Women's Bar Association of Illinois

ALLIANCE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS FOR JUDICIAL SCREENING

The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Cook County Bar Association, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association, Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois, and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.

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Key to Ratings:

HR = Highly Recommended

R = Recommended

NR = Not Recommended

WQ = Well Qualified

HQ = Highly Qualified

Q = Qualified

NQ = Not Qualified

NE = Not Evaluated Through No Fault of the Candidate

NE* = Not Evaluated – Late Submission of Application

Judicial candidates are rated by the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening based on detailed information supplied by the candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate. Ratings reflect the Alliance’s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates’ abilities as lawyers. These ratings are not to be considered as endorsements.

Candidates who do not participate in the process are found “not qualified.”

The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Cook County Bar Association, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Hellenic Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois, and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.

ALLIANCE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS FOR JUDICIAL SCREENING

COOK COUNTY JUDICIAL CANDIDATE RATINGS

NOVEMBER 4, 2008 GENERAL ELECTION

27 October 2008

First District – Supreme Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Mary Ann G. McMorrow)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Anne M. Burke	R	R	Q	R	HR	R	HQ	HR	HR	HR
First District Appellate Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Anne M. Burke)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Sharon Johnson Coleman	R	R	Q	R	HR	R	Q	HR	HR	HR
First District Appellate Court (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Calvin C. Campbell)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
John O. Steele	R	R	Q	R	HR	R	Q	R	HR	R

Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Barbara J. Disko)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Dennis J. Burke	R	R	WQ	R	HR	R	HQ	HR	HR	HR
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Francis W. Glowacki)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Jesse G. Reyes	R	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Michael T. Healy)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Maureen Ward Kirby	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Michael R. Keehan)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Marilyn F. Johnson	R	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	HR	HR
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Gay-Lloyd Lott)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Thomas J. Byrne	Q	R	Q	R	HR	R	Q	R	HR	HR
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Antony S. Montelione)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Debra B. Walker (91)	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	HR	HR
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Michael J. Murphy)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Kristyna Colleen Ryan	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Cook County Circuit (all ballots) (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Julia M. Nowicki)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Michael B. Hyman	Q	R	WQ	R	HR	R	HQ	HR	HR	R

Cook County Circuit (all ballots)

(to fill the vacancy of Hon. Mary Maxwell Thomas)

AABA

BWLA

CCL

CCBA

DSL

HBA

ISBA

LAGBAC

PRBA

WBAI

Joan Powell

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First Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Edna Turkington)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Donna L. Cooper	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	HR	R	R
Third Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. David R. Donnersberger)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Patrick J. Sherlock	Q	R	Q	R	HR	R	Q	R	R	R
Fourth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Lon W. Shultz)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Pat Rogers	Q	R	NQ	R	R	NE	Q	NR	R	NR
Maureen H. Masterson-Pulia	Q	R	NQ	NE	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Fifth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Bernetta D. Bush)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Jackie Marie Portman	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Fifth Subcircuit (Additional Judgeship A)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Dominique C. Ross	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Sixth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Raymond A. Figueroa)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Mauricio Araujo	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	HR	R
Seventh Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Anthony L. Young)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Anita Rivkin-Carothers	Q	R	WQ	R	R	R	Q	R	HR	NR
Eighth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Nancy Drew Sheehan)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Ann Collins Dole	Q	R	WQ	R	R	R	Q	HR	R	HR
Tenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Robert J. Kowalski)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Ursula Walowski	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	NR	NR	R
Tenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Dennis J. Morrissey)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Diana L. Kenworthy	Q	R	Q	NR	R	R	NQ	R	R	NE
Tenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Aurelia Pucinski)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Eileen O’Neill Burke	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Twelfth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Donald M. Devlin)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Pamela Elizabeth Loza	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Laura J. Morask	NQ	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Thirteenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. James T. Ryan)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Ann Catherine Brady	Q	R	NQ	R	R	R	Q	R	HR	R
Annie O’Donnell	Q	R	NQ	NR	NR	NE	Q	NR	NE	NR

Thirteenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Karen T. Tobin)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Carol L. Barnes	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Margarita Kulys Hoffman	Q	R	Q	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Fourteenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. James F. Henry)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
James N. O’Hara	NQ	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Fourteenth Subcircuit (to fill the vacancy of Hon. Ralph Reyna)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Edward A. Arce	R	R	NQ	NR	NR	NE	NQ	NR	NR	NR
Fifteenth Subcircuit (Additional Judgeship A)
	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Anna Helen Demacopoulos	Q	R	WQ	R	R	R	Q	R	R	R
Peter Fera	Q	R	NQ	R	R	R	Q	NR	R	N

Judicial candidates are rated by the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening based on detailed information supplied by the candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate. Ratings reflect the Alliance’s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates’ abilities as lawyers. These ratings are not to be considered as endorsements.

Candidates who do not participate in the process are found “not qualified.”

Should This Judge Be Retained?
APPELLATE COURT – FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
	% saying judge should be retained	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Gallagher, Michael J.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
McBride, Margaret Stanton	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
CIRCUIT COURT – COOK COUNTY JUDICIAL COURT
	% saying judge should be retained	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Bender, Gerald C.	90	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Berman, Andrew	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Brennan, Margaret Ann	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Brewer, Eileen Mary	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Brosnahan, Janet Adams	80	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Brown, James R.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Burrell, Anthony Lynn	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
Cannon, Diane Gordon	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Clay, Evelyn B.	89	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	NE	Y	Y	Y	Y
Coglan, Mary Ellen	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Coleman, Sharon Johnson	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Crane, Clayton J.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Doody, John T. Jr.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Egan, Lynn Marie	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Elrod, Richard J.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Fabri, Candace Jean	90	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Felice, Peter A.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Flanagan, Thomas	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Flannery, James Patrick	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Should This Judge Be Retained?
	% saying judge should be retained	AABA	BWLA	CCL	CCBA	DSL	HBA	ISBA	LAGBAC	PRBA	WBAI
Fleming, John L.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Garcia, Rodolfo (Rudy)	80	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N
Gavin, James J.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Gordon, Robert E.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Hayes, Shelli D.Williams	60	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Hopkins, Vanessa A.	80	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Jones, Rickey	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Karnezis, Themis N.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kennedy, Kathleen G.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kennedy, Kerry M.	100	Y	Y	Y	Y