Judicial Candidate Evaluations Released by the Cook County Bar Association |
The Cook County Bar Association's Judicial Evaluation Committee has reviewed the qualifications of judicial candidates for the February 2, 2010 Illinois Primary Election. The CCBA does not endorse any candidate.
The CCBA's process includes reviewing a detailed questionnaire completed by each candidate, personal and professional references and holding an interview with each candidate. The evaluation criteria includes experience, professional competence, judicial temperament and integrity.
Candidates were rated "Highly Recommended," "Recommended," and "Not Recommended." A rating of Not Evaluated was given to at least one judicial candidate. The CCBA Judicial Canditates ratings for the 2010 Primary Elections are as follows: (will insert Celestia's Grid)
2010 Primary Election Candidate Ratings
Appellate Court - 1stDistrict
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Jill McNulty Rating
Arnette R. Hubbard Highly Recommended Ellen F. Flannigan Not Recommended Jim Ryan Not Recommended James Epstein Recommended Kathleen G. Kennedy Highly Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Denise M. O'Malley Rating
Thomas Lee Hogan Recommended Pamela E. Hill Veal Not Recommended Frank Edward Gardner Not Recommended Aurelia Marie Pucinski Not Recommended Don R. Sampen Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Leslie E. South Rating
Mary Katherine Rochford Recommended Sabastian T. Patti Recommended Kevin Rogers Not Recommended William D. O'Neal Recommended Anthony Lynn Burrell Not Recommended
Circuit Court - CookCounty Countywide
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Richard B. Berland Rating
William H. Hooks Highly Recommended Deidre Baumann Recommended William Burnett Raines Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Philip L. Bronstein Rating
Terry MacCarthy Recommended Diann Karen Marsalek Recommended Sharon Finegan Patterson Recommended Thomas William Flannigan Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Francis J. Dolan Rating
Susan Kennedy Sullivan Recommended Linda J. Pauel Recommended Kevin J. Murphy Recommended Ubi O'Neal Not Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Marsha D. Hayes Rating
Raymond W. Mitchell Highly Recommended Bonnie Carol McGrath Not Recommended Carl B. Boyd Not Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Daniel J. Kelley Rating
John Patrick Callahan, Jr. Recommended Joanne F. Fehn Not Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Carol Pearce McCarthy Rating
Maureen Masterson Pulia Not Evaluated Michaela Nolan Ryan Not Recommended Daniel J. Gallagher Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. James P. O'Malley Rating
Thomas J. Lyons, II Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Ronald C. Riley Rating
Sandra G. Ramos Recommended Russell W. Hartigan Recommended James Michael Bailey Recommended John Patrick Nyhan Not Recommended Edmund Paul Michalowski Not Recommended Marvin W. Gray Recommended Tracey J. Stokes Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty
1stSubcircuit
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Sharon Johnson Coleman Rating
Thaddeus L. Wilson Recommended Linnae Bryant Not Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. John O. Steele Rating
Sharon Dolores Oden-Johnson Recommended Michelle Hugghis Flagg Not Recommended Jesse Outlaw Recommended Joseph Chico Not Recommended Theodore "Ted" London Not Recommended
To Fill Additional Judgeship A
Bonita Coleman-John Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty 3rd Subcircuit
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Thomas F. Carmody, Jr. Rating
Allen F. Murphy Recommended Peter M. Kramer Not Recommended Thomas G. O'Brien Not Recommended Steven G. Watkins Recommended Charles Francis Fitzgerald Recommended Daniela Silaides Not Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Daniel P. Darcy Rating
Edward S. Harmening Recommended James Patrick Doran Recommended Thomas J. Murphy Recommended David J. Coleman Recommended
To Fill Additional Judgeship A Rating
Daniel Malone Recommended Ronald Joseph Hurley Not Recommended Mary McNamara Not Recommended Bernadette McNicholas Recommended Pamela Cotten Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty 9thSubcircuit
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Sandra R. Otaka Rating
Abbey Fishman Romanek Recommended Yehuda Lebovits Recommended Geary W. Kull Recommended Dennis Michael Fleming Recommended
To Fill Additional Judgeship A Rating
Steven James "Steve" Bernstein Not Recommended Michael Ian Bender Recommended Jeffrey Dov Greenspan Recommended William Joseph Luby Recommended Scott Bagnall Not Recommended Mary Susan Trew Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty 11thSubcircuit
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Barbara Ann Riley Rating
Steve Fruth Recommended Maritza Martinez Recommended Ann Finley Collins Recommended Pamela McLean Meyerson Recommended John Michael Lagattuta Recommended Pamela M. Leeming Recommended Thomas David Bilyk Not Recommended Lisa A. Marino Recommended Eugene Joseph Berkes Not Recommended Kim R. Kardas Recommended John W. Chwarzynski Not Recommended Radusa Ostojic Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty 14thSubcircuit
To Fill Additional Judgeship A Rating
Daniel J. Pierce Recommended
CircuitCourt - CookCounty 15thSubcircuit
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Marcella C. Lipinski Rating
Linzey D. Jones Highly Recommended Frank James Ryan Recommended Patrick Flanagan Recommended Nicholas W. Karas Not Recommended Richard G. Karwaczka Not Recommended Karla Marie Fiaoni Recommended Michael Brendan Barrett Recommended Joan Marie G. Kubalanza Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. Thomas Paul Panichi Rating
George F. Scully Recommended Mary Therese Quinn Recommended Michael T. Huguelet Recommended Peter A. Fera Recommended
To Fill Vacancy of Hon. William Michael Phelan Rating
John C. Griffin Recommended Carl Evans, Jr. Recommended Nichole C. Patton Recommended Thomas "TJ" Somer Recommended Mary Beth Kent Duffy Recommended
The Cook County Bar Association is the oldest African American Bar Association in America and an Affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association. The CCBA is also a participating Bar in the Alliance of Bar Associations. To see the Alliance of Bar Assocations Judicial Grid please visitwww.voteforjudges.org. |
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