Mark L. Levitt

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Mark L. Levitt

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Illinois 19th Circuit Court
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

3

Elections and appointments
Appointed

June 10, 2021

Education

Bachelor's

University of Illinois, 1987

Law

University of Illinois, 1990

Mark L. Levitt is a resident judge on the Nineteenth Circuit Court (4th Subcircuit) in Illinois. He was elected to the bench in 2010.[1][2] Levitt successfully ran for retention in 2016. He was elected Chief Judge of the Illinois Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court by the Circuit Judges on June 10, 2021 to replace Diane E. Winter. His term as Chief Justice began on January 3, 2022 and will end on January 1, 2023.[3]

Biography

Levitt is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Lake County Bar Association, and the Illinois Judges Association. He formerly served as league president of the Deerfield Youth Baseball Association as well as on the Deerfield Public School District 109 School Board. He is also a member of the Deerfield Rotary and the Deerfield Lions.[3]

Education

Levitt received an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1987, going on to earn his J.D. there in 1990.[2]

Career

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.[5][6] Mark L. Levitt was retained in the Illinois Nineteenth Circuit Court, Mark Levitt Retention Election with 82.07 percent of the vote.

Illinois Nineteenth Circuit Court, Mark Levitt Retention Election, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMark L. Levitt82.07%
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.[7]

The chief judge of each circuit court is selected by peer vote; he or she serves in that capacity indefinitely.[7]

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.[8][7]

Midterm vacancies are filled by Illinois Supreme Court appointment.[7]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[7]

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

2010

Levitt defeated Republican Wallace B. Dunn with 50.77% of the vote in the general election.[9][10][4]

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010

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