Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Linda Sackey as At-Large Circuit Judge in Cook County

Justice P. Scott Neville and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Linda Sackey as an At-Large Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County. 

Ms. Sackey is being appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge William H. Hooks on July 5, 2024. Ms. Sackey’s appointment is effective January 24, 2025, and will conclude on December 7, 2026. 

Ms. Sackey has worked as a lawyer for nearly 20 years. She began her career as a staff law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then worked as an associate at Mayer Brown LLP for five years. From 2013 to 2018 she was an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Appeals Division of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and served as an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) in 2016. Since 2019, she has served as a Judicial Clerk to Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis. 

Ms. Sackey earned her Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School. 

Her professional affiliations include the Cook County Bar Association, where she has previously served on the Board of Directors and chaired several committees, and the Appellate Lawyers’ Association, where she also served on the Board of Directors, as well as the Black Women Lawyers’ Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois.