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A summary of bar association recommendations in judicial races

Posted October 05, 2020 11:00 pm

The Daily Herald does not issue endorsements in most judicial races. Here is a summary of recommendations regarding judges from regional bar associations.

Associations cited are the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), www.isba.org/judicialevaluations, the Chicago Bar Association (CBA), www.chicagobar.org and the Suburban Bar Coalition made up of the Northwest Suburban, https://www.nwsba.org/?, North Suburban, https://ilnsba.org/, South Suburban, https://ssba.wildapricot.org/, Southwest, https://southwestbar.org/, West Suburban, http://westsuburbanbar.org/, and Lake County (LCBA) bar associations.

For recommendations of the Alliance of Bar Associations, visit: http://www.voteforjudges.org/ online.

State Supreme Court, Dist. 1

Highly qualified: P. Scott Neville Jr. and Michael B. Hyman highly qualified. (ISBA)

Qualified: P. Scott Neville (CBA)

Illinois Appellate Court, Dist. 1

Highly Qualified: Michael B. Hyman (CBA)

Qualified: Sharon O. Johnson (ISBA, CBA)

Countywide Judicial Candidates

All qualified by all agencies except:

Highly qualified: Chris Stacey; Lynn Weaver Boyle (CBA); Christopher Morozin (LCBA)

Not qualified: Maura McMahon Zeller (ISBA)

Not recommended: Tiesha L. Smith (ISBA, CBA); Marine Slavin (LCBA)

Cook County Circuit Court

All agencies recommend or highly recommend retention for all Cook County circuit court candidates except:

ISBA: Mauricio Araujo*, Jackie Marie Portman-Brown, Diana Rosario and John J. Mahoney

CBA: Mauricio Araujo*, Patricia Manila Martin

SBC: John J. Mahoney and Jackie M. Portman-Brown. Mauricio Araujo* and Patricia Manila Martin

* Mauricio Araujo resigned effective Oct. 5.

12th Subcircuit

Qualified: Patricia M. Fallon, Democrat, Frank R. DiFranco, Republican (ISBA, CBA)

13th Subcircuit

Qualified: Susanne Michelle Groebner, Democrat, Gary William Seyring, Republican (ISBA, CBA)

Appellate Court Retention

Yes: Aurelia Maria Pucinski, Mary Katherine Rochford (ISBA, CBA, SBC), Ann B. Jorgensen, Mary S. Schostock (LCBA)

19th Judicial Circuit Retention

Valerie Boettle Ceckowski, James K. Booras (LCBA)

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