Ronald Spears is installed as president of the IJA

Judge Ronald D. Spears of the 4th Circuit in Taylorville was installed May 29 as 38th president of the Illinois Judges Association during its annual meeting in Chicago.

A 1977 summa cum laude graduate of the Southern Illinois University School of Law and a judge since 1993, Spears is past chair of the ISBA Committee on Military Affairs and a former member of the ISBA Board of Governors.

Other new officers include Cook County Judge Lewis M. Nixon, first vice president; Justice Mary Seminara Schostok of the 2nd District Appellate Court, second vice president, and Cook County Judge Rita M. Novak, third vice president.

Others are Justice M. Carol Pope of the 4th District Appellate Court, secretary, and Cook County Judge Michael B. Hyman, treasurer. Hyman serves on the ISBA Bench and Bar Section Council and the Committee on Supreme Court Rules.

Illinois Judicial Council

New officers of the Illinois Judicial Council will be installed during its 27th annual awards luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 23, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago.

Incoming chairperson is Cook County Judge LaQuietta J. Hardy-Campbell. A 1978 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, she was elected to the bench in 1998.

For more information, call Judge Cheyrl D. Ingram at (708) 865-6073.

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The Illinois Judicial Council will conduct a golf outing on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Burnham Woods Golf Course of the Cook County Forest Preserve District.

For more information, contact Associate Judge Leonard Murray at (773) 407-8426 or lmurray50@alo.com.

Alliance of Illinois Judges

The founding of The Alliance of Illinois Judges by a Cook County complement of gay and lesbian judges will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 24.

Officers and directors will be installed during a 5 p.m. reception in Corboy Hall at the Chicago Bar Association. Access www.TheAIJ.com for details.