Michael J. Tardy, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Ninth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select James G. Baber and Anthony W. Vaupel as associate judges of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

Mr. Baber received his undergraduate degree in 1983 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL and his Juris Doctor in 1986 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. Mr. Baber is currently affiliated with Whitman & Baber in Monmouth, IL.

Mr. Vaupel received his undergraduate degree in 1998 from Knox College in Galesburg, IL and his Juris Doctor in 2001 from Ohio Northern University in Ada, OH. Mr. Vaupel was a former Circuit Judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit and is currently an adjunct professor at Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, IL.