GLENNON, Caroline Gale ###. Sylvester Baker Jr., a former sheriff's deputy who ran for Cook County Sheriff in 2008. The associate judge positions are due to the retirements of Associate Judges John T. Carr, John L. Huff, and Elizabeth Loredo Rivera, the resignations of Associate Judges Timothy J. For this selection process, Circuit Judges will see 34 names on their ballots and will select 17 candidates. Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans presided over the ceremony. Cook Countys circuit judges have selected a group of new associate judges to join them on the bench and this class is more racially diverse than previous cohorts. During the next few weeks, the candidates will present circuit judges with their credentials, including a short video, resume, and one-page biography. Both applications are PDF fillable documents which can be completed using a computer or mobile device. We also examined the applicants bar ratings, career achievements, and whether they could be fair and impartial adjudicators. In the Tenth Edition of the Directory of State Judges, we have utilized Council judicial evaluations from 1986 through December 2020. Admitted to the Bar: 1990 HERNANDEZ, Jasmine Villaflor Honorable Shelley Sutker-Dermer, Presiding Judge, Second Municipal District Patricia Brown Holmes serves as co-chair along with the Hon. Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. Here is the list of the finalists: AHMAD, Mohammad Abedelal; BAE, Jennifer Eun; BAHENA, Hilda Let's get the commercial out of the way immediately: Persons with relevant information regarding any associate judge . On Friday, February 10, 2023, the Circuit Court of Cook County announced that 44 persons, 21 men and 23 women, had made the coveted associate judge "short list." It is from this list of names that the full judges of the Cook County will select 22 new colleagues. I am pleased to submit the names of these candidates for consideration to join the bench of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Evans said. 1050. AHMAD, Mohammad Abedelal Children. Additional Content. At the end of 6 hours, the session will disconnect and information entered will not be saved. The Alliance is made up of 11 minority and ethnic bar organizations as follows: the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area, the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, the Cook County Bar Association, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the Womens Bar Association of Illinois. LOPEZ, Diana Elena Electronic applications must be submitted at or before 11:59 p.m. of the posted deadline. In keeping with the modern trend, applications may be submitted electronically to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (and emailers will have until 11:59 p . 6:24 am. GEMSKIE, Michele Ann The 239 circuit judges have the constitutional authority to fill associate judge vacancies, using the procedures outlined in Illinois Supreme Court Rule 39. The Nominating Committee is made up of the following circuit judges: Honorable Erica L. Reddick, Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr., Presiding Judge, Law Division, Honorable Sophia H. Hall, Administrative Presiding Judge, Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Resource Section and Interim Acting Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, Honorable Sanjay T. Tailor, Justice, Illinois 1stDistrict Appellate Court, Honorable Jill C. Marisie, Presiding Judge, Third Municipal District, Honorable Shelley Sutker-Dermer, Presiding Judge, Second Municipal District, Honorable E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge, First Municipal District. ### Under Rule 39, the Nominating Committee must select twice as many qualified candidates as there are vacancies to be filled; in this case, 44 candidates were selected for 22 vacancies. Applications are now being accepted for these vacancies, as well as additional vacancies which may occur during the nomination process. KNIBBS, James John Applicants should be aware that their names will be released to the media to allow public comment on their candidacy and that a bar evaluation may also be requested. Please be advised, there is a six (6) hour time frame for completing the online Associate Judge Application. GONZALEZ, Dawn Marie PLANEY, Mary Anna The Electronic Signature application uses Adobe's EchoSign technology and requires the applicant's e-mail address. Honorable Sophia H. Hall, Administrative Presiding Judge, Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Resource Section STRATIGAKIS, Pamela J. Attached with this press release are the evaluations of the 44 candidates. Ballots were due September 7, 2021. My colleagues and I were guided in our deliberations by a comprehensive approach that considered multiple aspects such as legal excellence and variety of legal experience as well as diversity of race, ethnicity and gender, Judge Evans said. If you have any questions, please contact the Administrative Office at 217-557-8552 or 217-558-4490 during regular business hours. ROE-TAYLOR, Parle M. We also examined the applicants bar ratings, career achievements, and whether they could be fair and impartial adjudicators.. Honorable Timothy C. Evans, Chief Judge 12/28/2022. Associate Judge finalists announcedReleased On 02/10/2023 Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and the courts Nominating Committee today announced the names of the 44 candidates who will be on the ballot for circuit judges to vote to fill 22 associate judge vacancies. January 5, 2021. Admitted to the Bar: 1999 As Andersen advises applicants for associate judge positions, McCuskey says those who intend to . Rice and two other African-American candidates Cook County Associate Judge Marianne Jackson and Owens Shelby, an assistant Cook County state's attorney started circulating petitions to . Associate judges are selected by the court's elected circuit judges in a process that is supposed to be merit-based and provide a counterbalance to a judiciary largely selected through partisan elections. Age: 