Illinois Judicial Candidates rated in ISBA Lawyers’ Poll and Evaluations

Illinois judges running for election and retention, as well as candidates for Illinois judicial offices who won in the March 18 primary election, have been rated by Illinois State Bar Association evaluations committees, or in a poll of lawyers conducted by the ISBA. Results are available at www.isba.org/judicialevaluations.

In Cook County, an ISBA Judicial Evaluations Committee used the results of a questionnaire, background investigations, and in-person interviews to rate candidates for judicial offices. Candidates for the Appellate and Supreme Court outside Cook County were also evaluated using this process.

In counties outside Cook, the advisory poll is conducted by mail and is sent to all ISBA members in the circuit or district from which a candidate seeks election. Licensed attorneys who are not members of ISBA, or any attorney outside the circuit or district, may request a ballot. Opinions expressed in the poll are of those attorneys who chose to respond and do not reflect the opinion of the Illinois State Bar Association or the opinion of all Illinois attorneys.

“Voters often have difficulty learning about the qualifications of candidates for judicial office,” said Richard Felice, of Wheaton, president of the 33,000-member organization. “These independent ratings and polls are based on the views of the candidates’ peers, and I encourage voters to consider them when deciding how to vote on November 4.”

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Chris Bonjean

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