The Candidate Report for the 2023 ISBA Election is below. As the only contested seats in the 2023 ISBA Election are in the First Judicial District (Cook County), only members in Cook County (with dues paid by March 1, 2023) will be eligible to vote. Cook County members will receive a ballot on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The ballot will contain the Cook County Board of Governors and Assembly races. Voting concludes Friday, April 28, 2023.
(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; 1 candidate)
- Perry J. Browder, Alton
Board of Governors
Cook (2 to be elected; 5 candidates)
- Deidre Baumann, Evanston - 2
- Sandra Blake, Oak Park - 5
- Elizabeth A. Kaveny, Chicago - 1
- Stephen Komie, Chicago - 4
- Chloe G. Pedersen, Chicago - 3
Area 3 (Circuits 12, 13, 16, 21, 23) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)
- Nicholas Joseph Feda, St. Charles
Area 4 (Circuits 10, 14, 15) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)
- Heather McPherson, Freeport
Area 7 (Circuits 1, 2 and 4) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)
- Wesley Gozia, Carlyle
Under Age 37 – Outside of Cook County (Circuits 1-24) (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)
- Kristin Olson, Belleville
Under Age 37 – Cook County (1 to be elected; 1 candidate)
- Jennifer Anne Haase, Chicago
Assembly (17 to be elected)
Cook County (17 to be elected; 30 candidates)
- Michael Alkaraki, Chicago - 17
- Joseph Michael Vitacco Amari, Chicago - 6
- Howard Ankin, Chicago - 18
- Edward J. Burt, Oak Forest - 29
- Christopher B. Cohen, Glencoe - 30
- Audrey Cosgrove, Chicago - 10
- William J. Davy, Jr., Chicago - 22
- Anita DeCarlo, Chicago - 14
- Sharon L. Eiseman, Chicago - 4
- Gail Friedman, Chicago - 13
- Liam Kelly, Chicago - 16
- Anna Krolikowska, Northbrook - 28
- Soobin Lee, Chicago - 23
- Lori Levin, Chicago - 26
- Samuel H. Levine, Chicago - 7
- Jeffrey G. Liss, Winnetka - 15
- Kenneth M. Lubinski, Chicago - 11
- Lisa A. Marino, Chicago - 5
- Megan Fahey Monty, Chicago - 12
- James J. Morici, Chicago - 9
- Joseph T. Murphy, Riverside - 3
- Gerald W. Napleton, Lincolnwood - 20
- Katherine O’Dell, Chicago - 25
- J. Damian Ortiz, Chicago - 2
- Alan Pearlman, Northbrook - 1
- Cristina Rizen, Chicago - 8
- David Lawrence Sanders, Chicago - 21
- Nicholas Angelo Sandowski, Chicago - 24
- Yolanda H. Sayre, Chicago - 19
- Nadine Jean Wichern, Chicago - 27
Ballot positions certified by:
- Carl Draper, Teller
- Dennis M. Lynch, Teller
- Michael Strauss, Teller
February 6, 2023