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Ericka Sanders
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Ericka Sanders is an associate judge on the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois.[1] Sanders was reappointed in 2011 and 2015.[2][3]
Elections
2014
See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2014
Sanders ran for election to the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014.
General: She was defeated in the general election on November 4, 2014, after receiving 44.8 percent of the vote. She competed against Martin W. Siemer.
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Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Ericka Sanders as Recommended for election in a 2014 poll.[7]
Education
Sanders earned her J.D. from the Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1998.[8]
Career
After law school, Sanders became a staff attorney with Land of Lincoln Legal Aid and went on to become an assistant public defender in Marion County, Illinois. Sanders has also worked as an assistant attorney general with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in Springfield and the lead public defender in Marion County.[8]
See also
External links
- Official website of the 4th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois, "Home," accessed April 23, 2014
- Ericka Sanders Campaign Website
- Facebook, "Judge Ericka Sanders"
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Illinois Circuit Court Judges, Fourth Judicial Circuit Associate Judges," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Press Release: Administrative Director Declares Three Hundred Seventy-Eight Illinois Associate Judges Reappointed for another Four Year Term," June 10, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "376 of 384 Illinois associate judges reappointed for another 4-year term," June 11, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "General Primary," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Civil Justice League, "2014 Illinois Judicial Elections," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official Canvass, General Primary Election," March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sanders Campaign Website, "About Judge Ericka Sanders," accessed August 18, 2014
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
