This story is posted with a major caveat: When rumors reached me this afternoon that finalists for the current round of Cook County Assoicate Judge selection were being notified that they were on the fabled "Short List," I reached out to Mary Wisniewski, Director of Communications for the Office of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, for confirmation. She said she has nothing to share.
So this is unofficial. But I have two unrelated sources advising that there is a list, the finalists were notified today, and the kickoff meeting will be tomorrow.
Stay tuned. There will be more on this, one way or the other, very soon.
Assuming there is a Short List, this will be a pretty quick turnaound: There were 246 applicants for the current class back in February. That's barely six months. For comparison sake, it took a good 13 months (from the close of applications on August 31, 2018) to the November 5, 2019 announcement of the finalists for the class selected in December 2019. Applicants selected for the short list announced on April 18, 2018 were in an application pool that closed 14 months earlier, on February 8, 2017. It was at least 13 months between the formation of the applicant pool in 2015 and the announcement of the Short List from that group on March 18, 2016.
Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 39, there will be two finalists for every vacancy.
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Oh WOW! Judicial Accountability Pac just closed it's campaign committee. Brendan Shiller is out (too busy representing the Aldermanic Black Caucus on Ward Map) and the rest of them have lost interest. Breathe a sigh of relief Retention Class of 2022.
Whether the conclusions drawn by Anon 8/10 at 2:12 p.m. are correct or not, the ISBE website does show that the Judicial Accountability PAC filed a final report yesterday, August 10.
The Class of 2022 is toast for entirely different reasons. I mean, really, is anyone else tired of the lack of planning by the ENTIRE court in their collective failure to resume some genuine semblance of civil jury trials? And don't quote some lame press release from Evans claiming that stipulated prove up hearings count as jury trials in the Law Division. Perhaps if we start voting NO on all of them, they will take this seriously. If you are in 2022, I will likely vote NO just to make you stop and think while you are basking in the pleasure of your Wisconsin or Michigan get-away home.
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