The Honorable P. Scott Neville, Jr. was sworn in to the Illinois Supreme Court today during an installation ceremony at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. 

He is filling the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Freeman. Justice Neville’s appointment is effective today through Dec. 7, 2020. He said he plans to seek reelection.

A graduate of Washington University’s School of Law, Justice Neville has practiced law in Illinois since 1974, when he became a law clerk for Illinois Appellate Court Justice Glenn T. Johnson. Throughout his career as an attorney, Justice Neville has specialized in appellate, employment, civil rights issues, and complex litigation.

Justice Neville was Of Counsel at Howard, Mann & Slaughter from 1977 until 1979, when he became a principal with the law firm Neville & Ward. In 1981, he established P. Scott Neville, Jr. & Associates, which merged with Howse, Howse, Neville & Gray in 1990.

Justice Neville was appointed to the Cook County Circuit Court in 1999 and elected in 2000. On June 11, 2004, he was appointed to the Appellate Court. The date coincided with the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court case that integrated public schools and struck down the separate but equal doctrine adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson. He was elected to the Appellate Court in 2012.