The report further faulted Illinois lawmakers and its courts for allowing a blizzard of recent legal actions against employers and other companies of all sizes and types under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, even when plaintiffs cant prove they were actually harmed by an alleged violation of the law. That got her some business, I am sure. He is known as a hard worker who is fair and patient. The Alamo dome was packed with Chavez fans, and the arena became quieter and quieter as the fight went on. In Illinois, circuit court judges are elected to the bench. Raymond Mitchell was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1993. Good Government. He is currently assigned to the Juvenile Justice Division, with a dual assignment to the First Municipal Division Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED) Court. She also serves as Acting Presiding Judge when the Presiding Judge is unavailable. Clare Elizabeth McWilliams has been licensed since 1988. Prior to his appointment, Judge Beach owned his own practice where he primarily focused on DUI and criminal defense. Michael B. Hyman - Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, Neville Jr. vacancy. She is well-respect by attorneys and judges for her legal knowledge, integrity, judicial demeanor, and preparation. Remarkably, the Cook County Democratic Party which routinely urges a yes vote on all Democratic judicial candidates, regardless of performance is recommending a no vote on Coghlan. Perhaps the worst is Judge Priscilla Owen of the 5th U.S. He is described as fair, with a good judicial temperament and high integrity. He was described as calm, patient and sensitive. America's Worst Judges. He is a member of several bar associations and a past president of the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Smolletts hoax backfired when the two alleged racist and homophobic thugs turned out to be people he allegedly recruited to stage the assault. After working in private practice and representing the 6th Ward in the Chicago City Council for thirteen years, she was appointed to the Circuit Court in 2011, re-appointed in 2014, then elected in 2016. He has been assigned to Juvenile Justice since 2015 after a prior stint in First Municipal. Attorneys contacted reported that he knows the law, is thorough, and has a great grasp of evidentiary issues and that his written opinions are excellent. The ISBA finds Justice Nathaniel Roosevelt Howse, Jr. recommended for retention to the Illinois Appellate Court First District. An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice. Retention's insulation. Attorneys praised his legal knowledge and well thought out rulings, his fairness, professionalism, and his integrity. For context, she adds, Judge Demacopoulos is at 11 percent and she has had the highest number of cases before the Appellate Court. Leonard Murray has been licensed since 1974. Jesse Outlaw, Jr. has been licensed since 1980. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2010 and retained in 2016. 1 two years ago. She is considered to be fair and impartial, with high character. She is currently assigned to the Municipal Department, Fifth District (Bridgeview). In the 32nd year of her legal career and a judge for the last . She has some jury, bench and quasi-trial experience. That means it only takes 40 percent NO vote to remove them from the Bench. She lectures often on legal topics and is the recipient of several awards, including the May Heftl Hooton Award from the Womens Bar Association in 2018, the Judicial Service Award from the Northwest Suburban Bar Association in 2019, and she was named the 2022 Celt of the Year by the Celtic Legal Society. Attorneys appearing before her and colleagues remarked that she is a hard worker who understands the legal issues well, and treats all with respect, though sometimes her conferences tend to run long due to allowing both parties a lot of time, in an effort to be fair and make sure both sides are heard. We canvassed several thousand BayStaters to find the worst of the worst. 232: Judge Matthew Coghlan also was rated not qualified by the Council of Lawyers, which cited a case in which the Appellate Court twice overturned his decision not to grant a rehearing for a defendant who said hed confessed to murder after being tortured by detectives working for disgraced Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge. Because at the end of the day, they will have to stand in front of a judge and represent a client.. Polito retired from the bench in July this year and is now collecting a monthly pension of $6,415.78. While almost 20 states, including New Mexico, Missouri, Utah, and Alaska, use whats called a performance commission model of judicial evaluation, Colorado has won a reputation as a model of how best to evaluate the performance of judges. According to the report, those surveyed indicated the litigation environment in the U.S. has generally improved in 2019, as it has each year since the survey was first issued in 2002. