Campaign website found for Judge Gerardo Tristan, Jr.

Supporters of Judge Gerardo Tristan Jr.'s bid to hold the 14th Subcircuit seat to which he was appointed have launched a campaign website to support this effort. That's a link to the site in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Tristan was appointed to the bench in January of this year. Licensed in Illinois since 2002, according to ARDC, Tristan began his legal career working for the Chicago Public Schools. He thereafter moved to the firm of Tristan & Cervantes, where he worked with his brother. He joined the State's Attorney's Office in 2003 and was working there at the time of his appointment to the judiciary, according to his campaign bio.

A graduate of Quigley Preparatory Seminary South High School, according to his campaign bio, Tristan did his undergraduate work at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Before enrolling in the DePaul College of Law, Tristan worked for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Household Finance, and Motorola.