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Circuit judges are elected on a circuit-wide, or "at-large", basis or from the county or sub-circuit where they reside, depending on how the particular seat was created. The Illinois State Constitution provides that each county have at least one circuit judge elected from that county's residents.
In the Circuit Court of Cook County, which contains Chicago and is the largest of the 22 circuits in Illinois, circuit judges are elected from the entire county or as resident judges from each of the fifteen subcircuits within the county. Associate judges are appointed by circuit judges, under Supreme Court rules, for four-year terms. An ...
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
F. Keith Brown (1981): [20] [21] First African American male judge and Chief Judge in the Sixteenth Judicial District (Kane County, Illinois; 1991) John Dalton: [69] First openly LGBT male judge in Kane County, Illinois (2012) Rene Cruz: [70] First Hispanic American male to serve as an associate judge in Kane County, Illinois (2012)
Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County (1 C, 41 P) ... Pages in category "Illinois state court judges" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
The counties of Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iroquois, and all the counties in the said State north of them, shall compose one district, to be called the northern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the said district at the city of Chicago; and the residue of the counties of the said State shall compose ...
The First District is based in Chicago and hears cases arising in Cook County.It is divided into six divisions, each with four different judges. [9] The First District clerk's office, and the principal seat of the court are located in the Michael Bilandic Building, at 160 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60601.
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .