But there are resources for voters looking for information or guidance concerning the retention judges.
Some of these prior posts on FWIW may be hepful:
To summarize, the one judge singled out as unworthy of retention by the Chicago Bar Association, Judge Thomas E. Flanagan, was deemed "qualified" by the Chicago Council of Lawyers and each of the other member bar associations of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening. The Chicago Council of Lawyers found only one judge not qualified, Judge Annie O'Donnell. The Chicago Tribune follows the lead of the Chicago Council of Lawyers on the retention ballot, urging a "no" vote only on Judge O'Donnell. Several of the Alliance groups rated one or more judges as not qualified for retention (the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago urges six "no" votes, the most of any Alliance group -- see the "grids" post) but any judge rated not qualified by one or more Alliance groups was rated qualified by the CBA. The majority of judges on the retention ballot are rated qualified by each and every evaluating bar group.
- Chicago Bar Association releases ratings for Cook County judges seeking retention;
- Alliance retention "grids" issued;
- Chicago Council of Lawyers finds 18 retention candidates "Well Qualified" for retention; the Council rates Judge Michael Toomin "Highly Qualified"; and
- CCL rates one judge Not Qualified for retention, but it's not the same judge singled out by the CBA.
Other voter resources. The retention judges also have their own website. You will find there a linked list of all jurists seeking retention. As of October 18, many of those links provided biographical information, pictures or .pdf resumes. To wit:
The Illinois Civil Justice League released its ratings of Cook County retention hopefuls on October 21 on its IllinoisJudges.net site. The ICJL rated retention candidates as Highly Recommended, Recommended, No Position, or Not Recommended. According to ICJL President Ed Murnane, the "No Position" rating was assigned to candidates or judges "who did not return our questionnaire and/or their candidacy left us insufficient information to assign a rating." The ICJL rated candidates "Not Recommended" if, in the opinion of that organization, there were "questions about the integrity, impartiality, fairness, or conduct of the candidate, judge, or their campaign." According to Murnane, judges earned a "Recommended" rating if they "demonstrated a satisfactory level of competency in regards to their legal and/or judicial careers, and/or who have demonstrated their commitment to educating the voters about their background, experience and viewpoints on the judicial system." The "Highly Recommended" rating was reserved, according to Murnane, for "judges who have demonstrated a high level of competency based on those criteria."
- Edward A. Arce
- Janet Adams Brosnahan
- James Brown
- Eileen O'Neill Burke
- Anna Helen Demacopoulos
- Donna L. Cooper
- Peter A. Felice
- James Patrick Flannery
- Rodolfo (Rudy) Garcia
- Robert E. Gordon
- Michael B. Hyman
- Themis N. Karzenis
- Diana L. Kenworthy
- Maureen Ward Kirby
- William G. Lacy
- Thomas J. Lipscomb
- Cassandra Lewis
- Pamela Elizabeth Loza
- Veronica B. Mathein
- Sheila McGinnis
- Lewis Nixon
- Sebastian Patti
- Edmund Ponce de Leon
- Jackie Marie Portman
- James L. Rhodes
- Dominique C. Ross
- Kristyna Colleen Ryan
- Patrick J. Sherlock
- Donald J. Suriano
- Shelley Lynn Sutker-Dermer
- Sandra Tristano
- Valarie E. Turner
- Debra B. Walker
The ICJL gave "Highly Recommended" ratings to four Cook County Circuit Court judges, Gregory Wojkowski, Themis Karzenis, Lewis Nixon, and Donna Cooper. Justice Thomas Hoffman received a "Recommended" rating from the ICJL in his bid to be retained on the Illinois Appellate Court.
Here is the complete ICJL list of Cook County Circuit Court judges as published this morning in its daily newsletter:
Assigned to the Appellate Court:The IVI-IPO has also recommended several Circuit Court judges seeking retention for a "yes" vote. The IVI-IPO has not announced that it opposes any judicial retention bid; it has merely endorsed some, but not all, of the Circuit Court judges seeking retention. The retention candidates singled out by the IVI-IPO are:
Michael Hyman – Recommended
Robert Gordon – No Position
Mary Anne Mason – No Position
Assigned to the Law Division:
Joan Powell – Recommended
Eileen [O'Neill] Burke – Recommended
Patrick Sherlock – Not Recommended
Eileen Brewer – No Position
James O’Hara – Not Recommended
Margaret Brennan – Not Recommended
Janet Brosnahan – Recommended
Lynn Egan – Recommended
Gregory Wojkowski – Highly Recommended
James Flannery – No Position
Thomas Lipscomb – Recommended
Themis Karnezis – Highly Recommended
Thomas Flanagan – No Position
Assigned to the Chancery Division:
Lewis Nixon – Highly Recommended
Kathleen Kennedy – Recommended
Rodolfo Garcia – No Position
Assigned to the Probate Division:
Mary Ellen Coghlan – Recommended
Ann Collins-Dole – Recommended
Kathleen McGury – Recommended
John Fleming – Recommended
James Riley – Recommended
Assigned to the County Division:
Edmund Ponce de Leon – Recommended
Margarita Kulys Hoffman – Recommended
Assigned to the Domestic Violence Division:
Diana Kenworthy – Recommended
Ursula Walowski – Recommended
Sebastian Patti – Recommended
Assigned to the Domestic Relations Division:
Debra Walker – Recommended
Raul Vega – Recommended
Assigned to the Criminal Division:
Diane Gordon Cannon – Recommended
William Lacy – Recommended
Clayton Crane – Recommended
Kenneth Wadas – Recommended
Evelyn Clay – Recommended
Thomas Byrne – Recommended
Rickey Jones – Recommended
Mauricio Araujo – Recommended
Assigned to the Juvenile Justice Division:
Donna Cooper – Highly Recommended
Assigned to the First Municipal District:
Anita Rivkin-Carothers – Recommended
Jackie Portman – Recommended
Assigned to the Second Municipal District:
Shelley Sutker-Dermer – Recommended
Assigned to the Fourth Municipal District:
Kristyna Ryan – Recommended
Assigned to the Fifth Municipal District:
Patrick Rogers – Recommended
Peter Felice – Recommended
Assigned to the Sixth Municipal District:
James Rhodes – Recommended
Anna Demacopoulos – Recommended
Frank Zelzinski – Recommended
- Ann Collins Dole
- Anna H. Demacopoulos
- Clayton J. Crane
- Debra Walker
- Diana Kenworthy
- Donna Cooper
- Edmund Ponce de Leon
- Edward A. Arce
- Eileen Brewer
- Eileen O'Neill Burke
- Evelyn B. Clay
- Jackie Marie Portman
- James P. Flannery, Jr.
- James Rhodes
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Kathleen McGury
- Kenneth J. Wadas
- Kristyna C. Ryan
- Lewis Nixon
- Lynn M. Egan
- Marilyn F. Johnson
- Marjorie C. Laws
- Mary Anne Mason
- Mauricio Araujo
- Michael B. Hyman
- Raul Vega
- Rickey Jones
- Robert E. Gordon
- Sebastian Thomas Patti
- Thomas J. Lipscomb
- Ursula Walowski
- William Lacy
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