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John Kinsella
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John J. Kinsella is a judge on the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. He was appointed associate judge in 2003 and was appointed circuit judge in 2007.[1] He was retained on November 4, 2014, for a term that expired on December 6, 2020.[2]
Elections
2014
Kinsella was retained to the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court with 80.9 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated John Kinsella as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[3]
Education
Kinsella received his J.D. cum laude from Northern Illinois University in 1981 and graduated from Western Illinois University in 1978.
Career
Kinsella worked in the DuPage County state’s attorneys office from 1980 to 2003. In the state attorney’s office, Kinsella served as chief of special prosecutions from 1985 to 1992, deputy chief of the criminal division from 1991 to 1996, and first assistant state’s attorney from 1996 to 2003.[4]
Awards and associations
- 1999-2003: First vice president, Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the 18th Judicial Circuit," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Illinois State Board of Elections, "List of judges seeking retention in the November 4, 2014 general election," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 IL State Court press release, "ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT FILLS TWO VACANCIES IN 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT," October 11, 2007
