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