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J. Imani Drew (c. 1980s): [95] First African-American female judge in Kankakee County, Illinois (2016). She was also the first African-American prosecutor (1983) in the county's history. Brenda Claudio: [96] First Hispanic American (female) judge to preside in Kankakee County, Illinois (upon her appointment to the 21 st Judicial Circuit in 2021)
Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. [8] Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. [9] George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois [10] Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there ...
She ran for a Circuit Judge position unopposed in the 2020 General Election. [5] She resigned the Illinois House and was sworn in a judge on December 7, 2020. [ 6 ] One day after being sworn in a judge, she administered the oath to her successor, and Republican Representative-elect Jackie M. Haas was sworn in on December 8, 2020.
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.
The case, which was consolidated in Kankakee County, will be heard by 21st Circuit Court Chief Judge Thomas W. Cunnington on Dec. 7. Kankakee County State's Attorney Jim Rowe will litigate the ...
(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.
Bartlett moved to Kankakee, Illinois in 1853, the second lawyer to set up practice there. [2] By 1858 he was serving as the police magistrate in Kankakee. [3] He was elected judge of Kankakee County in 1861, serving until he was appointed an associate justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court by president Abraham Lincoln in June 1864. [4]
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