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Joseph Gordon (Illinois)
Joseph Gordon was a judge on the First District Appellate Court, 6th Division, in Illinois. He was appointed to this position in 1989 and was retained by voters in 1990,[1] 2000 and 2010.[2] Gordon retired in 2014.[3]
Education
Gordon received his B.A. degree from Roosevelt University in 1954 and his J.D. degree from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1960.[1]
Career
Gordon began his career in 1960 as a law clerk for Judge Julius Hoffman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The following year, he joined the firm of Lord, Bissel and Brook as a trial lawyer. He moved to the firm now known as Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. in 1964, where he became a senior litigation partner in 1969. He also worked as a full-time professor at the John Marshall Law School from 1967 to 1970, from 1983 to 1984, and occasionally as a part-time professor from 1964 to 1986. In 1976, he became a judge for the Cook County Circuit Court. He worked in this position until 1983, and again in 1988 and 1989. He was then appointed to the Appellate Court, and served there until his retirement in 2014.[1]
2010 retention
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010
Gordon was retained in 2010, winning 78.79% of the vote.[4][5]
Gordon was recommended for retention by the Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County.[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official biography of Judge Gordon (dead link)
- ↑ 2000 General Election Results
- ↑ First District Illinois Appellate Court
- ↑ Cook County Clerk, "General Election – Combined Summary Report," November 2, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County sample ballot (dead link)
- ↑ Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County, "Report on the Judges Seeking Retention on the November 2, 2010 Ballot in Cook County," archived January 30, 2012
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