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Eileen O'Neill Burke is an American lawyer, politician, and former judge serving Cook County State's Attorney since 2024. She was previously a justice on the Illinois First District Appellate Court and a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County. Before that, she worked for a decade as a prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer.
The Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), the nation's oldest association of African-American lawyers and judges, was founded in Illinois in 1914. Arkansas attorney Lloyd G. Wheeler, [1] moved to Illinois in 1869 to practice law and he, along with 31 other Black lawyers, began to meet informally to plan protests against discrimination in hotels, theaters, and restaurants, and to address judicial ...
(The Center Square) – The new Cook County state’s attorney is setting policy for pretrial detention and retail thefts. After officially being sworn in to replace Kim Foxx, Eileen O’Neill ...
the research conducted by the Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County (JPC). The JPC does not evaluate judges for the purpose of voter education. Rather, the JPC is a group of lawyers and non-lawyers who utilize electronic surveys and phone interviews with lawyers who have filed appearance
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Cecil A. Partee: [63] First African American male to serve as the State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois; James K. Chelos: [10] [11] First Greek American male elected as a judge in Cook County, Illinois (1952) James Benton Parsons (1949): [36] [37] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois ...
Kim Foxx, who is about to leave her post as Cook County state’s attorney, has some new questions to answer. Her imminent exit shouldn’t be cause to dodge them. The Tribune’s Stacy St. Clair ...
A Cook County judge who controversially banned a law clerk from the county’s main courthouse for using a cellphone in her courtroom will undergo training and mentoring, officials said. The order ...