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2010 and retained in 2016. Since December 2020 he has been Chief of Staff to the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Unfortunately, they're going to be around long after Trump departs the White House on January 20, but that's no reason not to document the top five worst Trump appointees thus far. Geary W. Kull has been licensed since 1974. She practices in the areas of domestic relations, civil litigation and corporate law with the Barrett Law Group. He has a calm demeanor and is always on time. He is a past member of the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association, and also a past committee member and board member of the Cook County Bar Association. Attorneys praised his knowledge of probate law and his thorough and well-reasoned written opinions. Northern District of Illinois Historical Association. Thats not easy to do, but it should be done more often. In addition, she helped create the Cook County Drug Court Treatment Program in the Second District. He was a founding member of the South Asian Bar Association. On one hand they have to remain non-partisan and be fair, which is something that is impossible to do in Cook County and in any election. The ISBA finds Judge Sophia H. Hall recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. Attorneys reported that she handles a high-volume court call with efficiency and fairness and applies the law fairly. Others did not have such concerns. She is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern School of Law. She has been the co-chairperson of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Forms Committee, and a committee chair for the Illinois Judges Association, as well as a speaker. He served 12 years of a 15-year prison term from 1994 to 2007. His prior assignment include First Municipal, Civil Jury Trials, Misdemeanor Jury Call, and Supplementary Proceedings and Miscellaneous Remedies; Domestic Violence; and Traffic Division. Why? Illinois nearly captured 20% of the top 10 worst local . He has a reputation as a person of great integrity who listens, is always prepared, and treats all with respect. Thomas J. Maloney (1925-2008) was a judge in Cook County, Illinois who served from 1977 until his indictment for bribery in 1991. Since 2015 she has been assigned to the Municipal Department in the Second District (Skokie), hearing a variety of cases on a rotating basis. . The ISBA finds Justice Mathias Delort recommended for retention to the Illinois Appellate Court First District. Injustice Watch's nonpartisan guide to the November 2022 Cook County judicial elections. The nearly 30,000 state, county and municipal court judges handle a far bigger docket: more than 100 million new . The ISBA finds Judge Patrick T. Murphy recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. While attorneys agreed that she knows the law, writes well thought out opinions and is hard-working, substantial concerns were raised about her judicial temperament and demeanor. He was appointed to the Circuit Court in 1989 and then elected in 1994 and retained in 2000. Why? The average case processing time in Illinois is 410 days. We give them enough to have some sense of whether somebody thinks that the judge is doing a good job, he said. She was elected to the Circuit Court. In 1998 he was elected to the Circuit Court and retained in 2004 and 2010. He also lectures on legal topics and has bar association involvement. The Committee finds ShawnTe Raines-Welch not qualified for election to the Circuit Court of Cook County. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2016. In 2019 she was given the Distinguished Alumna Award by the University of Illinois College of Law. He served as presiding judge of Domestic Relations and the Law Division before being elected Chief Judge in 2001, a position he has recently been elected to for an eighth term. Personal PAC, Men4Choice, and Future Voices Council have Launched Jane's Army to Elect Illinois Pro-Choice Candidates in 2022! Using an index of three measures -- life expectancy at birth, bachelor's degree attainment, and poverty rate -- 24/7 Wall St. identified the worst counties to live in in every state. She currently sits in the Law Division, Motion Section. The ISBA finds Judge John P. Kirby recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. Attorneys highly respect him for his expertise in guardianship law, and for his professionalism and fairness. Attorneys praised his legal knowledge, especially in the area of medical malpractice which was his practice area before his election as a judge. She has taught and lectured at various law schools and has been a committee member with various bar associations. After first sitting in First Municipal, Traffic Division, in October 2018 he moved to his current assignment I the Municipal Department in the Third District (Rolling Meadows) where he hears a variety of matters. Bonita Coleman has been licensed since 1992. The ISBA finds Judge Thomas J. Kelley recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. They just shrug and vote yes (or no) on all of them. The councils report cites two examples in which the Appellate Court found evidentiary errors so serious that it sent the cases back with instructions to assign them to a different judge. A broken ankle. TOP TALKER. While they have taken aim at tech and social media giants, such as Facebook and Google, these lawsuits have particularly targeted employers for making employees scan their fingerprints on so-called biometric time clocks to verify their identity when punching in and out of work shifts or accessing secure areas, like drug storage closets. Jen Dean, co-executive director of Chicago Votes, an organization focused on engaging young people in the political process, thinks that those who have been involved in the criminal justice system and know what its like to be at the mercy of a judge should also have a voice in the process. Hon. Out of the 61 judges up for retention in Cook County in the Nov. 8 elections, for instance, all but four were recommended for another term by all the bar associations. Every judge running for retention must get 60 percent Yes Votes from all the votes cast in their favor. He is active with other judicial organizations and has lectured on legal topics and taught at Loyola. Prior to this, she has been Chief of General Prosecutions for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from 2014 to 2016; Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Safety and Security Officer for the Chicago Transit Authority from 2009 to 2014; and an assistant states attorney from 2001 to 2009. 