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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.
Judiciary of Illinois. The judiciary of Illinois is the unified court system of Illinois primarily responsible for applying the Constitution and law of Illinois. It consists of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, and circuit courts. The Supreme Court oversees the administration of the court system.
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 .
Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois are elected by district. Two seats held partisan elections. [1] Originally, two additional seats were scheduled as retention elections, however Justice Rita Garman retired on July 7, 2022 and the retention election for her seat was canceled. [2] The court has seven seats total separated into five districts.
Courts of Illinois. Courts of Illinois include: Illinois Supreme Court building, in Springfield, Illinois. The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, headquarters of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. State courts of Illinois. Supreme Court of Illinois [1]
John Theis. Relatives. Ken Wendt (father) Education. Loyola University Chicago (BA) University of San Francisco (JD) Mary Jane Theis (born February 27, 1949) is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court for the First Judicial District in Cook County. In 2022, she became chief justice after the retirement of then-chief justice Anne M. Burke.
In 2007, at the recommendation of Karmaier, Overstreet was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to the Second Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy created in the by the appointment of the James Wexstten to the Appellate Court. [3] Overstreet was assigned to the 5th District Appellate Court of Illinois in 2017 and elected in 2018. [4]
Thomas L. Kilbride (born August 5, 1953) is an American judge who served on the Supreme Court of Illinois from 2000 to 2020. Kilbride served as Chief Justice of the court from October 2010 through October 25, 2013. [3] He was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the Third District in 2000 and elected Chief Justice by his colleagues ...