Kathleen Mary Pantle

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Kathleen Mary Pantle

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Prior offices
Cook County Circuit Court 6th Subcircuit

Education

Bachelor's

Loyola University, Chicago

Law

Loyola University, Chicago, 1982


Kathleen Mary Pantle was a judge of the Cook County 6th Subcircuit in Illinois.[1] She was first elected to this position in 1998.[2] She retired from the bench on July 20, 2018.[3]

Education

Pantle received a B.S. from Loyola University of Chicago, going on to earn her J.D. there in 1982.[2]

Career

Prior to her judicial election in 1998, Pantle worked for 14 years as an assistant public defender. She has also worked as an adjunct professor of law a DePaul University.[2]

Awards and associations

  • 2003: Distinguished Service Award, Anixter Center
  • 2002: St. Vincent DePaul Award for Community Service[2]

Elections

2016

See also: Illinois local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Judges of the Illinois Circuit Court stand for retention after their first full term. To be retained, a judge must receive at least 60 percent of the vote.[4][5] Kathleen Mary Pantle was retained in the Illinois Cook Circuit Court, Kathleen Pantle Retention Election with 75.96 percent of the vote.

Illinois Cook Circuit Court, Kathleen Pantle Retention Election, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Mary Pantle75.96%
Source: Illinois Board of Elections, "Elections Results, General Election 11/8/2016," accessed November 28, 2018

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

There are 513 judges on the Illinois Circuit Court, each elected in partisan elections to six-year terms. Upon the completion of these terms, judges who wish to continue serving must compete in uncontested, nonpartisan retention elections.[6]

The chief judge of each circuit court is selected by peer vote; he or she serves in that capacity indefinitely.[6]

The circuit courts are also served by 391 associate judges, who are limited in that they may not preside over cases in which the defendant is charged with a felony (an offense punishable by one or more years in prison). Associate judges are appointed to four-year terms by circuit judges.[7][6]

Midterm vacancies are filled by Illinois Supreme Court appointment.[6]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[6]

  • a U.S. citizen;
  • a circuit/county resident; and
  • licensed to practice law in Illinois.

2010

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010

Pantle was retained in 2010, receiving 76.67% of the vote.[8][9]

Pantle was recommended for retention by the Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County.[10]

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