Lynne Kawamoto
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Lynne Kawamoto was an associate judge on the Cook Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois.[1] She was the first Asian-American judge to serve an Illinois state court when she was appointed to the bench in 1991.[2]
Kawamoto was reappointed for a four-year term that began on July 1, 2011, and was set to expire on June 30, 2015.[3] However, Kawamoto retired from the bench on August 7, 2013.[2]
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- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Illinois Circuit Court Judges, Cook County Associate Judges," accessed February 22, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chicago Law Bulletin, "First Asian-American judge in Illinois retires," August 26, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Press Release: Administrative Director Declares Three Hundred Seventy-Eight Illinois Associate Judges Reappointed for another Four Year Term," June 10, 2011
