396 (out of 400) associate judges retained statewide

The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts announced yesterday that 396 of the 400 Illinois associate judges who filed requests for reappointment to a new four-year term have been retained. That's a link to the press release in the preceding sentence.

Only one Cook County associate judge, Judge Gregory P. Vazquez, did not receive reappointment. Judge Vazquez was recently the subject of an article by Maya Dukmasova on Injustice Watch, "Videos of Cook County judge with massage parlor owner raise ethics questions." He had also been the subject of other articles on that site.

Pursuant to recently amended Illinois Supreme Court Rule 39, all Illinois associate judges wishing to remain in office must apply for new terms every four years. The terms of all Illinois associate judges end on June 30 of every fourth year subsequent to 1975. Pursuant to Rule 39(c), associate judges must receive a favorable vote from at least three-fifths of the judges of their circuit in order to be retained.

The high retention numbers this year are consistent with recent retention elections.

In 2019, for example, 386 out of 391 associate judges were retained statewide. Of the five who were not retained, only one was from Cook County. In 2015, 376 (out of a total of 384) associate judges were retained. All Cook County associate judges were retained in 2015.

What follows is a list of all Cook County associate judges whose retention has been certified by the AOIC:

1. Carmen K. Aguilar
2. Gregory Emmett Ahern, Jr.
3. Maryam Ahmad
4. Mohammad A. Ahmad
5. Amee Alonso
6. Marina E. Ammendola
7. Frank John Andreou
8. Sophia Atcherson
9. David B. Atkins
10. Hilda Bahena
11. Callie Lynn Baird
12. Patrice Ball-Reed
13. Jerome C. Barrido
14. Fredrick H. Bates
15. Laura Bertucci Smith
16. Sunil Shashikant Bhave
17. Shauna L. Boliker
18. Darron Edward Bowden
19. Karen J. Bowes
20. William Stewart Boyd
21. Lloyd James Brooks
22. Elizabeth M. Budzinski
23. Joel D. Buikema
24. Clarence L. Burch
25. Anthony John Calabrese
26. George L. Canellis, Jr.
27. Matthew J. Carmody
28. James R. Carroll
29. Nicole Castillo
30. Joseph Michael Cataldo
31. Peggy Chiampas
32. Vincenzo Chimera
33. Jeffery G. Chrones
34. Gerald V. Cleary
35. Jean M. Cocozza
36. Jennifer F. Coleman
37. Thomas J. Condon
38. Torrie L. Corbin
39. Barbara Lynette Dawkins
40. James Thomas Derico, Jr.
41. Israel A. Desierto
42. Geraldine A. D’Souza
43. Melissa A. Durkin
44. Sabra Lynne Ebersole
45. Lauren Gottainer Edidin
46. Carl Lauras Evans, Jr.
47. William Nicholas Fahy
48. John A. Fairman
49. Brian K. Flaherty
50. Lawrence Edward Flood
51. Barbara Nubia Flores
52. Athena James Frentzas
53. Michele A. Gemskie
54. Mohammed M. Ghouse
55. Mitchell Benjamin Goldberg
56. Jean M. Golden
57. Renee G. Goldfarb
58. Sanju Oommen Green
59. Joel L. Greenblatt
60. Maxwell Griffin, Jr.
61. James E. Hanlon, Jr.
62. David E. Haracz
63. Patrick J. Heneghan
64. Thomas J. Hennelly
65. Jasmine Villaflor Hernandez
66. Stanley L. Hill
67. Michael James Hogan, Jr.
68. Michael J. Hood
69. Bridget Jane Hughes
70. Matthew William Jannusch
71. Lakshmi E. Jha
72. Martha-Victoria Jimenez
73. Moira S. Johnson
74. Robert Wade Johnson
75. Timothy Joseph Joyce
76. Michael Joseph Kane
77. Sharon Arnold Kanter
78. Demetrios G. Kottaras
79. Maria Kuriakos Ciesil
80. Kevin T. Lee
81. James B. Linn
82. Myron F. Mackoff
83. Alfredo Maldonado
84. Edward J. Maloney
85. Ellen Beth Mandeltort
86. Marc W. Martin
87. Patricia Mendoza
88. Stephanie K. Miller
89. Mary R. Minella
90. Lisette Catherine Mojica
91. Martin Paul Moltz
92. Thomas A. Morrissey
93. Scott Norris
94. James Bryan Novy
95. James Michael Obbish
96. Margaret M. Ogarek
97. Michael F. Otto
98. Donald D. Panarese, Jr.
99. Joseph D. Panarese
100. Luciano Panici
101. Michael N. Pattarozzi
102. Linda J. Pauel
103. Jennifer J. Payne
104. Angela Munari Petrone
105. Diane M. Pezanoski
106. Michele M. Pitman
107. Mary Anna Planey
108. Brian R. Porter
109. Mariano R. Reyna
110. Jeanne Marie Reynolds
111. Edward N. Robles
112. Lori Rosen
113. Geri Pinzur Rosenberg
114. Steven Jay Rosenblum
115. Stanley Sacks
116. Pamela Saindon
117. Eric Michael Sauceda
118. Naomi H. Schuster
119. Joseph M. Sconza
120. Robert E. Senechalle, Jr.
121. Rouhy J. Shalabi
122. Terrence V. Sharkey
123. John A. Simon
124. Theresa Marie Smith Conyers
125. Ankur Srivastava
126. Patrick T. Stanton
127. Domenica A. Stephenson
128. Pamela J. Stratigakis
129. Marita C. Sullivan
130. Anthony C. Swanagan
131. Sybil C. Thomas
132. Daniel O. Tiernan
133. Natosha C. Toller
134. Daniel A. Trevino
135. Mary S. Trew
136. John J. Tully, Jr.
137. Andreana Ann Turano
138. Scott W. Tzinberg
139. Peter J. Vilkelis
140. Steven M. Wagner
141. Allen Price Walker
142. Neera Walsh
143. Jeffrey L. Warnick
144. John W. Wilson
145. James A. Wright
146. William Yu