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  • November 5, 2012 | ISBA News | Practice News
    ISBA Member Update with John Thies - Voting for Judges

    ISBA President John E. Thies urges everyone to use ISBA judicial evaluations when they vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Judicial evaluations are available at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations

  • March 21, 2012 | Practice News
    Results from Tuesday’s judicial primaries for all circuits outside of Cook

    Here are the results for Tuesday's judicial primaries for all circuits outside of Cook. Click the link below for the list of results from around the state with ISBA ratings for each candidate.

    Winners in bold

    • Click here for the results from Tuesday's Supreme and Appellate primaries
    • Click here for the results from Tuesday's Cook County Circuit primaries

    (R) Republican
    (D) Democrat

    Candidates must receive 65% on the question of Meets Requirements of Office in order to be Recommended.

    1st Circuit - Williamson County - Eckiss

  • March 20, 2012 | Practice News
    Theis wins Supreme Court seat; Delort, Reyes, Neville take 1st District Appellate seats

    Key

    • HQ - Highly Qualified
    • Q - Qualified
    • NQ - Not Qualified   

    Winners in bold

    Judicial candidates are rated by the Illinois State Bar Association based on detailed information supplied by candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate.  Ratings reflect the Illinois State Bar Association’s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates’ abilities as lawyers.

    Candidates who do not participate in the process are found “not qualified”. 

    Supreme Court  – 1st District – Fitzgerald

    Mary Jane Theis HQ Aurelia Pucinski NQ Joy V. Cunningham Q Thomas W. Flannigan NQ James G. Riley (R) Q

     

  • March 20, 2012 | Practice News
    Results from Tuesday’s Cook County Circuit Court primaries

    Key

    • HQ - Highly Qualified
    • Q - Qualified
    • NQ - Not Qualified   

    Winners in bold

    • Click here for the results from Tuesday's Supreme and Appellate primaries
    • Click here for the results from Tuesday's Downstate primaries

    Judicial candidates are rated by the Illinois State Bar Association based on detailed information supplied by candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate.  Ratings reflect the Illinois State Bar Association’s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates’ abilities as lawyers.

    Candidates who do not participate in the process are found “not qualified”.

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  • February 21, 2012
    Election Day is here - don’t forget your ISBA judicial ratings


    All candidates for Illinois judicial offices in the March 20 primary election have been rated by Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) evaluation committees, or in a poll conducted by ISBA. Results are available at www.isba.org/YouBeTheJudge.

    In Cook County, an ISBA Judicial Evaluations committee used the results of a questionnaire and interviews to rate candidates for all judicial offices. Candidates for the Appellate Court outside Cook County were also evaluated using this process.

    In counties outside Cook, an advisory poll is conducted by mail and sent to all ISBA members in the circuit or district from which a candidate seeks election. Licensed lawyers who are not members of ISBA may request a ballot.

    “Through these polls and evaluations, voters are provided the opportunity and responsibility of selecting qualified individuals to serve as judges to assure effective administration of our system of justice,” said John G. Locallo, of Chicago, president of the Illinois State Bar Association. “I encourage voters to consider these poll results when deciding how to vote on March 20.”

  • September 1, 2011 | Practice News
    New law limits the number of petitions for judicial candidates

    A new law in effect limits the number of petitions for judicial candidates. Public Act 97-81 states as follows:  

    “A candidate in a judicial election may file petitions for nomination for only one vacancy in a subcircuit and only one vacancy in a circuit in any one filing period, and if petitions for nomination have been filed for the same person for 2 or more vacancies in the same circuit or subcircuit in the same filing period, his or her name shall be certified only for the first vacancy for which the petitions for nomination were filed.”  

    The State Board of Elections will accept for filing and process only one petition for a circuit vacancy and/or only one petition for a subcircuit vacancy in any filing period.  PA 97-81 did not change existing law regarding candidates filing for other multiple incompatible offices.  

    Please refer to the judicial candidate filing and multiple office filing information in the State Board of Elections’ 2012 Candidate’s Guide (www.elections.il.gov) for further guidance.  The 2012 Candidate’s Guide contains important information as to these topics and the State Board of Elections’ policies on judicial filings.  The State Board of Elections’ policy on judicial filings can be seen here.

