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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 ...
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 ...
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He was succeeded by DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett. [10] [11] O'Malley was a consultant for the television series Chicago Justice, which took place in a fictional version of the Cook County State's Attorney office. [12] O'Malley has also taught as a visiting professor of law for Northern Illinois University College of Law. [12]
Anita M. Alvarez [1] (born January 16, 1960) is the former State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, United States.Alvarez was the first Hispanic woman elected to this position, [2] after being the first Latina to win the Democratic nomination for state's attorney of Cook County.
Pamela Leeming: [31] [81] First Pakistani American female to serve as an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County (2009) Jessica Arong O’Brien: [36] [37] First Filipino American (female) judge in Cook County, Illinois (2012) Anita Alvarez: [82] First Hispanic American female elected as the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois ...
Thomas J. Maloney (1925–2008) was a judge in Cook County, Illinois who served from 1977 until his indictment for bribery in 1991. Since 1981, the court was being investigated by the FBI in Operation Greylord, [1] and he was eventually convicted [2] on four counts of accepting bribes (including fixing three murder cases).