The White House announced earlier this month that Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane M. Shelley has been appointed Regional Administrator of Region 5 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Judge Shelley was elected to the bench in 2006 and was serving in the Commercial Calendar Section of the Law Division at the time of her appointment.
A Commissioner of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Shelley has also served as President of the Illinois Judges Association and as Chair of the Illinois Judicial Council. Shelley is also a member of the Special Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Justice and Mental Health Planning. She received the Chicago Bar Association's Dickerson Award in 2020.
Judge Shelley's appointment as HUD Regional Administrator creates a new 5th Subcircuit vacancy to be filled in the 2022 election... at least it might create a 5th Subcircuit vacancy... depending on whether or not the Legislature rams through a new Subcircuit map for 2022 (and depending on whether any such last minute renewal is upheld in the courts).
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Congratulations, Judge Shelly! I will miss you on the bench.
My congratulations to her. She was in my class when I went on the bench in 2006. She is truly a class act. So well deserved. I love it when good things happen to good people. Felicidades, Judge Shelley!
Judge Gloria Chevere, Ret.
I wish Judge Shelley all the best in her new position with HUD. In my opinion, she has been a hardworking, fair Judge in the Commercial Section of the Law Division.
Any word on when she will leave the Cook County Circuit Court?
Congratulations, Judge Shelley. We would like to extend an invite to you and your Team to visit us at the Housing Authority of Joliet. And welcome!!! mSimelton@hajoliet.org
It was brought to my attention that Attorney Timothy W Wright III has the endorsement and support of Cook County Board President/ Cook County Democratic Party Chairman Toni Preckwinkle, 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell , 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer , 16th Ward Ald. Stephanie Coleman, 17th Ward Ald. David Moore ; Illinois State Sen. Mattie Hunter, Congressman Bobby Rush, Jesus Garcia for the 5th Sub-Circuit. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!
Judge Shelly was the best Judge I ever worked for on the bench. Congratulations ❤️
Judge Shelly was the best Judge that I had a privilege to work for on the bench.
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