Friday, September 28, 2018

Only 212 apply for associate judge

To the casual observer, perhaps, this may seem like a snarky headline; unquestionably, 212 is a pretty big number.

But, in context, it is accurate. There were 283 applicants for the Cook County associate judge class selected in the Spring of 2016. There were 272 applicants in March 2017. There were 276 applicants in 2013.

By my entirely unofficial count, this applicant class includes nine judges currently sitting pursuant to appointments that are set to expire in December. This includes the four sitting judges who made the short list for the class selected earlier this year (Ammendola, Fotopoulos, Richardson, and Shoffner). In fact, all 17 of the persons who were on the short end of the last short list have reapplied this time. Notable finalists from 2014 or 2106 who have reapplied include Julie Aimen (a finalist in 2014 and 2016), Joel Chupack, Tom Cushing, Mark V. Ferrante, and Greg Plesha.

There are at least three former judges on this list who are seeking to return to the bench. Many other names on the list will be familiar to FWIW readers as candidates from this year's primary. As is often the case, a number of applicants are related to current or former judges by blood or marriage.

If you delve deeply enough into the list you may also spot the name of one broken-down judicial blogger (making his 10th application for associate judge).

Herewith the complete list of applicants (all omissions, typos, etc. are mine alone):
  1. David Charles Adams
  2. Nancy Galassini Adduci
  3. Joseph Salvatore Agnello
  4. Rishi Agrawal
  5. Julie Bess Aimen
  6. Aimee Elizabeth Alonso
  7. Marina Ammendola
  8. Frank John Adreou
  9. Erin Haggerty Antonietti
  10. Louis George Apostol
  11. Kina Nicole Arnold
  12. Maria Augustus
  13. Laura Ayala-Gonzalez
  14. Jennifer Eun Bae
  15. Jerome Celis Barrido
  16. Fredrick Hayze Bates
  17. Deidre Baumann
  18. Rivanda Beal
  19. Aileen Bhandari
  20. Sunil Shashikant Bhave
  21. Patrick Malone Blanchard
  22. David Alan Bonoma
  23. John Hugh Brassil
  24. Lloyd James Brooks
  25. Athena Frentzas Bubaris
  26. Patrick Bernard Cage
  27. John P. Carroll
  28. Carol Anne Casey
  29. Patrick A. Casey
  30. Richard G. Cenal
  31. Joel Luis Chupack
  32. Christopher Bittel
  33. Jennifer Frances Coleman
  34. Michael Vincent Connolly
  35. James Patrick Crawley
  36. Thomas M. Cushing
  37. Barbara Lynette Dawkins
  38. Gabriel Joseph DeMatteo
  39. Sondra Nicole Denmark
  40. James Thomas Derico
  41. Patrick Edward Dwyer
  42. Deidre Myra Dyer
  43. Sabra Lynne Ebersole
  44. Carl Lauras Evans, Jr.
  45. John Abbrey Fairman
  46. Michael James Falagrio
  47. Patricia Maria Fallon
  48. Charles A. Fannucchi
  49. Athena Aphrodite Farmakis
  50. Mark Vincent Ferrante
  51. Laura Ellen Forester
  52. Michael Angelo Forti
  53. John S. Fotopoulos
  54. Michael Perry Gerber
  55. Jennifer Lynn Gill
  56. Caroline Gale Glennon
  57. Mauro Glorioso
  58. Caroline Patricia Golden
  59. Dawn Marie Gonzalez
  60. Jennifer Lynn Gonzalez
  61. Elias Martin Gordan
  62. D. Danielle Grcic
  63. Jonathan Clark Green
  64. Susanne Michele Groebner
  65. Ruth Isabel Gudino
  66. Joseph Michael Gump
  67. Mark L. Hellner
  68. Sheree Desaree Henry
  69. Michael James Hogan, Jr.
  70. John Nahum Hourihane
  71. Robert Jerome Hovey
  72. Nathalina A. Hudson
  73. Naheda Hussien
  74. Matthew William Jannusch
  75. Michael Bryan Jawgiel
  76. Martha-Victoria Jiminez
  77. Patrick Dankwa John
  78. Kevin Ross Johnson
  79. Celeste Kathleen Jones
  80. Nicholas Alexander Kantas
  81. Elizabeth Anne Karkula
  82. David Lewis Kelly
  83. Sheri C. Kessler
  84. James John Knibbs
  85. Thomas Peter Kougias
  86. Jan Rose Kowalski-McDonald
  87. Scott Michael Kozicki
  88. Kristen Marie Kozlowski
  89. John Sam Lamantia
  90. Ellis Bernard Levin
  91. Lawrence Wolf Levin
  92. Francis John Leyhane III
  93. David Emil Liberman
  94. Peter Guy Lisuzzo
  95. Denise Louise Lotterstein
