Walton is an Assistant Public Defender; she has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1997. The appointment is effective June 25 and terminates on December 7, 2020. On June 26, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a press release concerning Walton's appointment.
The vacancy Walton will soon fill has existed since December 5, 2016. Anthony E. Simpkins was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Vanessa Hopkins from judicial service. The late Rhonda Crawford defeated Simpkins in the 2016 Democratic Primary, and was unopposed on the November ballot. But she never took office.
In a second order entered yesterday, the Supreme Court appointed Cara Lefevour Smith to the 7th Subcircuit vacancy created by the recent retirement of Judge Marianne Jackson.
Smith's appointment is effective June 17; it also terminates on December 7, 2020.
Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1992, Smith has served recently as a spokesperson for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. She previously served as an Illinois Assistant Attorney General. Her late father, Raymond F. LeFevour, was the President of Wright Jr. College.
Both of these appointments were made on the recommendation of Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke.
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Correction, Jack. Crawford was opposed in the General Election by an unsuccessful write-in candidacy mounted by former appointed judge Maryam Ahmad.
ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN IS MAD THAT A WHITE JUDGE WAS APPOINTED IN THE 7TH SUBCIRCUIT ACCORDING TO POLITICO. BUT PAT SPRATT WON BIG IN THE 7TH BACK IN 2016, SO THE VOTERS DON'T CARE, THEY VOTE FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE. ERVIN "OWES" PAMELA REEVES-HARRIS FOR STEPPING ASIDE AS STATE REP SO HIS WIFE MELISSA COULD RUN UNOPPOSED (SHE IS NOW CITY TREASURER), SO DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE BACKS REEVES-HARRIS FOR THE JACKSON VACANCY
JUST AS I PREDICTED, ALDERMAN ERVIN HAS PUT FORWARD PAMELA REAVES-HARRIS AS HIS CANDIDATE FOR THE JACKSON VACANCY:
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/diversity-concerns-spark-battle-over-judicial-appointment-of-cara-smith/5342236/
ALWAYS TRUST ALL CAPS!
Cara Smith also served as an attorney for the Illinois Department of Corrections before serving for Tom Dart..
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