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):
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."
- David Charles Adams
- Nancy Galassini Adduci
- Joseph Salvatore Agnello
- Rishi Agrawal
- Julie Bess Aimen
- Aimee Elizabeth Alonso
- Marina Ammendola
- Frank John Adreou
- Erin Haggerty Antonietti
- Louis George Apostol
- Kina Nicole Arnold
- Maria Augustus
- Laura Ayala-Gonzalez
- Jennifer Eun Bae
- Jerome Celis Barrido
- Fredrick Hayze Bates
- Deidre Baumann
- Rivanda Beal
- Aileen Bhandari
- Sunil Shashikant Bhave
- Patrick Malone Blanchard
- David Alan Bonoma
- John Hugh Brassil
- Lloyd James Brooks
- Athena Frentzas Bubaris
- Patrick Bernard Cage
- John P. Carroll
- Carol Anne Casey
- Patrick A. Casey
- Richard G. Cenal
- Joel Luis Chupack
- Christopher Bittel
- Jennifer Frances Coleman
- Michael Vincent Connolly
- James Patrick Crawley
- Thomas M. Cushing
- Barbara Lynette Dawkins
- Gabriel Joseph DeMatteo
- Sondra Nicole Denmark
- James Thomas Derico
- Patrick Edward Dwyer
- Deidre Myra Dyer
- Sabra Lynne Ebersole
- Carl Lauras Evans, Jr.
- John Abbrey Fairman
- Michael James Falagrio
- Patricia Maria Fallon
- Charles A. Fannucchi
- Athena Aphrodite Farmakis
- Mark Vincent Ferrante
- Laura Ellen Forester
- Michael Angelo Forti
- John S. Fotopoulos
- Michael Perry Gerber
- Jennifer Lynn Gill
- Caroline Gale Glennon
- Mauro Glorioso
- Caroline Patricia Golden
- Dawn Marie Gonzalez
- Jennifer Lynn Gonzalez
- Elias Martin Gordan
- D. Danielle Grcic
- Jonathan Clark Green
- Susanne Michele Groebner
- Ruth Isabel Gudino
- Joseph Michael Gump
- Mark L. Hellner
- Sheree Desaree Henry
- Michael James Hogan, Jr.
- John Nahum Hourihane
- Robert Jerome Hovey
- Nathalina A. Hudson
- Naheda Hussien
- Matthew William Jannusch
- Michael Bryan Jawgiel
- Martha-Victoria Jiminez
- Patrick Dankwa John
- Kevin Ross Johnson
- Celeste Kathleen Jones
- Nicholas Alexander Kantas
- Elizabeth Anne Karkula
- David Lewis Kelly
- Sheri C. Kessler
- James John Knibbs
- Thomas Peter Kougias
- Jan Rose Kowalski-McDonald
- Scott Michael Kozicki
- Kristen Marie Kozlowski
- John Sam Lamantia
- Ellis Bernard Levin
- Lawrence Wolf Levin
- Francis John Leyhane III
- David Emil Liberman
- Peter Guy Lisuzzo
- Denise Louise Lotterstein
- Anthony Dominick Lucafo
- Richard Allen Lukacek
- Joshua Dante Luskin
- Kimberly Michelle Malone
- Edward James Maloney
- Kerrie Elizabeth Maloney-Laytin
- Jerome Frank Marconi
- Richard Harvey Marcus
- Ainat Margalit
- Jenetia Michelle Marshall
- Allan W. Masters
- Celestina Laurene Mays
- Kelly Marie McCarthy
- Scott D. McKenna
- William John McLaughlin
- William John McMahon
- Ralph Eugene Meczyk
- Mary Alice Melchor
- Ronald J. Mentone
- Annette Lynn Milleville
- Ira Alexander Moltz
- Tisa Lynne Morris
- Thomas A. Morrissey
- Megan Kathleen Mulay
- James Vincent Murphy III
- Brian Michael Nach
- Daniel Peter Nikolic, Jr.
- Thomas Edward Nowinski
- Kevin John Ochalla
- Kimberly Atz O'Brien
- Catherine Ann O'Connell
- Eileen Marie O'Connor
- Yvonne Marie O'Connor
- Katherine Ann O'Dell
- Michael I. O'Malley
- John Andrew O'Meara
- Radusa Ostojic
- Ann Addis Pantoga
- Christopher Vincent Parente
- Shilpa C. Patel
- Monique Leneé Patterson
- Jennifer Joyce Payne
- Litricia Pauline Payne
- Kevin K. Pechous
- Jason Lee Peterburs
- Diane Marie Pezanoski
- Gina Angela Piemonte
- Amanada Moira Pillsbury
- Gregory Gerard Plesha
- Paul William Plotnick
- Stephen Walter Power
- Jill Rose Quinn
- Leo Steven Rakowski
- Rhonda Sallee Ramos
- Ronald Anthony Rascia
- Darlene Redmond
- James Michael Reilly
- Berta Requena
- Ashonta Cherron Rice
- David John Richards
- Travis Richardson
- Shelle Eileen Riley
- Chelsey Renece Robinson
- Geri Pinzur Rosenberg
- Curtis Bennett Ross
- Anthony Ruffin
- Edward James Samuelson
- Catherine Dorothy Sanders
- Armando Gerald Sandoval
- Jaime Rafael Santana
- Eric Michael Sauceda
- Brian Patrick Scanlon
- Margaret Elizabeth Schneider
- Bryan David Schultz
- Rouhy J. Shlabi
- Robin Denise Shoffner
- Charles W. Siegel
- Jade Ginese Simmons-Ford
- John Anthony Simon
- Judie Lyn Smith
- Levander Smith, Jr.
- Theresa Marie Smith
- Trina Smith
- Joan Ellen Smuda
- Martin Dockery Snyder
- Donald Scott Solomon
- Keith Lenell Spence
- Ankur Srivastava
- Christ Stanley Stacey
- Denise Y. Staniec
- Ketki Shroff Steffen
- Giel Stein
- Rodney Waller Stewart
- Robert Michael Stokas
- Michael Alan Strom
- Jon Karl Stromsta
- David L. Studenroth
- Anthony Charles Swanagan
- Alfred M. Swanson
- Lisa M. Taylor
- Renee Therese Thibault
- Daniel Owen Tiernan
- Rachael Nicole Toft
- Gerardo Tristan, Jr.
- Bradley R. Trowbridge
- Stephen Louis Tyma
- Randall Louis Tyner
- Scott William Tzinberg
- Gregory Eric Walker
- Michael Daniel Walsh
- Tyria Beatrice Walton
- Gwyndolette Eartha Ward-Brown
- Lynn Weaver-Boyle
- Antoinette Denise Weston
- Oran Fresno Whiting
- Donald Naylor Wilson
- John Wellington Wilson
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.
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