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March 2025Volume 55Number 5PDF icon PDF version (for best printing)

Recent Appointments and Retirements

1.   Pursuant to its Constitutional authority, the Supreme Court has appointed the following to be Circuit Judge:
  •   Linda Sackey, Cook County Circuit, January 24, 2025
  •   Gabriel Thomas Grosball, 8th Circuit, January 31, 2025
  •   Lindsay J. Starwalt, 5th Circuit, February 1, 2025
  •   Brian Shinkle, 2nd Circuit, February 10, 2025
  •   Sonni C. Williams, 12th Circuit, 3rd Subcircuit, February 10, 2025
  •   Kimberly M. Przekota, Cook County Circuit, 11th Subcircuit, February 20, 2025
  •   Matthew E. Vaughn, 2nd Circuit, February 20, 2025
  •   Patrick G. King, 3rd Circuit, 2nd Subcircuit, February 21, 2025
2.   The Circuit Judges have appointed the following to be associate judges:
  •   Magen J. Mertes, 14th Circuit, January 13, 2025
  •   Caryn J. Kamp, 10th Circuit, January 21, 2025 
  •   Daniel R. Janowski, 24th Circuit, January 31, 2025
  •   Antoinette Granholm, 12th Circuit, February 28, 2025
3.    The following judges have retired:
  •   Hon. Douglas L. Jarman, 4th Circuit, January 29, 2025
  •   Hon. Robert Balanoff, Cook County Circuit, 1st Subcircuit, January 30, 2025
  •   Hon. Eugene Gross, Associate Judge, 24th Circuit, January 30, 2025
  •   Hon. Pamela McLean Meyerson, Cook County Circuit, 11th Subcircuit, January 31, 2025
  •   Hon. Marzell I. Richardson, Jr., Retired Judge Recalled, 12th Circuit, January 31, 2025
  •   Hon.  Cynthia M. Raccuglia, 13th Circuit, February 28, 2025
4.    Pursuant to its Constitutional authority, the Supreme Court has reinstated the following judges:
  •   Hon. Matthew Bertani, Retired Judge Recalled, Appellate Court, 3rd District, January 1, 2025
  •   Hon. Joseph P. Hettel, Appointed Judge of the Appellate Court, 3rd District, January 1, 2025
  •   Hon. Gary A. Dobbs, Associate Judge, 13th Circuit, January 27, 2025
5.   The term of the following judge has expired:
  •   Hon. Robert E. McIntire, Retired Associate Judge Recalled, 5th Circuit, January 31, 2025

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