The appointment is effective tomorrow, June 13, and terminates December 7, 2026.
Cabonargi had recently been serving as Regional Director of the Great Lakes Region (Region V) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responsible for Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and 34 indigenous tribal nations. According to a press release issued by the Supreme Court in conjunction with his appointment, Cabonargi served as a commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review between 2011 and 2022.
Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 2001, according to ARDC, Cabonargi began his legal career as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge William J. Hibbler. According to the Supreme Court's press release, before joining the Board of Review, Cabonargi worked for Bell, Boyd and Lloyd, LLC and, later, as a senior attorney and prosecutor in the Division of Enforcement at the Chicago Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
A Wikipedia article about Cabonargi notes that he was a vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois from 2019 to 2023. He was elected State Central Committeeman from the 9th Congressional District in 2018. Before attending law school, according to Wikipedia, Cabonargi worked as a staff assistant and economic development advisor in the Chicago office of U.S. senator Paul Simon. In 1997, Cabonargi worked as a staff assistant in the Chicago office of U.S. senator Dick Durbin.
Cabonargi was slated by the Cook County Democratic Party for Clerk of the Circuit Court in 2020, but lost in the primary.
Cabonargi's appointment was made pursuant to an application process announced by Supreme Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham in December 2024.
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