Ed Underhill campaign website found online

A campaign website has been found online for Judge Edward J. Underhill. That's a link to the website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the Sidebar on this site. The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Underhill appointed to a countywide vacancty last spring; he has since been slated by the Cook County Democratic Party for that vacancy.

Underhill's campaign website includes a résumé, documenting his awards, publications, and significant reported cases. Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1984, according to ARDC, Underhill spent his legal career with the firm of Masua, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. While still a law student, Underhill worked in DeKalb County State's Attorney's Office, operating under a Rule 711 license, according to his résumé.

According to the press release issued by the Supreme Court at the time of his appointment, Underhill has also served as an investigatory and hearing officer for the Chicago Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee and the Alliance of Bar Associations (representing LAGBAC), and as a court-appointed arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County. Underhill has served on the Illinois State Treasurer's Advisory Council, representing the LGBTQ+ community, since 2018, according to the Court's press release, and provides pro bono services to indigent members of the LGBTQ community in estate-planning area.

Underhill was a candidate for 6th Subcircuit vacancies in 2016 and 2018.