The following list of offices in the Illinois State Bar Association are to be filled by the 2024 annual election.
- 1 – Office of Third Vice-President (Cook County)
- 5 – Seats on the Board of Governors
- 24 – Seats on the Cook County Assembly
For Third Vice-President – Cook County – 1 to be elected
No incumbent*
For Board of Governors
Cook County – 1 to be elected
Incumbent:
- Ava George Stewart, Chicago **
Area 1 (Circuit 18) – 1 to be elected
Incumbent:
- J. Matthew Pfeiffer, Wheaton
Area 2 (Circuits 17, 19 and 22) – 1 to be elected
Incumbent:
- Tamika R. Walker, Rockford**
Area 6 (Circuits 7, 8 and 9) – 1 to be elected
Incumbent:
- J. Randall Cox, Springfield **
Area 8 (Circuits 3, 20 and 24) – 1 to be elected
Incumbent:
- Amanda G. Highlander, Edwardsville***
For Assembly
Cook County – 24 to be elected
Incumbents:
- Eric J. Anderson, Chicago
- Thomas M. Battista, Chicago
- Deidre Baumann, Chicago
- Sandra Blake, Oak Park
- James Alward Cook, Chicago
- Ajalteria Favors, Evergreen Park
- John M. Fitzgerald, Chicago
- Eugene Friedman, Chicago
- Lesley Gool, Chicago
- Matthew R. Huff, Chicago**
- Marjorie Kennedy, Chicago**
- Donald H. Kiolbassa, Chicago
- Dennis M. Lynch, Chicago**
- Ashly McCants, Flossmoor
- Hope Mercado, Chicago
- Timothy Moran, Chicago
- Ashley Murray, Chicago**
- James C., Jr. Murray, Chicago
- Paul G. O’Toole, Chicago
- Robert Oleszkiewicz, Chicago**
- Elisabeth Ritter, Chicago
- Curtis B. Ross, Chicago**
- Mark E. Wojcik, Chicago
Nomination
Members who wish to be candidates for office must reside in the proper geographic jurisdiction, meet other requirements for a particular office, and be in good standing with the ISBA at the close of the nominating period.
Voting Address
Bylaws Sec. 1.11 reads: For purposes of voting and candidacy for ISBA elected office, a member’s voting address shall be their primary legal office as designated by the member. If a member’s primary legal office is not within the State of Illinois, such member may designate their Illinois residence as their voting address. If no voting address is designated, the member shall be considered a non-resident member.
Nominating Petitions
The nomination process will continue to be conducted on a virtual basis. (1) nominating petitions will be entirely electronic via the ISBA website; (2) candidates must generate a nominating petition on the ISBA website using the form provided; (3) members will be able to view and “sign” (via electronic assent on the ISBA website) all available nominating petitions for whom they are eligible to sign; and (4) the number of required nominating petition signatures remains the same as set forth in the Policies and Procedures on Association Elections. Nominating petitions will be available for candidate generation on or about October 1, 2023 on the Petitions page.
Acceptance Period
Nominating petitions can be signed no earlier than October 1, 2023, and no later than 4:30 p.m. on January 31, 2024. At the close of the acceptance period, all ballot positions will be determined by lot amongst all the candidates for the same office.
The ISBA Bylaws and Policy and Procedures on Association Elections, and additional pertinent information, may be found on the ISBA Election page.
Voting
All members of the Association in good standing (except non-lawyer members) are eligible to vote for the office of third vice-president. Any eligible member residing in an area in which there are contested Board of Governors and Assembly elections may vote in those races only.
The 2024 Election will be conducted by electronic voting. Paper ballots will be utilized in some instances. Full details on the voting process will be provided to the full active membership well in advance of the formal election.
October 2023
Robert E. Craghead
Executive Director
By policy, a member’s dues must be paid by March 1, 2024, for the period ending June 30, 2024, to be eligible to vote in ISBA Elections.
* Under the bylaws the third vice-president automatically succeeds to the office of second vice-president; therefore, there is no incumbent for this office.
** Ineligible to succeed due to term limitations.
***Eligible to serve one additional year.