Richard Elrod

1988-2014: Judge, <a href="/Illinois_Cook_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court">Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court (Appointed)
1986-1988: Senior assistant attorney general
1970-1986: Sheriff, <a href="/Cook_County,_Illinois_(Judicial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook County, Illinois (Judicial)">Cook County
1969-1970: State representative, Illinois General Assembly
1965-1970: Chief city prosecutor, City of Chicago
1958-1970: Assistant corporation counsel, City of Chicago &#91;2&#93;

Richard Elrod was a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Cook County, Illinois.^[1] He was appointed to the court in August 1988 and was most recently retained by election in 2008.^[2] He died on April 19, 2014.^[3]

Education

Elrod received his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1955 and his J.D. degree from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1958.^[2]

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