Candidate Report for the 2026 ISBA Election

The Candidate Report for the 2026 ISBA Election is below. All members of the association (except non-lawyer members) with their dues paid by March 2, 2026, are eligible to vote.

(N.B.: Where more candidates filed for a position than vacancies available, ballot positions were determined by lot. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name.)

Third Vice-President – 1 to be elected

• Dennis M. Lynch, Chicago 2
• Emily N. Masalski, Oak Park 1

Board of Governors

Cook County,  2 to be elected

• William J. Anaya, Chicago 1
• Albert E. Durkin, Chicago 3
• Daniel J. Heywood, Chicago 4
• Rebecca B. Melzer, Chicago 2

Area 7 (Circuits 1, 2, and 4) 1 to be elected

• Sarah J. Taylor, Carbondale

Under Age 37 – Cook County, 1 to be elected

• Taylor L. Tyler, Chicago

Under Age 37 – Outside Cook County (Circuits 1-24) 1 to be elected

• Patrick M. Collins, Esq., St. Charles 1
• Marie K. Sarantakis, Oak Brook 2

Assembly

Cook County, 19 to be elected

• Howard H. Ankin, Chicago
• Keith D. Barnstein, Chicago
• Desirae N. Bedford, Skokie
• Samuel Kingston Glover, Esq., Chicago
• David Francis Jasinski, Chicago
• Stephen M. Komie, Chicago
• Gabriel A. Kostecki, Chicago
• Anna P. Krolikowska, Northbrook
• Samuel H. Levine, Chicago
• Robert G. Lohman, III., Des Plaines
• Gregory T. Mitchell, Homewood
• Hector Morales, Chicago
• Katherine A. O’Dell, Chicago
• Chloe G. Pedersen, Chicago
• Frank J. Serio, Park Ridge
• Gina Michele Smith, Chicago
• Mario Sullivan, Chicago Yafei Xue, Chicago

Ballot positions virtually certified February 5, 2026 by:

• Carl Draper, Springfield
  Teller
• Charles Northrup, Springfield
  General Counsel