, formulate and recommend occasions for and methods of conducting advisory polls of members of the bar on qualifications of candidates for judicial office, and to supervise and conduct such polls when requested by local bar associations in accordance with policy and procedure established by the Assembly.
  • Consists of chair, vice-chair, director of administrative services as secretary ex officio, and 13 additional members. Eight members constitute a committee quorum. No change in the basic Judicial Advisory Polls Committee Policy shall be adopted with less than six affirmative votes.

Standing Committee Roster

  • Teresa B. Phillips, Taylorville, Chair
  • Hon. Thomas L. Brownfield, Havana, Vice-Chair
  • Joseph F. Emmerth, IV, Sullivan Taylor & Gumina PC, Wheaton, Secretary
  • Hon. Val Gunnarsson, Carroll County Courthouse, Mt. Carroll, Ex-Officio
  • Hon. J. Jeffrey Allen, 12th Judicial Circuit Court, Shorewood, Member
  • Paul R. Bown, Brown Hay & Stephens, Springfield, Member
  • Terrence J. Brady, Libertyville, Member
  • Hon. Thomas J. Brannan, Cass County Courthouse, Virginia, Member
  • Hon. Gerald B. Cohn, United States District Court, Collinsville, Member
  • Hon. Rosemary Collins, Rockford, Member
  • Marcilene Dutton, Illinois State Board of Education Deputy General Counsel, Legal Dept, Chatham, Member
  • Howard W. Feldman, Feldman Wasser Draper & Cox, Springfield, Member
  • Hon. Daniel E. Hartigan, Jasper County Courthouse, Newton, Member
  • Robert J. Lindvall, Machesney Park, Member
  • Julia M. Matoesian, Edwardsville, Member
  • Hon. Brian R. McKillip, Circuit Court 18th Judicial Circuit, Wheaton, Member
  • Lisa M. Nyuli, Ariano Hardy Ritt Nyuli Richmond Lytle & Goettel PC, South Elgin, Member
  • Edward H. Rawles, Rawles O'Byrne Stanko Kepley & Jefferson PC, Champaign, Member
  • Hon. Elizabeth A. Robb, Bloomington, Member
  • Susan W. Rogaliner, St. Charles, Member
  • David K. Slocum, Mt Sterling, Member
  • Hon. April G. Troemper, Springfield, Member
  • Hon. James M. Wexstten, Mt Vernon, Member
  • Hon. Stephen R. Pacey, 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Paxton, Board Liaison
  • Douglas M. Barringer, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison