Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest is pleased to share information regarding judges running for office and judicial retention. Through the years, we have heard, and agree, that members of the public are least informed on the performance of judges.
To gather our information, we began with VoteForJudges.org. Vote for Judges gathers information from the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening (referred to hereafter as “Alliance”).
The Alliance gathers results from a number of bar associations, published in the 2016 General Election Results from the Alliance of Bar Associations (PDF) for judicial candidates. For judges seeking retention, Vote for Judges refers to Alliance Judicial Evaluation Results Summary 2016.
Regarding judges seeking retention, the Alliance offers the following:
Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening Summary for Judges Seeking Retention on the November 8, 2016 Ballot (in ballot order)*
Name of Judge / % of Alliance Bars recommending retention / Alliance Bars Not Recommending Retention or Not Evaluating the Judge
APPELLATE COURT JUDGE
Joy Virginia Cunningham | 100% |
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Sphia H. Hall | 100% |
Irwin J. Solganick | 91% / CCBA |
Alexander Patrick White | 100% |
Vincent Michael Gaughan | 100% |
Robert W. Bertucci | 100% |
Deborah Mary Dooling | 100% |
Timothy C. Evans | 100% |
Cheryl D. Ingram | 100% |
Raymond L. Jagielski | 100% |
Bertina E. Lampkin | 100% |
William Maki | 91% / LAGBAC |
Sharon Marie Sullivan | 100% |
James Patrick McCarthy | 100% |
Arnette R. Hubbard | 100% |
Nicholas R. Ford | 91% / CCL |
Charles Patrick Burns | 91% / CCBA |
Denise Kathleen Filan | 100% |
John Patrick Kirby | 100% |
Diane Joan Larsen | 100% |
Daniel Joseph Lynch | 82% / CCL and ISBA |
Kathleen Mary Pantle | 100% |
Kevin Michael Sheehan | 100% |
John D. Turner, Jr. | 100% |
LeRoy K. Martin, Jr. | 100% |
Paula Marie Daleo | 100% |
Laurence J. Dunford | 91% / LAGBAC |
Robert Balanoff | 100% |
Jeanne R. Cleveland Bernstein | 82% / BWLA and CCBA |
Kathleen Marie Burke | 100% |
Kay Marie Hanlon | 100% |
Thomas J. Kelley | 100% |
Clare Elizabeth McWilliams | 100% |
Mary Lane Mikva | 100% |
Patrick T. Murphy | 100% |
Timothy Patrick Murphy | 100% |
Jim Ryan | 100% |
Edward “Ed” Washington, II | 100% |
Thaddeus L. Wilson | 100% |
John C. Grifffin | 100% |
Daniel James Pierce | 100% |
Allen F. Murphy | 100% |
William H. Hooks | 100% |
Thomas V. Lyons | 100% |
Raymond W. Mitchell | 100% |
Edward Harmening | 100% |
Daniel Malone | 91% / LAGBAC |
Geary W. Kull | 100% |
John P. Callahan, Jr. | 100% |
Steven James Bernstein | 100% |
Bonita Coleman | 91% / CCL |
Ann Finley Collins | 100% |
Daniel J. Gallagher | 100% |
Sharon O. Johnson | 91% / HBA |
Linzey D. Jones | 100% |
Terry MacCarthy | 100% |
Sandra G. Ramos | 91% / LAGBAC |
Susan Kennedy Sullivan | 100% |
*The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA), Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago (BWLA), Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL), Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), Decalogue Society of Lawyers (DSL), Hellenic Bar Association (HBA), Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI), Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC), Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois (PRBA), and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.
The Alliance states the following:
The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA), Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago (BWLA), Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL), Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), Decalogue Society of Lawyers (DSL), Hellenic Bar Association (HBA), Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI), Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC), Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois (PRBA), and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.
Regarding candidates for the judiciary, the Alliance provides the following:
Key:
HQ | Highly Qualified | HR | Highly Recommended |
WQ | Well Qualified | R | Recommended |
Q | Qualified | NR | Not Recommended |
NQ | Not Qualified | NE | Not Evaluated Through No Fault of the Candidate |
Judicial candidates are rated by the member bars of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening based on detailed information supplied by candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate. Ratings reflect the Alliance’s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates’ abilities as lawyers.
Candidates who do not participate in the process are found “Not Recommended.”
The following have a high frequency of “Not Recommended.”
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
First Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Vanessa A. Hopkins) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
Rhonda Crawford | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Maryam Ahmad (write in candidate) | Q | R | Q | R | R | R | HQ | Q | R | HR | R |
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
Second Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Drella Savage) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
D. Renee Jackson | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
Twelfth Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Joseph Kazmierski) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
Marguerite Anne Quinn (D) | R | R | WQ | R | HR | R | Q | HQ | HR | R | R |
Thomas William Flannigan (R) | NR | R | Q | R | NR | R | NQ | NQ | NR | R | NR |
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
Twelfth Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Veronica B. Mathein) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
Janet Cronin Mahoney (D) | R | R | Q | NR | NR | R | NQ | NQ | R | R | R |
James Leonard Allegretti (R) | R | R | Q | R | R | R | Q | Q | R | R | R |
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
Thirteenth Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Thomas P. Fecarotta, Jr.) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
Ketki “Kay” Steffen (D) | R | R | Q | R | HR | HQ | Q | HQ | HR | R | R |
Kevin Michael O’Donnell (R) | NR | NR | Q | NR | NR | NR | Q | NQ | NR | R | NR |
Circuit Court – Cook County (subcircuit contested election)
Fourteenth Subcircuit (to fill vacancy of the Hon. Lisa Ruble Murphy) | A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I |
Matthew Link | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Should this judge be retained?
A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I | |
Joy V. Cunningham | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I | |
Sophia H. Hall | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Irwin J. Solganick | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Alexander Patrick White | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Vincent Michael Gaughan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Robert W. Bertucci | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Deborah Mary Dooling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Timothy C. Evans | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cheyrl D. Ingram | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Raymond L. Jagielski | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bertina E. Lampkin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
William Maki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Sharon Marie Sullivan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
James Patrick McCarthy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Arnette R. Hubbard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I | |
Nicholas R. Ford | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Charles Patrick Burns | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Denise Kathleen Filan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
John Patrick Kirby | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Diane Joan Larsen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Daniel Joseph Lynch | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kathleen Mary Pantle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kevin Michael Sheehan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
John D. Turner, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
LeRoy K. Martin, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Paula Marie Daleo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Laurence J. Dunford | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Robert Balanoff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jeanne R. Cleveland Bernstein | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kathleen Marie Burke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kay Marie Hanlon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thomas J. Kelley | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Clare Elizabeth McWilliams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mary Lane Mikva | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Patrick T. Murphy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Timothy Patrick Murphy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jim Ryan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Edward “Ed” Washington II | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
A A B A | B W L A | C C L | C C B A | D S L | H B A | H L A I | I S B A | L A G B A C | P R B A | W B A I | |
Thaddeus L. Wilson | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
John C. Griffin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Daniel James Pierce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Allen F. Murphy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
William H. Hooks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Thomas V. Lyons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Raymond W. Mitchell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Edward Harmening | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Daniel Malone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Geary W. Kull | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
John P. Callahan, Jr. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Steven James Bernstein | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bonita Coleman | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ann Finley Collins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Daniel J. Gallagher | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sharon O. Johnson | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Linzey D. Jones | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Terry MacCarthy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sandra G. Ramos | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Susan Kennedy Sullivan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA), Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago (BWLA), Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL), Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), Decalogue Society of Lawyers (DSL), Hellenic Bar Association (HBA), Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI), Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC), Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois (PRBA), and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.