For What It's Worth

Diana L. Kenworthy will be first on the ballot for the Morrissey vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. A lawyer since 1995, Kenworthy started he...

It's up but the links are inactive so far, at least the ones I've checked out. But ICJL has a very neutral-sounding site, called Ill...

Challenges are coming in thick and fast in many of the judicial races, both countywide and subcircuit, but in the 10th Subcircuit, the candi...

Terry MacCarthy filed for four countywide vacancies initially, but withdrew from two the very next day. Now he's dropped his bid for t...

Judge Burke's new website is here . If you are a candidate with a website, or know of a candidate with a website, send an email or leave...

An email this afternoon from Jim Babcock, Republican candidate in the 13th Subcircuit advised he'd withdrawn from the race for the Tobin...

Questions have been raised about candidates' names -- whether it's appropriate to use a nickname, whether one must use the exact nam...

A cocktail reception will be held Tuesday, November 20, 2007 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Flatwater Restaurant , 321 North Clark Street (River ...

Found on-line: Website of Laura J. Morask , Republican candidate in the 12th Subcircuit. Website of Gerald Patrick Cleary , Democratic candi...

Thanks to Susana Darwin, readers of this blog will find that most of the candidates for the Sheehan vacancy in the 8th Subcircuit are famili...

James N. O'Hara and Eward A. Arce are unopposed for the two vacancies in the 14th Subcircuit. No Democrats have filed against them in t...

A momentary respite from coverage of the 2008 Cook County Judicial Primary; this post comes from this blog's participation, however limi...

There are two vacancies in the 13th Subcircuit; ten candidates have filed for both seats. Carol L. Barnes has filed as a Democrat for the T...

Somewhere around 20 new candidates filed for Circuit and Subcircuit vacancies in Cook County yesterday, November 5, the last day for filing ...

In 2006 Ellen L. Flannigan became the first Democrat elected to the bench from the 12th Subcircuit. This year, four candidates have filed i...

Anita Rivkin-Carothers was appointed In July to the Young vacancy in the 7th Subcircuit by the Illinois Supreme Court. Rivkin-Carothers had...

Martin D. Coghlan was a solo practitioner in Homewood when he was tapped by the Illinois Supreme Court this February for the "A" v...

Each of these seven candidates filed as a Democrat; no Republican has filed in the 6th Subcircuit: Laura Bertucci Smith was recently appoin...

An additional judgeship is up for grabs this year in the Fifth Subcircuit along with the vacancy of Judge Bernetta D. Bush. Candidates filin...

Updated November 1, 2007 William Edward Gomolinski was appointed to the Shultz vacancy in the 4th Subcircuit in July 2007; he filed Monday a...

I don't know when Judge LaGuina Clay-Clark was appointed to the bench; the Law Bulletin seems not to have taken note, and the Order by ...

Terry MacCarthy filed for four countywide vacancies on Monday -- but he withdrew from the races for the Healy and Montelione vacancies ear...

Not all of them, of course. Slated candidates file only for the vacancy for which they've been slated. And there are a couple of unslat...

Here is a link to the State Board of Elections Candidate Filing page from which you can click to the "Printable List of All Active Can...

An email received from Thomas W. Flannigan announces that he will file for the Devlin vacancy in the 12th Subcircuit on Monday morning. Th...

Judge Thomas R. Mulroy , candidate in the 12th Subcircuit, has announced plans for a November 15 fundraiser. The fundraiser will be held at ...

The filing period for judicial candidates opens Monday, October 29. Persons hoping to be first on the ballot need to be in line when the do...

Susana Darwin, a former President of the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago , has sent another email. Ms. Darwin recently advised ab...

I wasn't able to attend the October 17 Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening's program "A Guide to the Alliance J...

A campaign committee has been organized on behalf of Ivan Tomic . The committee detail indicates that Tomic plans to join the field of cand...

Found at the State Board of Elections: The formation of something called the Illinois Alliance Committee for Judicial Integrity . No officer...

At the end of June 2006, in what the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin called a "whirlwind week," Michael B. Hyman, long-time partner at...

An email today from Judge Thomas R. Mulroy , appointed to the bench in February 2007, and a candidate for the Donald M. Devlin vacancy in th...

This website is still under construction. Judge Wilson was appointed to a vacancy in August; he was subsequently slated by the Democratic ...

Susana Darwin, a former President of the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association , sent me an email today, advising of a number of potential candida...

Submitting one's credentials for evaluation by other lawyers may be the most intimidating aspect of running for judge. At least the most...

I first saw this story this morning on Yahoo! News . This picture ran with the CNBC story today about the unidentified man who walked into ...

Supreme Court Rule 91(b) provides: All parties to the arbitration hearing must participate in the hearing in good faith and in a meaningful ...

Debra B. Walker , a partner with Clausen Miller PC , has organized a campaign committee . Walker was a finalist in the most recent round of...

Let's take a brief timeout from this blog's recent coverage of judicial candidacies to celebrate an academic achievement: Immaculate...