For What It's Worth

Don't blame me: The organizers of next Tuesday's fundraiser for Judge Owens J. Shelby were the ones who suggested that ugly sweate...

The Cook County Officers Electoral Board will meet Monday morning. At that time, hearing officers will be assigned to handle objections tha...

Operation Greylord was one of those bright-line events in my career ( Wikipedia , FBI links provided for the Millennials and Zoomers who ma...

Associate Judge Sunil Bhave has announced plans to seek the newly-certified 18th Subcircuit vacancy. The vacancy was created by the conver...

The Diversity Scholarship Foundation Unity Gala and Awards Ceremony has been set for Thursday, January 18, 2024, in the Grand Ballroom of...

The Arab American Bar Association of Illinois has announced the establishment of the AABAR Scholarship Fund. The Fund is intended to assis...

There are now two subcircuit vacancies that have been posted for the special judicial filing period (December 18 to 26). FWIW readers alrea...

They will have to wait an entire year, but each of the candidates named below are virtually assured of beginning (or, in some cases, continu...

We now have a 2024 Republican candidate from outside the 12th Subcircuit. Early this morning, Arlington Heights attorney Lynn Palac filed...

Supporters of Loveleen Ahuja's 8th Subcircuit campaign are planning a campaign kickoff and fundraiser for their candidate tonight , Dece...

Assistant Attorney General Nadine Wichern filed nominating petitions to run for the new 20th Subcircuit vacancy this morning in Springfield...

Some folks don't know beans about coffee. Poppa Mac's Roastery , on the other hand, knows all about beans. Coffee beans, that...

Supporters of Michael Zink's 20th Subcircuit campaign are planning a kickoff fundraiser for their candidate on Wednesday, December 6, fr...

According to the Illinois State Board of Elections website, a second Republican candidate filed for a Cook County judicial vacancy earlier t...

The Illinois State Board of Elections website reports that former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Maria McCarthy today became th...

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...