For What It's Worth

This is extraordinary. Surprising. Unprecedented, certainly. Only seven of the 26 subcircuit races have so far drawn more than one hopef...

Supporters of Judge Debjani Desai's countywide judicial campaign are planning a Meet and Greet for their candidate on Thursday, December...

Michael J. Zink filed Monday morning for the 20th Subcircuit vacancy. That's a link to Zink's campaign website in the preceding se...

A campaign website is now live in support of Judge Owens J. Shelby's 7th Subcircuit election bid. That's a link to the new campaig...

Six students from the Northern District of Illinois are among the finalists for this year's U.S. Courts Bill of Rights Day Student Con...

Judge Sarah Johnson now has a campaign website. That's a link to the new campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also ...

Yolanda Harris Sayre , who has been working as Legal Counsel to the Illinois State Police, has filed nominating petitions to run for the Lew...

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers will hold its Family Chanukah Party on Monday, December 11, starting at 6:00 p.m. This is a virtual eve...

Westchester attorney Michael Chvatal was the only person to file yesterday morning for the Felice vacancy in the 4th Subcircuit. That'...

A campaign website has been launched for Judge Arlene Coleman Romeo . That's a link to the new campaign website in the preceding sente...

This will probably change, of course. But it is remarkable that the majority of the Cook County Democratic Party's countywide judicial ...

So far. "So far" being an important qualifier here. After all, filing merely opened up this morning. Petitions can come in for...

Michael B. Kilgallon filed this morning for the Wojkowski vacancy in the 10th Subcircuit. That's a link to his campaign website in the...

Updated November 27 to add photo and link to campaign website. James "Jack" Costello, who lost a 2022 bid for a 13th Subcircuit...

Clausen Miller partner Dave Heilmann was in line when the doors opened at the State Board of Elections this morning, filing petitions to ru...

Ralph E. Meczyk has filed for the Betar vacancy in the 13th Subcircuit. There is no campaign website that I can find this morning; I will ...

Associate Judge Stephanie Kathryn Miller and MALDEF Midwest Regional Counsel Griselda Vega Samuel filed nominating petitions for 14th Subcir...

With all this warm weather we've had this autumn, one might have hoped that there would be decent weather for the Cook County judicial c...

The Advocates Society dinner in support of the Polish-American Advocates Scholarship Foundation is set for November 30, from 6:00 to 10:0...

The Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee (IJEC), a joint committee of the Illinois Judges Association , Illinois State Bar Association , and t...

The Puerto Rican Bar Association has partnered with several Chicago area social service agencies to provide holiday gifts for needy child...

The Decalogue Society of Lawyers has partnered with the Hinda Institute to bring Chanukah cheer to children in need through its 2023 Toy...

Described as “invaluable to political candidates,” Petition Review helps verify signatures on your petition and then provides a competitiv...

A campaign website has been launched in support of Pablo deCastro's countywide judicial bid. That's a link to the new website in t...

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...

Usually--and by 'usually' I mean every single time I can think of before today--in those cases where a person has been appointed to ...

There is no campaign website yet (one is apparently under construction) but there is a campaign Facebook page announcing that Rivanda Doss ...

The Illinois Latino Judges Association Holiday Party will take place on Thursday, December 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Mi Tierra , 2528...

The letters referred to are not the ones that some lawyers may be tempted to write at this time of year (" Dear Santa -- This year, c...

The 2024 election will be the first conducted under the Judicial Circuits Districting Act of 2022, P.A. 102-0693 . Section 60 of this Act a...