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.