Campaign website launched for Judge David L. Kelly

A campaign website has been established for 5th Subcircuit candidate David L. Kelly. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the Sidebar on this site.

Kelly has filed for the Portman-Brown vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit. The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Kelly to that vacancy last summer.

Judge Kelly has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 2001, according to ARDC. According to his campaign biography, Kelly was a Supervising Administrative Law Judge for the State of Illinois prior to his appointment. He began his legal career as an Assistant Cook County State's Attorney.

Kelly sought a 5th Subcircuit vacancy in the 2018 primary. According to his campaign biography, Kelly has been an Adjunct Professor at the Loyola School of Law, teaching first year law students Professional Identity Formation, a class focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion and implicit bias in the law. He was one of the founding attorneys for the legal clinic at his church, the Apostolic Faith Church, and he has coached little league baseball.