Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Cook County Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Results

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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