44 The judges being replaced served on the bench for an average of 19 years. Current Affiliation: Cook County States Attorneys Office, Resident: Chicago The Cook County Circuit Court elected 9 new associate judges, all of whom were found qualified or well qualified by our affiliate, Chicago Council of Lawyers. Please be advised, there is a six (6) hour time frame for completing the online Associate Judge Application. Law School: Loyola University Chicago School of Law Training Material & Educational Programs. The last time associate judge vacancies were open to new applicants, in August 2021, 246 people applied for 22 seats. BAHENA, Hilda Applications submitted via facsimile will not be accepted. Each candidate will create a short video, and also will submit a resume and one-page biography. Dawkins, who has been an assistant states attorney for nearly two decades, also serves as a village trustee for south suburban Homewood. Electronic signatures can be affixed using Adobe's EchoSign technology, by clicking on the application link. The Director then counts the ballots which are accompanied by a signed card, tabulates the results and certifies them to the Chief Judge at all times maintaining the secrecy of the ballots. Note that the application for appointment to the office of associate judge was revised on September 17, 2019, and only applications on the revised form will be accepted. Bar evaluations for associate judge applicants were conducted by The Chicago Bar Association and the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening, at the request of Chief Judge Evans. BLANCHARD, Patrick Malone Such a system would help ensure a more diverse slate of associate judges, Balanoff said. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans. Judicial Elections & Appointments. After much work and careful consideration by the Nominating Committee, I am pleased to submit the names of these candidates for consideration to join the bench of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chief Judge Evans said. The judges must return the ballots to the Director within 14 days of the date the ballots were distributed. More than half of the new associate judges followed the well-traveled path from the Cook County States Attorneys Office to the judges chambers. In Cook County, two-thirds of the roughly 400 judges are elected - either countywide or on a subcircuit, which is a particular . Ahmad one of three Black women in this years associate judges cohort was an assistant public defender from 2004 to 2007, when she left the Cook County public defenders office to become a prosecutor. Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and the Nominating Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County today announced the names of the 44 candidates selected to appear on the ballot from which circuit judges will vote to fill 22 associate judge vacancies. Below is a full list of the 22 new associate judges, with biographical information provided by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts: Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly listed the number of new associate judges with experience in the Cook County Public Defenders Office. Congratulations to ALL Short-List finalists, for Associate Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County! Feb 2017 - Present6 years 2 months. Click here to learn more and apply by February 3 . This years group includes at least six Black judges, four Latinx judges, and two Asian judges, according to Injustice Watch reporting. JOHNSON, Sarah Rodak Honorable E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Presiding Judge, First Municipal District Age: 57 Proponents of the associate judges selection process argue that it more closely resembles a merit-based system than the partisan public elections for circuit judges. The Alliance is made up of 12 minority and ethnic bar organizations as follows: the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area, the Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, the Cook County Bar Association, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, the Womens Bar Association, and the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois. The Chief Judge must then notify the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts of the names of the candidates selected by the Committee and request the Director to begin the balloting process. Here is a link to the audio instead. Find Your Court. If you have any questions, please contact the Administrative Office at 217-557-8552 or 217-558-4490 during regular business hours. The 249 circuit judges have the constitutional authority to fill associate judge vacancies and are required to follow the procedures outlined in Rule 39 of the Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court. Below is the list of the 44 candidates that was forwarded to the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts: The candidates constitute a diverse group, racially and ethnically, and include 21 men and 23 women. Cook County Circuit Court judges are elected by the public to six-year terms, either countywide or in smaller subcircuits. A recent study of federal judges appointed by former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump found that those who were former prosecutors or corporate attorneys were less likely to rule in favor of employees who sued their employers than those with public interest or other professional backgrounds. Admitted to the Bar: 2000 Update on Associate Judge selection processReleased On 01/25/2018 The Nominating Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County decided today to reconvene the Associate Judge selection process in April. Chief Judge Evans thanked The Chicago Bar Association and the Alliance for their work in evaluating the associate judge applicants, saying, The bar ratings are helpful throughout the entire process, both to the Nominating Committee during its final deliberations and to the circuit judges when casting their ballots., Evans added, I appreciate the