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Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Twelfth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Gabriel G. Orenic as an associate judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit. -
Raoul asks IL Supreme Court to dismiss cross-appeal on claim that firearm liability law violated the three readings rule
In response to a challenge to the state's firearm liability law, Attorney General Kwame Raoul is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to dismiss Wood River attorney Thomas Maag's cross-appeal on the three readings rule for lack of jurisdiction. -
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Heidi E. Ruckman-Agustsson as an associate judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. -
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Tionn F. Carter as an associate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. -
Illinois Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Pretrial Hearings Under the Safe-t Act To Be Remote When Necessary
Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis and the Illinois Supreme Court announced the extension of an order to help the court system continue to implement the pretrial release provisions of the SAFE-T Act, which went into effect in September 2023. -
Illinois Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments At Northern Illinois University
Oral arguments for two cases, People v. Flournoy and Andrew W. Levenfeld & Assoc. v. -
IL courts hit with avalanche of pre-trial jail appeals under SAFE-T Act; Rules rewritten to ease 'staggering' burden
The Illinois Supreme Court has rewritten rules governing how criminal defendants can appeal judges' decisions to keep them locked up while they await trial, after such appeals rose from 171 in the past 10 years to more than 1,900 in the past five months under Illinois Democrats' SAFE-T Act -
IL Supreme Court asked to hear cross-appeals on judge’s order declaring forum law unconstitutional
Madison County Associate Judge Ronald Foster’s order declaring Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s forum law is unconstitutional for plaintiffs residing or injured outside of Cook and Sangamon Counties has been appealed directly to the Illinois Supreme Court by both parties for separate reasons. -
Illinois Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments At Northern Illinois University on March 21
The Illinois Supreme Court will leave the Illinois Supreme Court Building in Springfield behind for a day and “ride the circuit” to hear oral arguments at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb on March 21. -
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Carl E. Metz, II as an associate judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit. -
Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Benjamin K. Miller Passes Away at Age 87
The first Illinois capital city native to serve on the Supreme Court, the Honorable Benjamin K. Miller passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25 at Memorial Hospital in Springfield. -
First Judicial Circuit Remote Appearance Project Report Highlights Great Savings for Rural Court Users
The Illinois Supreme Court’s Commission on Access to Justice (ATJ Commission), partnering with the First Judicial Circuit of Illinois and Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc., announced the release of its final report on its two-year pilot program on remote court appearances in the southernmost counties of Illinois. -
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Sixth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Sixth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Robert E. Jacobson as an associate judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. -
Administrative Director Declares Illinois Associate Judge Appointed in the Ninth Judicial Circuit
Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the Ninth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Chad M. Long as associate judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. -
Illinois Supreme Court Assigns Hon. Amy Sholar To Fifth District Appellate Court
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the assignment of Third Circuit Judge Amy Sholar to the Fifth District Appellate Court. Judge Sholar is being assigned to fill a newly created judicial seat in the Fifth Appellate District. -
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Creation of Pretrial Release Appeals Task Force
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced today the creation of the Pretrial Release Appeals Task Force (Task Force). -
Illinois Supreme Court creates task force to review impact of SAFE-T Act on appellate courts
SPRINGFIELD - Supreme Court Justices appointed five appellate judges to review the impact of the state’s bail reform, the SAFE-T Act, on appellate courts. -
IL Supreme Court: State OK to consolidate local police, firefighter pension funds
The state high court said the state law consolidating control over 650 local pension funds for police officers and firefighters - which the state has projected will bring in an additional $2.5B over 5 years for pensions - did not run afoul of the Illinois pensions protection clause. -
Cortney Kuntze Sworn-in as New Fifth District Appellate Court Clerk
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court announced today the swearing-in of new Fifth District Appellate Court Clerk Cortney E. Kuntze at a ceremony held in the Fifth District Appellate Court Courtroom in Mount Vernon. -
Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Caroline Borden Campion as Circuit Court Judge in Tenth Circuit
Justice Lisa Holder White and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Caroline Borden Campion as a Circuit Judge in the Tenth Judicial Circuit.