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The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state: three justices from the First District (Cook County) and one from each of the other four districts.
(In the Circuit Court of Cook County, which contains Chicago and is the largest of the 24 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.
Pages in category "Illinois state court judges" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 271 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Chief justices of the Illinois Supreme Court" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502. [4] [5] The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court.
The Illinois Appellate Court has 52 judges serving five districts. The majority of the judges (18 in the First District, and between seven and nine in each of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Districts) are elected, with the remaining judges having been appointed by the Supreme Court of Illinois. [4]
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Illinois.It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.