The Candidate Report for the 2020 ISBA Election is below. All members of the association (except non-lawyer members) with their dues paid by March 1, 2020 are eligible to vote.

(N.B.: Pursuant to the Policy and Procedures for Election approved by the ISBA Assembly, in those instances where there are more candidates than positions to be filled, nominees are listed on the ballot by the date of filing. Where two or more people filed on the same date, ballot positions were determined by lot. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name.)

Third Vice-President (1 to be elected; 3 candidates)

• Nora Ann Devine 3
• Shawn S. Kasserman 1 
• Ava George Stewart 2

Board of Governors

Cook (2 to be elected; 3 candidates)

• Julie A. Johnson* 1
• Stephen M. Komie 2 
• Arlette G. Porter 3  

Area 3 (Circuits 12, 13, 16, 21, and 23) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)

• Nicholas J. Feda* 1

Area 4 (Circuits 10, 14, and 15) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)

• Heather A. McPherson* 1

Under Age 37 - Outside of Cook County (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)

• J. David Sanders 1

Under Age 37 - Cook County (1 to be elected; 2 candidates)

• Jennifer A. Haase 2
• Azar Alexander 1

Assembly

Cook County (21 to be elected; 23 candidates)

• Michael Alkaraki 11
• Patrice Ball-Reed* 9
• Joel Chupack* 13
• Chris Cohen 12
• Sandra Crawford 18  
• Umberto Davi* 19
• Jessica Durkin 15
• Sharon L. Eiseman 2 
• Gail Tuler Friedman 7
• Jesse Gonzalez 23
• David P. Huber* 14
• Stephen M. Komie* 3 
• Lori G. Levin 6
• Jeffrey G. Liss 4
• Ashanti Madlock Henderson* 10 
• Bruno Ronald Marasso* 16
• Emily N. Masalski 17
• Erica Chron Minchella* 22 
• Megan Fahey Monty 20 
• J. Damian Ortiz* 8
• Alan Pearlman 5
• Chloé G. Pedersen* 1 
• Benjamin Sweeney 21

* Denotes Incumbent