ISBA Election Candidate Report

The Candidate Report for the 2025 ISBA Election is below. All members of the association (except non-lawyer members) with their dues paid by March 1, 2025 are eligible to vote.

(N.B.: Where more candidates filed for a position than vacancies available, ballot positions were determined by lot. Ballot positions are listed next to the candidate’s name.)

Third Vice-President – 1 to be elected from Outside Cook County

  • Wesley A. Gozia, Salem 3
  • Heather McPherson, Freeport 1
  • Juan R. Thomas, Aurora 2

Board of Governors

Cook 5 to be elected

  • Michael G. Bergmann, Chicago 5
  • Bianca B. Brown, Chicago 4
  • Sandra Crawford, Park Ridge 3
  • Jameika W. Mangum, Evanston 6
  • Emily N. Masalski, Oak Park 2
  • Ashonta C. Rice, Orland Park 1

Area 3 (Circuits 12, 13, 16, 21, 23) 1 to be elected

  • Kristine M. Honiotes, Joliet

Area 4 (Circuits 10, 14, 15) 1 to be elected

  • Kelly R. Giraudo, Morton

Area 5 (Circuits 5, 6, 11) 1 to be elected

  • Angelica W. Wawrzynek, Mattoon

Under Age 37 –Cook County 1 to be elected

  • Courtney A. Berlin, Chicago 2
  • Genevieve E. Miller, Esq., Chicago 1

Under Age 37 – Outside Cook County (Circuits 1-24) 1 to be elected

  • Gregory Edward Moredock, Springfield

Assembly

Cook County (47 to be elected)

  • Paul M. Bach, Northbrook
  • Patrice Ball-Reed, Chicago
  • Courtney A. Berlin, Chicago
  • Joel L. Chupack, Chicago
  • Robert K. Downs, Oak Park
  • Joshua Nathan Epstein, Esq., Chicago
  • Daniel J. Goldberg, Chicago
  • Bria Grant, Esq., Chicago
  • Daniel J. Heywood, Chicago
  • Matthew R. Huff, Esq., Chicago
  • Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright, Chicago
  • Nicholas P. Jordan, Chicago
  • John V. Kalantzis, Chicago
  • Mark L. Karno, Chicago
  • Marjorie Rose Kennedy, Chicago
  • Tene McCoy Cummings, Chicago
  • Rebecca B. Melzer, Chicago
  • Mary L. Milano, Chicago
  • Robert T. Oleszkiewicz, Chicago
  • Jackson J. Paller, Evanston
  • Devin J. Piper, Chicago
  • Arlette G. Porter, Chicago
  • Marcos A. Resendiz, Chicago
  • Curtis B. Ross, Chicago
  • Mallory P. Sanzeri, Chicago
  • Whitney Kendall Siehl, Chicago
  • Alon Stein, Northbrook
  • Taylor L. Tyler, Chicago

Circuit 1 (2 to be elected)

  • Peter C. Alexander, Carbondale
  • David R. Hughes, Carbondale

Circuit 2 (2 to be elected)

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 3 (5 to be elected)

  • Dennis J. Orsey, Granite City

Circuit 4 (2 to be elected)

  No candidates have been nominated 

Circuit 5 (1 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 6 (5 to be elected)

  • Anthony A. Bruno, Urbana
  • Emma Dorantes, Champaign
  • Mark C. Palmer, Champaign
  • Timothy John Sullivan, Champaign

Circuit 7 (5 to be elected)

  • Nancy G. Easum, Springfield
  • Robert Paul Osgood, Springfield

Circuit 8 (1 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 9 (1 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 10 (4 to be elected)

  • Kayla M. Hickey, Morton
  • Ann R. Pieper, Morton

Circuit 11 (3 to be elected)

  • Michael Groves Butts, Bloomington
  • G. Timothy Leighton, Bloomington
  • Joshua G. Rohrscheib, Bloomington

Circuit 12 (4 to be elected)

  • Ted. P. Hammel, Joliet
  • Edward Jarot, Jr., Joliet
  • Cameron T. Lythberg, Joliet
  • Joel P. Murphy, Joliet

Circuit 13 (2 to be elected)

  • Douglas B. Olivero, Peru

Circuit 14 (3 to be elected)

  • Jennifer L. Kincaid, Silvas

Circuit 15 (1 to be elected)

  • Ryan J. Shaner, Shannon

Circuit 16 (5 to be elected)

  • Junaid M. Afeef, Elgin

Circuit 17 (3 to be elected)

  • Tamika R. Walker, Rockford

Circuit 18 (17 to be elected)

  • Robert Bahr Anderson, Wheaton
  • Joseph M. Beck, Wheaton
  • John E. Brennock, Naperville
  • Kevin P. Camden, Downers Grove
  • Paloma Holloman, Warrenville
  • Julie A. Johnson, Elmhurst
  • Melissa Johnson, Elmhurst
  • Carly E. Kenny, Naperville
  • Christian Edward Ketter, Oakbrook
  • Daniel J. Kordik, Elmhurst
  • Jason M. Kunowski, Wheaton
  • Ronald D. Menna, Jr., Wheaton
  • Anthony Riccardo Pasquini, Carol Stream
  • Elizabeth A. Pope, Elmhurst

Circuit 19 (11 to be elected)

  • Robert O. Ackley, Round Lake
  • Jacqueline Stephens Breisch, Lake Forest
  • Lisa L. Dunn, Deerfield
  • Gretchen E. Fisher, Libertyville
  • Deanna L. Hoyt, Libertyville
  • Susan G. Mock, Libertyville
  • Shyama S. Parikh, Waukegan
  • Gloria V. Rodriguez, Waukegan
  • Kristine Marie Schanbacher, Mundelein
  • Diana Christine Servos, Deerfield
  • Jessica Sparbeck, Libertyville

Circuit 20 (4 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 21 (1 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Circuit 22 (3 to be elected)

  • Michael G. Cortina, Crystal Lake
  • David B. Franks Lake in the Hills
  • James P. Kelly, Lake in the Hills

Circuit 23 (2 to be elected)

  • Marguerite Komes, Sycamore

Circuit 24 (1 to be elected) 

No candidates have been nominated

Ballot positions virtually certified February 4, 2025 by:

  • Anita DeCarlo, Chicago
    Teller
  • Carl Draper, Springfield
    Teller
  • Michael Strauss, Libertyville
    Teller