2002, Illinois ranked No. Hon. Read the Tribune's endorsements for the 2018 general election, Photos: Northwestern loses to Penn State 68-65 in overtime, Nick Niego is back as Brother Rice stuns St. Rita. The ISBA finds Judge William H. Hooks not recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. A few felt he was unimpressive and did not always follow the rules. Attorneys consider him to be very knowledgeable on the law and as someone who stays up to date on current law. The Committee finds Viviana Martinez not qualified for election to the Circuit Court of Cook County. In addition, the Council evaluates First District candidates for the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois Appellate Court. Frankly, grant-makers see it as purely political, which we dont, said Elizabeth Monkus, a policy analyst and attorney at Chicago Appleseed who managed the project. Attorneys widely praised him for his work in his current assignment and his knowledge of abuse and neglect law. Famous for the mob attorney scandal judicial dishonesty is an epidemic. Since 1966, when a vacancy happens in state court, the governor appoints a judge from a list of two or three candidates recommended by nominating commissions. The commissioners also review the judges written decisions and observe them at work, watching for their tone of voice, neutrality, respect, and use of plain, understandable language. She has been assigned to Chancery since January 2019. He was also praised for his temperament, sensitivity, diligence, and integrity. Robert Balanoff has been licensed since 1982. Hon. Prior to Chancery, she was assigned to a First Municipal jury room. The ISBA finds Judge Steven A. Kozicki recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. Although more research is needed in the area of substance abuse and loneliness to understand the link, data reports also indicate a tie . The effectiveness of the bond court and electronic monitoring has also been an issue, with some complaining about a lack of transparency at times. U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), Pritzker, Raoul: No 'fundamental right' to own, sell 'assault weapons' in IL, ask IL high court to toss TRO, 4th Ward Chicago Ald. Many attorneys praised his legal knowledge and ability, stating that he understands the issues in complex matters and has a good sense of justice. Viviana Martinez has been licensed since 2007. She has been assigned to Domestic Relations in the Sixth District (Markham) since 2011, after first sitting in Traffic Court. The Top ten worst "sitting" MA judges are: She currently holds a dual assignment in the Chancery Division, Mortgage Foreclosure/Mechanics Lien section, and the Juvenile Justice Division, where she presides over the North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court, an assignment she was given in 2019. He is polite to all, diligent and punctual. Rena Marie Van Tine was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1986. Under the BIPA law, plaintiffs and their lawyers have filed more than 300 lawsuits in the last two years accusing employers of technical violations of the law. He was elected to the Circuit Court in 1998 and retained in 2004, 2010 and 2016. The ISBA finds Judge Daryl J. Jones recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. Lawyers report that he has a thorough understanding of the legal process with excellent legal knowledge, and his written opinions are thorough and well-researched. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, / h a r m ju l s i z / HY-rm yoo-LISS-eez; April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He writes well-reasoned opinions and issues them in a timely fashion. Prior to joining the firm, he spent a year in American Samoa as a law clerk. But critics, including Nes, say the evaluations fall short, noting how few judges over the years have received negative ratings, let alone get bounced from the bench by voters. Prior to starting her firm in 2019 she worked in a general practice with Barrett and Sramek from 1991 to 2018. He has both civil and criminal jury and bench experience, has handled appeals, and litigated other motions and restraining orders in both federal and state courts. All attorneys described her as well prepared with excellent legal knowledge, and they praised her well-reasoned decisions in complex matters. Prior to that assignment, he has been Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division since 2015; his other assignments include General Chancery, Domestic Relations and First Municipal. But creating publicly funded evaluation committees would likely require an appropriation from the state Legislature or a change to Illinois constitution. Araceli Reyes De La Cruz was admitted to the Illinois bar in 2001. He has been on the Board of Chicagos Theological Seminary and Claremont McKenna College and was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award by Claremont McKenna in 2019. But he said the bar associations efforts are hindered by time and money. 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She has taught as an adjunct professor at DePaul and served as Vice-Chair of the Schiller DuCanto and Fleck Family Law Center there as well. Of the few cases that appear before the Courts Commission, punishment is slow and seldom more than a public reprimand. Were more concerned about her track record for having cases reversed on appeal. In January 2019 he returned to the Criminal Division. Judge Aviva K. Bobb CA Los Angeles works at ARC CA Century City Bar 50146. