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September 2020Volume 51Number 2PDF icon PDF version (for best printing)

Recent Appointments and Retirements

1. Pursuant to its constitutional authority, the supreme court has appointed the following to be circuit judges:

  • Hon. Cara L. Smith, Cook County Circuit, July 1, 2020
  • Hon. William D. Stiehl, 20th Circuit, July 15, 2020
  • Sam A. Limentato, 6th Circuit, August 3, 2020
  • Hon. Michael Sabol, 21st Circuit, August 3, 2020
  • Hon. Michael W. Reidy, 18th Circuit, August 10, 2020
  • Hon. Dana McReynolds, 14th Circuit, August 31, 2020

2. The following judges have retired: 

  •    Hon. Heidi Ladd, 6th Circuit, July 1, 2020
  •    Hon. Thomas Lipscomb, Cook County Circuit, 8th Subcircuit, July 1, 2020
  •    Hon. Patrick T. Rogers, Cook County Circuit, 4th Subcircuit, July 6, 2020
  •    Hon. Dorothy French Mallen, 18th Circuit, July 10, 2020
  •    Hon. Jeffrey W. O’Connor, 14th Circuit, July 31, 2020
  •    Hon. James B. Kinzer, 21st. Circuit, August 2, 2020
  •    Hon. Brad K. Bleyer. 1st Circuit, August 3, 2020
  •    Hon. William Timothy O’Brien, Cook County Circuit, 10th Subcircuit, August 5, 2020
  •    Hon. James J. Konetski, Associate Judge, 18th Circuit, August 6, 2020
  •    Hon. Brian D. Lewis, Associate Judge, 1st Circuit, August 8, 2020

3. The circuit judges have appointed the following to be associate judges:

  •     Rhonda K. Bruno, 19th Circuit, July 2, 2020
  •     Kara M. Bartucci, 21st Circuit, August 7, 2020

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