Jerry A. Esrig

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Jerry A. Esrig
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Cook County Circuit Court 9th Subcircuit
Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2028

Years in position

9

Prior offices
Cook County Circuit Court 9th Subcircuit

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

October 30, 2013

Education

Bachelor's

Northwestern University, 1974

Law

University of Chicago Law School, 1978

Personal
Religion
Jewish

Jerry A. Esrig (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 9th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. He assumed office in 2016. His current term ends on December 4, 2028.

Esrig ran for re-election for the 9th Subcircuit judge of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Esrig was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court on October 30, 2013, to fill the vacancy left by Allen S. Goldberg.[1]

Education

Esrig earned his B.A. degree from Northwestern University in 1974, where he was elected to the freshman honor society Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1978. Between undergraduate and law school, Esrig served as a congressional aide to the Hon. Abner J. Mikva.[1]

Career

  • 2013-2014: Circuit judge, Ninth Judicial Subcircuit
  • 1995-2000: Adjunct professor of pretrial litigation, Northwestern University Law School
  • 1984-2013: Co-founder, Zaideman & Esrig, PC
  • 1985: Admitted to Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois
  • 1980-1984: Associate, James P. Chapman & Associates
  • 1978-1980: Associate, Solomon, Rosenfeld, Stiefel & Engerman
  • 1978: Admitted to the Illinois Bar[2][3]

Elections

2022

See also:  Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2022)

Cook County Circuit Court 9th Subcircuit, Jerry A. Esrig's seat

Jerry A. Esrig was retained to the 9th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court on November 8, 2022 with 74.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
74.4
 
813,485
No
 
25.6
 
279,840
Total Votes
1,093,325

2016

See also: Illinois local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Illinois held a primary election for local judicial offices on March 15, 2016.[4] Jerry Esrig defeated Thomas Kougias in the Illinois Cook County Ninth Subcircuit Court Democratic Primary.[5]

Cook County Ninth Subcircuit Court, Berman Vacancy, Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jerry Esrig 63.97% 37,912
Thomas Kougias 36.03% 21,356
Total Votes 59,268
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, "Primary Election Results: Judicial," accessed June 13, 2016

2014

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2014
Esrig ran for election to the Cook Judicial Circuit Court.
Primary: He was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014, receiving 42.3 percent of the vote. He competed against Megan Elizabeth Goldish and Nathan Benjamin Myers. [6][7][8]

Campaign themes

2022

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