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2004, retained in 2010 and 2016. The ISBA finds Judge Susan Kennedy Sullivan recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. He was elected to the Circuit Court in 2016. Colorado and many of the states that have adopted public commissions to evaluate judges differ from Illinois in another key way by appointing, not electing, judges. The retention voting process is complicated and favors the judges, regardless of their actions. Rounding out the Top 5 states were Maine, Connecticut, Wyoming and Alaska. Its even rarer for voters to remove a judge from office. We have . Attorneys overwhelmingly reported that she has a good command of the law and knows how to apply it. Hon. Eulalia De La Rosa has been admitted to the Illinois bar since 2004. After spending eleven years in the Appeals Division, he moved to Felony Trial in the Third Municipal District (Rolling Meadows). Attorneys praised her legal ability, and her commitment to eliminating bias. Attorneys praised her knowledge of the law, high integrity, judicial temperament, and fairness. Editor's note: The Record publications are owned by the Institute for Legal Reform. The ISBA finds Judge Kathleen Marie Burke recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. The lawsuits have particularly surged in the wake of an Illinois Supreme Court ruling, which determined plaintiffs dont need to prove they suffered any real harm from such biometric scans before they can sue. The organization is headed by Foxxs close political ally. He has been assigned to the Domestic Relations Division since 2017 after previously sitting in First Municipal. He initially spent a year in Traffic Court. Hon. James J. Ryan has been licensed since 1992. [Read the Tribune's endorsements for the 2018 general election]. Bar association evaluations are a volunteer effort that have to be conducted in a relatively short period of time, Rich told Injustice Watch leading up to the last general election. She is a career assistant states attorney currently assigned to the Felony Trial Division. Judge David Yaffee. Their decisions . The results were made public and shared with judges, their supervising judges, and Cook Countys chief judge as well as with bar associations for use in their evaluations. Mary K. O'Brien has deep financial ties to the Madigan . Having the highest number of rulings reversed of any judge IS an issue. Carrie E. Hamilton has been licensed since 1996. Others critical of how judges are elected or retained in Illinois say the evaluations ignore the voice of the larger community and have an inherent conflict of interest by relying on primarily lawyers opinions. Rosanna Fernandez has been licensed since 1997. Attorneys describe him as having an encyclopedic knowledge of substantive law, unflappable, always prepared, and a straight shooter. He was selected as an associate judge in 2007 and served almost exclusively in Chancery until his election to the Appellate Court in 2012. The Committee finds Stephen Swedlow qualified for election to the Circuit Court of Cook County. Prior to ascending to the bench, she had served as an assistant states attorney and as Special Counsel to the State Comptroller. Maureen ODonoghue Hannon has been licensed since 1991. Illinois also ranked 50th in "Quality of Appellate Review" and 49th in "Juries' Fairness." . They are: Margaret Ann Brennan, Patrick J. Sherlock, Kenneth J. Wadas and Anna Helen Demacopoulos. Here are the 10 worst robberies in UFC history. Hon. He currently serves as the Presiding Judge in the Probate Division, after being appointed Acting Presiding Judge in 2019. For example, people who support controversial Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx are campaigning hard to toss Judge Michael P. Toomin from the ballot. Learn more here: . Thaddeus L. Wilson has been licensed since 1994. May 28, 1998 12:01 am ET. As judicial misconduct investigations drag on, judges in limbo outside courtrooms with pay. Retention means a judge must receive at least 60% of the votes cast in their race to stay on the bench. The ISBA finds Judge Alison C. Conlon recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. The state of Illinois is suffering from a government-worker pension shortfall of over $111 billion - the worst retirement crisis in the nation. Thomas E. Nowinski has been licensed since 2004. Smollett is politically connected through his African American celebrity and to a former spokesperson for former First Lady Michelle Obama, who called Foxxs office and urged leniency on Smolletts behalf. He was elected to the Appellate Court in 2002 and retained in 2012. Most attorneys reported that he has good legal knowledge in his current assignment and is sensitive to the many pro se litigants who appear before him and stated that he is efficient in getting cases resolved. Attorneys and judges reported that she is a very well-versed jurist who issues thorough and even-sided opinions. Mary Ann McMorrow. The Committee finds that Debra Walker is highly qualified for election to the Illinois Appellate Court. worst judges in illinois. The write-ups and recommendations are posted online and mailed to every registered voter household in the states Blue Book, a ballot information booklet. We need to have people who are directly impacted leading that work and making sure that their stories are getting told, she said. After a career in private practice with different litigation firms, she