SPRINGFIELD – Chicago area lawyers contributed $69,800 to Democratic Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates on Sept. 29.
Cooney and Conway of Chicago, Dudley and Lake of Libertyville, and Meyers and Flowers of St. Charles each gave her $11,600, the limit for individuals.
Laird Ozmon of Joliet gave her $10,000.
Motherway and Napleton of Chicago, Coplan and Crane of Oak Park, and Parente and Norem of Chicago each gave her $5,000.
Waterville Advisors of Chicago gave her $4,000. Daniel McCarthy operates Waterville as a structured settlement firm.
Preferred Capital Funding of Chicago gave her $4,000. Brian Garelli and William Pintas operate it for pre-settlement lawsuit funding.
Vogelzang Law of Chicago gave her $2,000.
Edwardsville lawyers gave Cates about a third as much as Chicago lawyers, with the Gori firm and Walton Telken each contributing $11,600.
On Sept. 30, Cates received a $10,000 transfer from the American Federation of Teachers in Fairview Heights.
Her Republican opponent David Overstreet received five contributions worth $17,500 from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.
About a third of it came from lawyers.
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst of Metropolis transferred $7,500 to Overstreet.
The Patchett Hampson firm of Marion gave him $5,000.
The Republican central committee in Franklin County gave him $3,000.
John Deere dealer George Obernagel of Waterloo and lawyer Adam Riley of Karnak each gave him $1,000.
Cates and Oversteet both hold seats on the Fifth District appellate court.
Justice James Kilbride, standing for retention in the Third District, reported a $100,000 transfer from Illinois Federation of Teachers on Oct. 2.
On Oct. 5, he reported a $15,000 transfer from the finishing trades in Chicago and a $5,000 transfer from the painters union in Chicago.
He needs 60 percent approval in his district, which runs from his home in Rock Island to Peoria, Kankakee, and Joliet.