Rebecca Simmons-Foley
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2018
Rebecca Simmons-Foley is a resident judge of the 11th Circuit Court in McLean County, Illinois. She was elected on November 6, 2012 to a term that expires in December 2018.[1]
Education
Foley received an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Illinois in 1991. She went on to earn a J.D. degree from the DePaul University College of Law in 1995.[2]
Career
From January 2004 until her judicial election in 2010, Foley worked as an associate judge of the 11th Circuit Court.[2][3]
2012 election
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2012
Simmons-Foley was elected to the circuit court without opposition on November 6, 2012. She was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012.[1][4]
Noteworthy events
Misconduct complaint filed against two romantically involved judges (2014)
A complaint filed with the Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board alleged that Judges Scott D. Drazewski and Rebecca Simmons-Foley were involved in an extramarital affair while Foley's husband, a lawyer, was appearing before Drazewski. The complaint said that Drazewski should have disqualified himself from the cases involving Simmons-Foley's husband. It said that Simmons-Foley also violated the rules of conduct for judges by keeping quiet about her colleague's failure to recuse himself when she found out about the situation.
Both judges were separated from their spouses, the complaint explained. Chief Judge Elizabeth A. Robb of the 11th Circuit found out about the affair in 2011 and instructed the judges to limit their contact with each other only to court business. The complaint said that the affair occurred between December 2010 and February 2011.[5]
Hearings occurred October 26-27, 2015.[6] On March 11, 2016, the Illinois Courts Commission ordered Drazewski to serve a four month suspension without pay. Foley received a lesser punishment of being censured.[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Illinois Board of Elections: November 6, 2012 Official Vote (Scroll to p.146)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pantagraph, "Associate judge Foley to seek Souk's circuit court opening," November 16, 2011
- ↑ The Pantagraph via HighBeam Research, "Foley becomes 2nd female judge in Circuit," January 3, 2004
- ↑ Illinois Judges.net, "Vacancy of James E. Souk - Candidates for Resident Circuit Judge - Eleventh Circuit (McLean County)"
- ↑ Pantagraph.com, "2 McLean County judges cited in misconduct complaint," July 24, 2014
- ↑ Pantagraph.com, "Hearings set in complaint against 2 judges," September 29, 2015
- ↑ Pantagraph, "Commission says conduct by local judge was 'egregious'," March 12, 2016
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