was elected to the Circuit Court in 2008. Since 2019 she has been assigned to the Law Division Trial Section; she was previously assigned to First Municipal. Kevin Michael ODonnell has been licensed since 1988. Since 2019 she has been with Ancel Glink focusing on civil litigation defense and local government representation. Two of those candidates received positive reviews from all but one bar group. We should hold judges up to a higher standard, a standard they frequently use to judge everyone else. He was elected to the Circuit Court in 2016, after many years as a private practitioner. Prior to her appointment, she was the Supervisor of the Criminal Prosecutions Bureau for the States Attorneys Office in the Fourth District (Maywood), where she had also been Deputy Supervisor. He was described as being very fair, with high integrity, organization, and diligence, particularly praising how smooth his courtroom has run during Covid. She is considered to be a fair person who treats all with respect. He is always prepared and issues thorough and well-reasoned opinions. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts . She was a member of the River Forest Plan Commission from 1995 to 2008; is a member of various bar associations; and is active in community affairs. The ISBA finds Judge Brendan A. OBrien recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. That all led to two vacancies on the ballot this year for the newly drawn Second and Third Districts in Chicago's suburban counties. They can be fixed. Elected in 2012, she apparently got off to a very bad start. Nine attorneys and eight nonlawyers evaluated judges up for retention in Cook County in the 2010 and 2012 elections. After initial assignments in Traffic Court and First Municipal, she is currently assigned to the Municipal Department in the Fifth District (Bridgeview). And I think voters should have an issue with her, too. Nathaniel Howse has been licensed since 1976. WASHINGTON The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario if a conservative federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to one of the two drugs typically used to induce a medicated abortion.Two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, can be taken by women at home and are used for just over half of U.S. abortions. News comes daily from Chicago and Cook County about suspects freshly charged in heinous crimes even though they were already on probation or parole for earlier misdeeds, or awaiting trial while out on bail. But this November, that 53-year string [] To aid Illinois voters in their responsibility to elect and retain judges, the Illinois State Bar Association provides public information about the qualifications of judicial candidates and judges seeking retention. He is currently assigned to Chancery, after previously sitting in the Criminal Division at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. He is considered to be a well-prepared litigator with good writing skills. Hon. Jerry Esrig was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1978. In 2013, Illinois State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, a Democrat from Chicagos North Side, sponsored a bill that would have moved Illinois to merit selection of judges and created a public commission to evaluate judicial performance. She was appointed to the Circuit Court in February 2021 after serving as an associate judge since 2001. While advocates have called for merit selection of judges in Illinois in the past, the political powers that control judicial slate-making have successfully blocked chances of that happening. We have not been able to (financially) support the project, which takes considerable staff time.. Gab.com,MeWe.com It was tough., Down to Business: Helping children learn to communicate empowers whole family, speech-language pathologist says, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Candidates who are found not qualified have the opportunity to appeal their rating. She has taught at law schools and bar association seminars. The ISBA finds Judge Carolyn J. Gallagher recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. The ISBA finds Judge Rossana P. Fernandez not recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. Quickly add and highlight text, insert pictures, checkmarks, and icons, drop new fillable fields, and rearrange or delete pages from your document. Author John Seasly explains A reversal means an appeals court decided a judge was wrong and overturned all or part of a ruling. The average number of reversals for a judge is four, he writes. The Committee finds Ruth Isabel Gudino qualified for election to the Circuit Court of Cook County. In Cook County, two-thirds of the roughly 400 judges are elected - either countywide or on a subcircuit, which is a particular . Prior assignments include a variety of calls in First Municipal, including the Civil Jury room, Motions and Assignments, and Traffic. Most of the bar associations issue only their rating a proverbial thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Jubeh is a nice person and I have no quarrel with her. She is described as being professional, fair, efficient, and even-tempered. He was appointed to the Circuit Court in 2008, elected in 2010, and retained in 2016. A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJPeter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, andSuburban Chicagoland. The ISBA finds Judge Charles Patrick Burns recommended for retention to the Cook County Circuit Court. So, we just shrug our shoulders and skip them on the ballot, which is a real injustice if you ask me. 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