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Carol Pope
M. Carol Pope was a judge on the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court. She was assigned to this position on December 1, 2008, and was re-elected without opposition in 2012. Her term was set to expire at the end of 2022, but she retired on August 1, 2017.[1][2][3]
Education
Judge Pope graduated from the University of Illinois in 1975. She then received her J.D. degree from DePaul University School of Law in 1979.[1]
Career
Judge Pope began her career in 1979 as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge James Ackerman. She then joined the Chicago law firm of Mayer, Brown and Platt in 1983. The following year, she was elected Menard County State's Attorney. She was re-elected to this position in 1988. In 1991, she was appointed the resident Circuit Judge of Menard County (8th Circuit Judge). She was elected to this position in 1992 and worked in this capacity until her assignment to the Appellate Court in 2008.[1]
Awards and associations
- President of the Illinois Judges Association[4]
2012 election
Pope ran unopposed for re-election in the March 20, 2012 Republican primary, as well as the Nov. 6 general election, to replace Sue Myerscough.[5][2][6]
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
- Pontiac Daily Leader "Justice Pope seeks appellate court term" Apr 15, 2011
- Fourth District Appellate Judges
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official biography of Judge Pope
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Illinois State Bar Association: Results from Tuesday's judicial elections for all circuits outside of Cook
- ↑ The State Journal-Register, "Pope retiring, Harris appointed and running for appellate court," July 7, 2017
- ↑ Decatur Tribune "APPELLATE JUDGE M. CAROL POPE TO BE INSTALLED AS 40TH PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS JUDGES ASSOCIATION," May 24, 2011
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections: November 6, 2012 Official Vote Scroll to p.123
- ↑ Illinois Judges.net: Vacancy of Sue E. Myerscough, Candidates for Appellate Justice - Fourth District
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
State courts:
Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court
State resources:
Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois
