Saturday, September 21, 2013

Barrett, Embil apparently slated in 15th Subcircuit

corrected September 22, 2013

15th Subcircuit candidate Michael Barrett and family
Multiple sources have confirmed to FWIW that attorney Michael Barrett and Judge Diana L. Embil have been slated by Democratic committeemen in the far south suburban 15th Judicial Subcircuit for the Sterby and Doody vacancies respectively. The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Embil to the Doody vacancy earlier this year.

In slating Barrett, the 15th Subcircuit committeemen bypassed Judge Chris Lawler, who currently holds the Sterba vacancy pursuant to Supreme Court appointment.

Judge Embil
The 15th Subcircuit includes Orland, Lemont, and Rich Townships and parts of Worth, Palos, Thornton, Bremen, and most of Bloom Townships.

Licensed as an Illinois attorney since 1991, Michael Barrett currently practices with the firm of Barrett & Sramek in Palos Heights. He ran for a 15th Subcircuit seat (as Michael Brendan Barrett) in 2010. According to his campaign website, Barrett served Cook County Committee on the Courts in the 21st Century, the Circuit Court of Cook County Expanded Jurisdiction Committee, and has previously been found recommended or qualified by every rating bar association. Barrett is also, according to his campaign website, the Illinois Referee-in-Chief; Supervisor of Ice Hockey Officials for USA Hockey; and the President of the Chicago Fury, a not for profit Youth Hockey Organization.

Barrett's campaign website has been added to the list of candidates in the blog Sidebar. FWIW has so far been unable to find a campaign website for Judge Embil. However, in the course of researching this post, I found a number of campaign websites for other 15th Subcircuit candidates. Posts about these candidates will be going up shortly.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, September 25, 2013 8:55:00 PM

    Just a curious inquiry: why can't I find anything about either of these two committees on the internet? Can Mr. Barrett please attach a link to the Committees final report or direct voters to where they can find the committees recommendation. Our criminal justice system is currently under a great deal of scrutiny and I would be interested to find Mr. Barrett's input on these issues.

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