Kathryn E. Creswell
Kathryn E. Creswell was the chief judge of the Eighteenth Circuit Court of Illinois.[1] She was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2001 and elected to a full term the following year. In September 2014, Creswell was unanimously elected by the judges of the court to succeed Judge John T. Elsner as chief judge, starting on December 1, 2014.[2] She retired from the bench effective November 30, 2017.[3][4]
Creswell previously served as an associate judge of the Eighteenth Circuit Court from 1995 until her appointment as a circuit judge in 2001.[4]
Biography
Creswell earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from DePaul University. Her experience includes service as the presiding judge of the Statewide Grand Jury in Northern Illinois and as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, the Supreme Court Committee on Illinois Evidence, the Supreme Court e-Business Policy Advisory Board, the Special Supreme Court Committee on Capital Cases, and the Illinois Judicial Benchbook on Criminal Law Committee.[4]
Elections
2014
Creswell was retained to the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court with 81 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [5]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Creswell as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the 18th Judicial Circuit," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Creswell Elected Chief Judge of DuPage County," September 12, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "18th Judicial on November 3, 2017," accessed November 24, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, "Hon. Kathryn Creswell," accessed November 24, 2017
- ↑ 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
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
