Campaign website established for Judge Thomas More Donnelly

A campaign website has been set up in support of Judge Thomas More Donnelly's bid to hold onto the countywide Sullivan vacancy, the seat to which he was recently appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to this site's Sidebar.

Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1986, according to ARDC, Donnelly served as an associate judge for over 20 years before his appointment to the full circuit vacancy.

According to his campaign bio, Donnelly began his legal career clerking for Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Ann G. McMorrow. He then worked as an Assistant Public Defender from 1988-2000, according to his campaign bio, concluding his tenure in that office in a number of supervisory positions, including Supervisor of Training, Supervisor Northside Felony and Misdemeanor Courts, and Post-Conviction Supervisor.

Donnelly has taught at Loyola University School of Law and the National Judicial College and as a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Washington and Lee Law School, Marquette Law School, and Notre Dame University, according to his campaign bio.

A former President of the Catholic Lawyers Guild (in 2015-16), Donnelly has also served as the Vice President of the Greater Rockwell Organization and as a member of the school board at Queen of Angels School. His candidacy has been endorsed by the Cook County Democratic Party.