The Illinois Supreme Court has announced the assignment of Cook County Circuit Judge Sanjay T. Tailor to the First District Appellate Court. Judge Tailor was assigned to fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Justice Daniel J. Pierce, effective September 30. The appointment is effective October 3, 2022, and will stay in effect until further order of the court. He will become the first Indian American on the Illinois Appellate Court.

The Illinois Supreme Court Pretrial Implementation Task Force (Task Force) will host its third and fourth town hall meetings on September 16 and 29 at noon via Zoom.

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications for: Senior Public Service Administrator, Opt 8L (Deputy General Counsel Air Enforcement). The position is located in Springfield.

The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that Justice Mary Jane Theis will be its next Chief Justice. Justice Theis was selected by the Court to serve a three-year term commencing October 26, 2022. She succeeds Justice Anne M. Burke whose tenure as Chief Justice began in October of 2019. 

An installation ceremony marking Justice Theis’ selection as Chief Justice will be held at the Supreme Court Building in Springfield during the Court’s November Term.  

Chief Justice Anne M. Burke has announced her retirement from the Illinois Supreme Court. Her last day on the bench will be November 30, 2022. Chief Justice Burke has served on the Supreme Court since 2006 and has served as Chief Justice since October 2019. Her term as Chief Justice concludes on October 25, 2022. Read Justice Burke’s full statement on her retirement. 

Join us for this full-day seminar that examines recent caselaw updates and legislative changes from the past year. Learn more about Transfer on Death Instruments, easements, and residential new contracts. Listen to a discussion of recent trends in residential real estate and brush up on your ethics requirements.

This year saw one of the most significant pieces of tort reform enacted in Illinois history, writes Michael Adler in his September Illinois Bar Journal article, “Navigating Illinois’ New Prejudgment Interest Statute.” On May 28, 2021, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a 6 percent prejudgment interest rate on all personal injury and wrongful death cases. Illinois joins 46 other states with some form of prejudgment interest.

The Illinois State Bar Association's judicial ratings by county for the November 8, 2002 election are available online.

In Cook County, an ISBA Judicial Evaluations committee used the results of a questionnaire, background investigations, and in-person interviews to rate candidates for all judicial offices. Candidates for the Appellate Court outside of Cook County were also evaluated using this method.