  • November 2, 2010 | Practice News
    Tuesday’s Cook County judicial election results

    Note: These are the results from 2010. Click here for March 2012 results.

    All of Illinois' Supreme Court Justices won their retention races on Tuesday - but three Supreme Court Justices were dismissed in Iowa. Results from retentions and contested elections (winners in bold). Cook County Circuit (McCarthy vacancy)

    • Maureen Masterson Pulia (R)
    • Daniel J. Gallagher (D)

    Retention Candidates - YES OR NO Supreme Court 1st Judicial District

    • Charles E. Freeman - YES
    • Thomas R. Fitzgerald - YES

    Appellate Court 1st Judicial District

    • Joseph Gordon - YES
    • Shelvin Louise Marie Hall - YES

  • November 2, 2010 | Practice News
    Tuesday’s judicial results for all circuits outside of Cook

    All of Illinois' Supreme Court Justices won their retention races on Tuesday - but three Supreme Court Justices were dismissed in Iowa. Results from retentions and contested elections  (winners in bold, Yes or No on retentions). 1st Judicial Circuit Retention

    • W. Charles Grace - YES
    • William G. Schwartz - YES

    2nd District Supreme Retention

    • Bob Thomas - YES

    2nd District Appellate Retention

    • John J. Bowman - YES

    2nd Judicial Circuit Retention

    • Larry D. Dunn - YES
    • David K. Frankland - YES
    • Terry H. Gamber - YES
    • Robert M. Hopkins - YES
    • Paul W. Lamar - YES

    3rd District Supreme Retention

    • Tom Kilbride - YES

    3rd District Appellate Retention

    • Mary W. McDade - YES

    3rd Judicial Circuit Retention

    • A. Andreas "Andy" Matoesian

    4th Judicial Circuit Retention

    • Michael P. Kiley - YES
    • Kelly D. Long - YES
    • Wm. Robin Todd - YES

    4th Judicial Circuit Coady Vacancy

    • Michelle Coady (D)
    • Douglas L. Jarman (R)

    Hitpas Vacancy

    • Doug Gruenke (R)
    • Dennis Middendorff (D)

    Sauer Vacancy

    • Mark W. Stedelin (R)
    • Eddie Veltman (D)

    5th District Appellate Retention

    • Thomas M. Welch - YES

    5th Judicial Circuit Retention

    • Claudia Anderson - YES
    • Michael D. Clary - YES
    • Millard S. Everhart - YES
    • James R. Glenn - YES
    • Gary W. Jacobs - YES
    • Teresa K. Righter - YES
  • September 22, 2010 | Practice News
    Illinois State Bar Association releases judicial evaluations for Cook County

    These evaluations are for candidates for judicial vacancies in the upcoming general election on Nov. 2, 2010. Click here for these evaluations in printable PDF format. First District – Appellate Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Jill K. McNulty)

    • James Epstein HQ

    First District Appellate Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Denise M. O’Malley)

    • Aurelia Marie Pucinski NQ

    First District Appellate Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Leslie E. South)

    • Mary Katherine Rochford Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Richard B. Berland)

    • William H. Hooks HQ

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Philip L. Bronstein)

    • Terry MacCarthy Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Francis J. Dolan)

    • Susan Kennedy Sullivan Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Marsha D. Hayes)

    • Raymond W. Mitchell HQ

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Daniel J. Kelley)

    • John Patrick Callahan, Jr. Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Carol Pearce McCarthy)

    • Maureen Masterson Pulia R Q
    • Daniel J. Gallagher D Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. James P. O’Malley)

    • Thomas V. Lyons Q

    Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Ronald C. Riley)

    • Sandra G. Ramos Q
  • February 2, 2010 | Practice News
    Tuesday’s Cook County judicial primary results

    These are the results from 2010. Click here for March 2012 primary results.

    Illinois Lawyer Now has results for Tuesday's judicial primaries. Click the link below for the full list of Tuesday's races from Cook County with ISBA ratings for each candidate. All races are now accounted for.