From a pool of 250 candidates, Local member Stuart Katz of the MDD division was voted an Associate Judge by the sitting Full Circuit Judges after being named as one of 62 finalists by the Associate Judge Nominating Committee. Stuart will be sworn in on April 11 along with Darren Bowden, Chief of the Child Protection Division of the Law Office of the Public Defender, former Assistant Public Defender Callie Baird and 28 other candidates. Congratulations to all! Local 3315 is proud to have them join other former Cook County Assistant Public Defenders now on the bench. An incomplete list of former Local 3315 members who are now Cook County Judges includes Terry Smith, Ramon Ocasio, Andrew Berman, Paul Stralka, Karen Shields, Jorge Alonso, Tim Chambers, Kathleen Pantle, Kerry Kennedy, and Noreen Love.
Please contact Debby Neisen or Stephanie Hirschboeck at MDD or Lisa Brean at 26th Street for information on a celebration for Stuart that is scheduled for April 5, 2007.
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