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James M. Radcliffe, St. Clair County Associate Judge
Former St. Clair County Circuit Court Associate Judge James Radcliffe. JAMES M. RADCLIFFE was an associate judge on the St. Clair County Circuit Court for two decades prior to his retirement in 2007....
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Cynthia Brim, Cook County Circuit Judge
Justice at StakeFormer Cook County Judge Cynthia Brim. CYNTHIA BRIM was first elected as a Cook County Circuit Judge from the first sub-circuit on Chicago’s South Side, in 1994. In 2012, Brim was...
View ArticleDonald A. Behle, Logan County Associate Judge
DONALD A. BEHLE served as associate judge of from 1999 until he resigned in 2007, two months after the Judicial Inquiry Board accused him of improper relationships with two women whose cases were...
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Oliver M. Spurlock, Cook County Associate Judge
Chicago Sun-TimesFormer Cook County Associate Judge Oliver M. Spurlock. OLIVER M. SPURLOCK was named a Cook County Associate Judge in 1988. He served until December, 2001, when the Illinois Courts...
View ArticleJames T. Doyle, Kane County Circuit Judge
JAMES T. DOYLE was first named a Kane County Associate Judge in 1989; three years later, he was elected as a Circuit Judge. In 2000, Doyle helped launch the county’s drug court. But in February, 2005,...
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Susan J. McDunn, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
Former Cook County Judge Susan McDunn. SUSAN J. MCDUNN served as Cook County Circuit Judge from 1993, when she was seated following a court challenge to the results of a contested primary election,...
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Charles M. Travis, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
Chicago Sun-TimesFormer Cook County Judge Charles Travis. CHARLES M. TRAVIS was first elected as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge in 1996, and served until his retirement in 2004. In 2003 he was...
View ArticleChristopher G. Perrin, Sangamon County Associate Judge
CHRISTOPHER G. PERRIN is an associate judge for Sangamon County . He was appointed to the bench in 2009. In November of 2010, the Judicial Inquiry Board filed a complaint against him that the Illinois...
View ArticleLambros J. Kutrubis, Cook County Associate Judge
LAMBROS J. KUTRUBIS served as Cook County associate judge from 1989 until he retired in 2004. In 2002 he was suspended for six months by the Illinois Courts Commission after he admitted to several...
View ArticleMichael J. Chmiel, McHenry County Circuit Court Judge
MICHAEL J. CHMIEL was appointed to a circuit court post in 2004 and then, two years later, won election when McHenry County was shifted into a newly-created 22nd Illinois district. In February, 2008,...
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Francis X. Golniewicz III, Cook County Circuit Judge
Chicago Sun-TimesFormer Cook County Judge Francis X. Golniewicz III. FRANCIS X. GOLNIEWICZ III first was appointed by the State Supreme Court to a vacant Cook County Circuit Court seat in 1991, and...
View ArticleDouglas J. Simpson, Cook County Associate Judge
DOUGLAS J. SIMPSON Five years after being named a Cook County associate judge in 2005, Simpson participated in an ex parte conversation involving another judge and a business owner whom Simpson had...
View ArticleWilliam G. Schwartz, Jackson County Circuit Court Judge
WILLIAM G. SCHWARTZ became associate judge in Jackson County in 1986, then was appointed to a vacancy on the circuit court before winning election to that seat in 1992. In 2001, the Judicial Inquiry...
View ArticleKurt P. Klein, DeKalb County Circuit Judge
KURT P. KLEIN of DeKalb County became an associate judge in 1995, and was appointed to an open circuit judge seat in 2001. He won election for a full term the following year, and retired from the bench...
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Joseph C. Polito, Will County Associate Judge
Chicago Sun-TimesFormer Will County Associate Judge Joseph Polito. JOSEPH C. POLITO was named an associate judge in Will County in 2006. In 2012, the Judicial Inquiry Board filed a complaint against...
View ArticleIllinois Courts Commission: A System Borne from Scandal
The Illinois system of disciplining judges first was enacted in 1970, after two state Supreme Court Justices, Ray Klingbiel and Roy J. Solfisburg Jr., fell under scrutiny for having acquired shares in...
View ArticleWhat Happens to Complaints Against Judges?
On an average year the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board gets close to 450 complaints, but a step by step walk through of the complaint process shows that a majority of cases are dismissed before any...
View ArticleIllinois Courts Commission: What Makes for a Serious Case
The Courts Commission is the seven-member body that decides on what, if any, discipline to impose for judicial misconduct, once it is charged by the Judicial Inquiry Board. The commission has the power...
View ArticleIllinois Courts Commission: A Look at the Lengths and Results of the Cases
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Marriage Court: Cook County’s $180,000 judicial rubber room
CHICAGO – Down in the basement of the Cook County building, Circuit Court Judge Beatriz Santiago spends her days performing marriage ceremonies. She was taken off the bench in February, four days after...
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In Illinois, punishment is slow and lenient for errant judges
Beset by too many cases and too little money, Illinois officials are struggling with their constitutional responsibility to investigate and punish errant judges. It commonly takes years to act against...
View ArticleFighting for her job, Cook County judge says she didn’t mean to mislead
Cook County Judge Beatriz Santiago pleaded for her job Tuesday, saying she had not intentionally deceived her mortgage lender on sworn documents. The judge contended at a daylong hearing before the...
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Sparse money leaves discipline unlikely for wayward Illinois judges
Members of the Illinois Courts Commission, one of two bodies created by the Illinois Constitution to police judicial conduct, have nothing to do. After the commission issued a censure last month to...
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