Lauretta Higgins Wolfson
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Lauretta Higgins Wolfson was a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois.[1] She was first appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2006.[2][3] She was reappointed in 2013 to a term that expired on December 1, 2014. Wolfson left the bench at the end of her term.[4]
Education
Wolfson earned her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1988 and an LL.M. in health law from Loyola University in 2000.[2]
Career
- 2006-2014: Judge, Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court (Appointed)
- 1994-2000: Adjunct professor, University of Chicago Law School
- 1993-Present: Adjunct professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law[2]
Wolfson has also served as deputy supervisor of the Transactions/Health Law Division of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office and as general counsel of the Illinois Department of Human Services.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the Cook Judicial Circuit," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chicago-Kent College of Law, "Adjunct Faculty Biographies: Lauretta Higgins Wolfson," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ Red Ink News, "C(r)ook County, Illinois: Defeated judges find way back to bench," December 25, 2012
- ↑ Illinois Supreme Court, "MR 1403 In re: Judicial Vacancy," November 12, 2012
