tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post1185341741850948116..comments2024-03-26T13:05:52.830-05:00Comments on For What It's Worth: There are 26 finalists for 13 Cook County Associate Judge vacanciesJack Leyhanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-75521377496467626742016-03-22T13:55:51.027-05:002016-03-22T13:55:51.027-05:00Another peculiarity of bar assn evaluations - once...Another peculiarity of bar assn evaluations - once appointed (as Marc Martin was), subsequent evaluations for many bars evaluate only performance as a judge. Appointed judges in their 1st year are in Traffic Court or Mortgage Foreclosures. No way to re-earn that high esteem they had as practitioners by presiding over Traffic Court calls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-80998515181787175652016-03-21T07:19:58.636-05:002016-03-21T07:19:58.636-05:00No big scandal here....The CBA does two separate e...No big scandal here....The CBA does two separate evaluations for the associate judge and circuit court judge positions. The best anyone can get on the associate review is "qualified" as they do not give out "highly qualified" for the associate reviews. The only time "highly qualified" is a possibility is if they are reviewing an applicant who is running in an election for circuit court judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-77311917951024281102016-03-21T06:55:49.417-05:002016-03-21T06:55:49.417-05:00Anon. 5:24p.m. -- That's an interesting catch ...Anon. 5:24p.m. -- That's an interesting catch -- and it seems unlikely, doesn't it? Martin's appointment to the Circuit Court was effective May 1, 2014; the current AJ class's applications process closed in February 2015. It is unlikely that Judge Martin has two different CBA evaluations floating around.<br /><br />The other alternative I can think of would be that there was a transcription error. I live in terror of these. For the primary and retention elections I cheat: I take the grids that Joyce Williams prepares for the Alliance and make images of them and publish those. But, on my round-up posts, I have to pull in information from several different sources and plug them into a template. I do the best I can, but I have made mistakes. (You'd be amazed how good candidates are at proofreading -- my mistakes are typically pointed out almost as soon as they are published.)<br /><br />In this case, someone took an Alliance-type grid and added in a column for CBA ratings. I didn't publish the table that the Chief Judge's Office released -- but I went back to it this morning to see if maybe I'd missed something. But I haven't. I still suspect a transcription error, however, and am only relieved that it does not appear to be mine.<br /><br />I will follow up and post any corrections I may receive.<br /><br />Thanks.Jack Leyhanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884163579967286888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-13816204858803286112016-03-20T17:24:12.365-05:002016-03-20T17:24:12.365-05:00So the CBA found Marc Martin Highly Qualified to b...So the CBA found Marc Martin Highly Qualified to be a Circuit Judge, but only Qualified to be an Associate judge. Plus they were the only bar assn to find his opponent not qualified. I am so glad I quit the CBA. They are worthless. I spend that money on alcohol and women insteadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24546933.post-50272480452679120712016-03-18T17:35:19.456-05:002016-03-18T17:35:19.456-05:002016 year of the women!!! Time for a woman Chief J...2016 year of the women!!! Time for a woman Chief Judge!!! Evans last associate list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com