Illinois State Bar Association releases Cook County candidate evaluations

My thanks to Al Adomite, Director of Government Relations of the Illinois Civil Justice League and the researcher for IllinoisJudges.net, for pointing out that the Illinois State Bar Association has released its judicial candidate evaluations for the upcoming primary.

The Illinois State Bar Association is one of several members of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening. When all of the constituent organizations have completed their evaluations, the Alliance will release a 'grid' showing how each of the members rate each candidate. I'll be posting that grid just as soon as I can.

In the meantime, something to keep in mind with regard to bar association evaluations: There may be unanimity regarding a particular candidate -- but there isn't always. Reasonable bar associations, like reasonable people, may disagree about whether a particular candidate is fit to serve on the bench. Keep in mind also that bar associations find candidates qualified or recommended -- or not -- but positive ratings do not constitute endorsements.

With that preface, herewith the ISBA candidate evaluations, lifted straight from the ISBA website (linked above). You'll note that I've copied the entire table, even for uncontested races and Appellate Court races I've not been covering. This is a consequence of my limited HTML skills as opposed to an intentional expansion of the scope of the coverage provided here:

Key: HQ = Highly Qualified; Q = Qualified; NQ = Not Qualified; NE* = Not Evaluated/Late Submission of Application Supreme Court – 1st District Vacancy of the Hon. Mary Ann G. McMorrow Anne M. Burke HQ Appellate Court – 1st District Vacancy of the Hon. Anne M. Burke William D. O’Neal NQ Alan J. Greiman HQ Sharon Johnson Coleman Q Appellate Court – 1st District Vacancy of the Hon. Calvin C. Campbell John O. Steele Q Frank Edward Gardner NQ Richard F. Walsh Q Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Barbara J. Disko Lauretta Higgins Wolfson Q Dennis J. Burke HQ Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Francis W. Glowacki Terry MacCarthy Q Jesse G. Reyes Q Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Michael T. Healy Maureen Ward Kirby Q Peter John Curielli NQ Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Michael R. Keehan Marilyn F. Johnson Q Joseph Robert Papavero NQ Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Gay-Lloyd Lott Joanne Marie “Jody” Rogers Q Thomas J. Byrne Q Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon Anthony S. Montelione Thomas A. Doran Q Thaddeus L. Wilson Q Debra B. Walker Q Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Michael J. Murphy Paula M. Lingo Q Kristyna Colleen Ryan NQ Frank James Ryan NE* Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Julia M. Nowicki John J. “Jack” Murphy HQ Michael B. Hyman HQ Kim R. Kardas Q Brian Terrence Sexton Q Cook County Circuit Vacancy of the Hon. Mary Maxwell Thomas Joan Powell Q David John Mulvihill NQ E. Madeline O’Neill Q Patrick Dennis Riley Q 1st Subcircuit -Vacancy of the Hon. Edna Turkington Donna L. Cooper Q LaGuina Clay-Clark Q Zedrick T. Braden III NQ 3rd Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. David R. Donnersberger Patrick J. Sherlock Q 4th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Lon W. Shultz John M. Allegretti William Edward Gomolinski Q Maureen H. Masterson-Pulia Q Pat Rogers Q Mauro Glorioso Q Carmen Kathleen Aguilar Q Deirdre Ann McGuire 5th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Bernetta D. Bush Furmin D. Sessoms NQ Nkrumah Lumumba Hopkins NQ Jackie Marie Portman NQ 5th Subcircuit - Additional Judgeship “A” Stephen Stern Q Dominique C. Ross NQ 6th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Raymond A. Figueroa Nancy Hallihan Horodecki NQ Mauricio Araujo Q Laura Bertucci Smith Q Mary Katherine M. Moore HQ Stuart M. Brody Q 7th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Anthony L. Young David H. Latham Q Anita Rivkin-Carothers Q Kevin Kenneth Pechous Q Melanie Rose Nuby NQ T. Lee Boyd, Jr. NQ 8th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Nancy Drew Sheehan Gideon Abraham Baum NQ Daniel Thomas Gillespie HQ James Byrne Q Debra Kramer Marcus Q Ann Collins Dole Q James A. Shapiro Q Aaron J. Weiss Q 10th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Robert J. Kowalski Ursula Walowski Q Gerald Patrick Cleary Q James Edward Snyder Q Stephen F. Sidlowski NQ 10th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Dennis J. Morrissey Diana L. Kenworthy NQ John G. Mulroe Q Rosaire Marie Hall Q 10th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Aurelia Pucinski Joan Ellen Smuda Q Eileen O’Neill Burke Q Thomas Francis Biesty Q Kenneth L. Fletcher Q 12th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Donald M. Devlin Thomas Flannigan Q Michael John Halloran Q Pamela Elizabeth Loza Q Laura J. Morask NQ Thomas R. Mulroy Q Michaela Nolan Ryan NQ 13th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. James T. Ryan Annie O’Donnell Q James E. Babcock, Jr. Q Joe Gump Q Ann Catherine Brady Q Paul S. Pavlus Q Guy M. Karm Q 13th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Karen T. Tobin Margarita Kulys Hoffman Q George L. Straton Q Cary J. Collins Q Carol L. Barnes NQ Gary G. Stanton Q 14th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. James F. Henry James N. O’Hara NQ 14th Subcircuit - Vacancy of the Hon. Ralph Reyna Edward A. Arce NQ 15th Subcircuit Additional Judgeship “A” Michael Emmett McGinnis Q Donald Theodore Lyman NQ Thomas “TJ” Somer NQ Martin D. Coghlan Q Mary Louise Ryan Norwell Q William Joseph McGann NQ Peter Fera Q Anna Helen Demacopoulos Q Carl Evans, Jr. Q Thomas R. Mahoney Q Scott E. Lipinski NQ