Judicial Evaluations: 12th Circuit

Including: Will county.

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Twelfth Judicial Circuit (Joint Poll with Will County Bar Association)

Judicial Advisory Polls

Note: Opinions expressed are of those lawyers who chose to respond and not of the Illinois State Bar Association.  Percentage is based on "yes" responses to each question; "no opinion" responses are not included.

Ballots mailed - 922 Ballots returned - 277

 

Recommended/
Not Recommended

Meets Require-
ments of Office

Integrity

Impar-
tiality

Legal Ability

Tempera-
ment

Court Manage-
ment

Health

Sensi-
tivity

Jeff Allen

Recommended

79.71

88.41

79.90

79.51

90.82

89.71

97.56

93.69

Elizabeth Dow

Recommended

84.68

96.40

94.50

85.19

95.50

91.67

98.20

96.36

Derek W. Ewanic

Recommended

71.43

97.14

79.41

60.00

91.43

82.86

100.00

85.71

Paula A. Gomora

Not-
Recommended

51.27

76.13

67.31

57.96

82.05

79.87

96.08

83.97

Sarah Jones

Not-
Recommended

53.90

79.43

55.07

65.71

51.06

78.17

89.36

77.30

Ray Nash

Recommended

95.08

97.33

95.14

93.01

97.28

96.22

99.46

97.31

For Retention

Joint Poll with Will County Bar Association, Black Bar Association of Will County, and Will County Women’s Bar Association

Ballots mailed - 1295 Ballots returned - 327

 

Recommended/
Not Recommended

Meets Require-
ments of Office

Integrity

Impar-
tiality

Legal Ability

Tempera-
ment

Court Manage-
ment

Health

Sensi-
tivity

Amy M. Bertani-Tomczak

Recommended

84.16

89.35

87.04

86.11

89.40

87.10

97.66

93.06

Gerald R. Kinney

Recommended

95.36

97.01

95.28

97.44

97.87

97.45

99.57

97.45

Susan T. O’Leary

Recommended

84.74

93.65

89.42

82.11

89.36

92.02

96.79

94.09

Carla Alessio Policandriotes

Recommended

87.57

89.01

85.71

90.11

89.94

95.56

97.78

91.16

Richard C. Schoenstedt

Recommended

90.45

94.39

89.29

89.34

93.85

95.41

97.95

95.90

Dick Siegel

Recommended

75.00

87.57

84.09

75.43

77.59

86.86

93.60

89.66

Stephen D. White

Recommended

88.94

92.75

87.25

91.26

92.12

91.71

96.53

88.73