considerable resources that the bar association members and staff devoted to performing this task. Age: 41 ADAMS, David Charles About half of the judges currently handling felony courtrooms at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse are associate judges, as well as many of the judges handling felony cases in the countys suburban courthouses. The group also includes attorneys who have worked for the city, state agencies, and in private practice, including one new judge who has defended Chicago police officers accused of misconduct. State court officials opened applications this week for ten new associate judges to join the Cook County Circuit Court. And one of them, Maryam Ahmad, joins the bench from her current post as the chief of the states attorneys offices juvenile justice bureau. One of those officers was Thomas Gaffney, who was among the first officers to encounter 17-year-old Laquan McDonald the night that former police officer Jason Van Dyke killed him in October 2014. In addition, the Council evaluates First District candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Appellate Court. deCASTRO, Pablo F. Law School: University of Pennsylvania Law School Congratulations to all 44 who made the short list (See the full list and official . Each bar association issues its own ratings for all individual associate judge applicants. The candidates constitute a diverse group, racially and ethnically, and include 22 men and 22 women. While circuit judges are elected by the public, associate judges are appointed by the circuit judges in a selection process conducted by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. The Chicago Bar Association and the Alliance of Bar Associations will evaluate applicants and a committee composed of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans and the presiding judges of the courts various divisions will review the applications. Circuit Court 1999 . EBERSOLE, Sabra Lynne Age: 51 CLEWIS, Scott Richard Law School: DePaul University College of Law Honorable Sanjay T. Tailor, Acting Presiding Judge, County Division Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Evans announced Tuesday the names of candidates vying to fill 22 associate judge vacancies in the circuit court. Use additional pages when necessary to provide complete answers to questions. Follow the court on Twitter@CookCntyCourt, Privacy PolicyDisclaimerLegal Holiday ScheduleRules of the Court Orders of the Court, Information for Law Enforcement on Bond Cards, Petition For Authorization to Issue Bond Certifica, Petition For Authorization To Act As A Civil Suret, Part 20 (Rules) Court-Annexed Civil Mediation, Juvenile Justice&Child Protection Resource Section, Copyright 2020 by Circuit Court of Cook County. Law School: Northern Illinois University College of Law MALONEY, Edward James NORRIS, Scott Law School: Northwestern University School of Law Law School: The John Marshall Law School The studys author, Emory University School of Law professor Joanna Shepherd, wrote that a judges professional experience will inevitably exert some influence on how a judge determines which arguments that they find convincing or which witnesses they find credible. In 2019, one-third of the new associate judges were people of color, but no Latinx judges were selected. Current Affiliation: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Resident: Chicago The Circuit Judges vote for one candidate for each vacancy to be filled. Associate Judge Openings in Circuit Court. Each bar association issued its own ratings for individual associate judge applicants. Administrative Director Declares Two Illinois Associate Judges Appointed in the Third Judicial Circuit. Admitted to the Bar: 1993 Age: 48 I am grateful for the hard work of the Nominating Committee in putting together this list of capable and talented candidates. Below is the list of the 44 candidates that was forwarded to the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts: Honorable James P. Flannery, Jr., Presiding Judge, Law Division The list of candidates includes many from government agencies, and others with ties to politically powerful current and former elected officials. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts on Thursday named 22 new associate judges who will take the bench in Cook County. Admitted to the Bar: 1999 Her prior roles include serving as a Cook County assistant state attorney, and a Commissioner of the Illinois Court of Claims. Saranya Raghavan, president of the South Asian Bar Association of Chicago, said its often an uphill battle to get enough circuit judges to support an associate judge candidate of color. The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, which certifies the elections, announced the winners last week but didnt release the vote tallies. Chief Judge Jay W. Ukena . Email us at [emailprotected] or call us at (312) 521-0977. CENAR, Richard George The group includes both government attorneys and attorneys in private practice. The names of 13 new associate judges, selected in a vote of Cook County Circuit Court judges, were announced Tuesday by Michael J. Tardy, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. Bar evaluations were issued for all of the associate judge applicants by The Chicago Bar Association and the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening, at the request of Chief Judge Evans. Other Professional Experience: Attorney for 25 years. The candidates constitute a diverse group, racially and ethnically, and include 21 men and 23 women. To continue to serve after that date, the new judges must either be elected to the court, or be reappointed by July 1, 2023. A total of 212 attorneys originally submitted applications for consideration, and 36 applicants withdrew from the process. Honorable E. Kenneth Wright Jr., Presiding Judge, First Municipal District DESAI, Debjani Dasgupta Cook County seats a total of 146 appointed associate judges, in addition to 249 circuit judges. ###. Chief Judge Timothy C. 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