  96. Anthony Dominick Lucafo
  97. Richard Allen Lukacek
  98. Joshua Dante Luskin
  99. Kimberly Michelle Malone
  100. Edward James Maloney
  101. Kerrie Elizabeth Maloney-Laytin
  102. Jerome Frank Marconi
  103. Richard Harvey Marcus
  104. Ainat Margalit
  105. Jenetia Michelle Marshall
  106. Allan W. Masters
  107. Celestina Laurene Mays
  108. Kelly Marie McCarthy
  109. Scott D. McKenna
  110. William John McLaughlin
  111. William John McMahon
  112. Ralph Eugene Meczyk
  113. Mary Alice Melchor
  114. Ronald J. Mentone
  115. Annette Lynn Milleville
  116. Ira Alexander Moltz
  117. Tisa Lynne Morris
  118. Thomas A. Morrissey
  119. Megan Kathleen Mulay
  120. James Vincent Murphy III
  121. Brian Michael Nach
  122. Daniel Peter Nikolic, Jr.
  123. Thomas Edward Nowinski
  124. Kevin John Ochalla
  125. Kimberly Atz O'Brien
  126. Catherine Ann O'Connell
  127. Eileen Marie O'Connor
  128. Yvonne Marie O'Connor
  129. Katherine Ann O'Dell
  130. Michael I. O'Malley
  131. John Andrew O'Meara
  132. Radusa Ostojic
  133. Ann Addis Pantoga
  134. Christopher Vincent Parente
  135. Shilpa C. Patel
  136. Monique Leneé Patterson
  137. Jennifer Joyce Payne
  138. Litricia Pauline Payne
  139. Kevin K. Pechous
  140. Jason Lee Peterburs
  141. Diane Marie Pezanoski
  142. Gina Angela Piemonte
  143. Amanada Moira Pillsbury
  144. Gregory Gerard Plesha
  145. Paul William Plotnick
  146. Stephen Walter Power
  147. Jill Rose Quinn
  148. Leo Steven Rakowski
  149. Rhonda Sallee Ramos
  150. Ronald Anthony Rascia
  151. Darlene Redmond
  152. James Michael Reilly
  153. Berta Requena
  154. Ashonta Cherron Rice
  155. David John Richards
  156. Travis Richardson
  157. Shelle Eileen Riley
  158. Chelsey Renece Robinson
  159. Geri Pinzur Rosenberg
  160. Curtis Bennett Ross
  161. Anthony Ruffin
  162. Edward James Samuelson
  163. Catherine Dorothy Sanders
  164. Armando Gerald Sandoval
  165. Jaime Rafael Santana
  166. Eric Michael Sauceda
  167. Brian Patrick Scanlon
  168. Margaret Elizabeth Schneider
  169. Bryan David Schultz
  170. Rouhy J. Shlabi
  171. Robin Denise Shoffner
  172. Charles W. Siegel
  173. Jade Ginese Simmons-Ford
  174. John Anthony Simon
  175. Judie Lyn Smith
  176. Levander Smith, Jr.
  177. Theresa Marie Smith
  178. Trina Smith
  179. Joan Ellen Smuda
  180. Martin Dockery Snyder
  181. Donald Scott Solomon
  182. Keith Lenell Spence
  183. Ankur Srivastava
  184. Christ Stanley Stacey
  185. Denise Y. Staniec
  186. Ketki Shroff Steffen
  187. Giel Stein
  188. Rodney Waller Stewart
  189. Robert Michael Stokas
  190. Michael Alan Strom
  191. Jon Karl Stromsta
  192. David L. Studenroth
  193. Anthony Charles Swanagan
  194. Alfred M. Swanson
  195. Lisa M. Taylor
  196. Renee Therese Thibault
  197. Daniel Owen Tiernan
  198. Rachael Nicole Toft
  199. Gerardo Tristan, Jr.
  200. Bradley R. Trowbridge
  201. Stephen Louis Tyma
  202. Randall Louis Tyner
  203. Scott William Tzinberg
  204. Gregory Eric Walker
  205. Michael Daniel Walsh
  206. Tyria Beatrice Walton
  207. Gwyndolette Eartha Ward-Brown
  208. Lynn Weaver-Boyle
  209. Antoinette Denise Weston
  210. Oran Fresno Whiting
  211. Donald Naylor Wilson
  212. John Wellington Wilson
The Circuit Court of Cook County is inviting "[a]nyone with relevant information regarding any associate judge candidate to communicate by letter to the Circuit Court of Cook County Nominating Committee, c/o Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, 50 West Washington Street, Room 2600, Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, Illinois 60602."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Repeat after me: "why judge, that's so insightful. I never thought to have raised a hearsay objection. You are just so brilliant." You want to be an associate judge, you better know how to stroke the ego of the lemmings who will be voting . . . but not necessarily for you . . . no matter how much they claim to the contrary that they are . . . even if they say it smiling and shaking your hand.