Search Underway To Fill Cook County Associate Judge Openings
From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
The state courts’ administrative office has started accepting applications for associate judge vacancies for the Cook County Circuit Court.
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts issued the notice last week. Interested attorneys have until Feb. 4 to submit the application available at the Illinois Supreme Court’s website.
Unlike circuit judges who are elected by the voters, associate judges are voted to the bench by circuit judges within their respective judicial circuits.
Once the application deadline passes, the AOIC will provide a certified list of applicants to Chief Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans.
Under Supreme Court Rule 39, a nominating committee comprising Evans and up to 10 of the court’s presiding judges will select twice as many names for a ballot as there are vacancies to be filled.
There are five current vacancies, and at least one more will arise in the coming weeks as Associate Judge Rosemary G. Higgins retires, Evans’ office said.
With its narrowed list of names, the AOIC will send secret ballots to the court’s circuit judges, who will then have two weeks to submit their votes to the AOIC.
In last year’s cycle, 277 applicants applied for 13 associate judge vacancies.
Circuit judges’ choices are not limited to the finalists’ names, however — circuit judges may also write in their own picks.
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From the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
The state courts’ administrative office has started accepting applications for associate judge vacancies for the Cook County Circuit Court.
The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts issued the notice last week. Interested attorneys have until Feb. 4 to submit the application available at the Illinois Supreme Court’s website.
Unlike circuit judges who are elected by the voters, associate judges are voted to the bench by circuit judges within their respective judicial circuits.
Once the application deadline passes, the AOIC will provide a certified list of applicants to Chief Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans.
Under Supreme Court Rule 39, a nominating committee comprising Evans and up to 10 of the court’s presiding judges will select twice as many names for a ballot as there are vacancies to be filled.
There are five current vacancies, and at least one more will arise in the coming weeks as Associate Judge Rosemary G. Higgins retires, Evans’ office said.
With its narrowed list of names, the AOIC will send secret ballots to the court’s circuit judges, who will then have two weeks to submit their votes to the AOIC.
In last year’s cycle, 277 applicants applied for 13 associate judge vacancies.
Circuit judges’ choices are not limited to the finalists’ names, however — circuit judges may also write in their own picks.
Read more in our daily News Update...