Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunninghman has announced that applications for temporary appointments to three subcircuit vacancies will be accepted until December 23 at 5:00 p.m.
The vacancies to be filled are those created by the retirements of Judge Thomas W. Murphy (3rd Subcircuit) and Associate Judge Callie L. Baird (her vacancy being assigned to the 16th Subcircuit) and by the appointment of Associate Judge John A. Fairman to the 15th Subcircuit vacancy to which he has since been elected (this last vacancy being assigned to the 19th Subcircuit).
Applicants for these positions will be screened by Justice Cunningham's recently announced Judicial Selection Committee. Applications can be downloaded from this page of the Supreme Court website.
The persons appointed to fill these vacancies will serve until the first Monday in December following the November 2026 election. Successful applicants would have to run for, and win, these seats in the 2026 election.
To be eligible for consideration for appointment, the applicant must be a lawyer in good standing, licensed to practice law in Illinois, and a resident of the Subcircuit at the time of appointment.
The Court's press release announcing these vacancies is available here.
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