Richard J. Billik, Jr.
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Richard J. Billik, Jr. was a judge of the Cook Circuit 4th Subcircuit in Illinois.[1] He was elected to the bench in 1992 and retained in 1998, 2004 and 2010.[2] He retired from the court in 2012.[3]
Education
Billik earned an undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in 1974. He went on to receive his J.D. there in December of 1976.[4]
Career
Prior to his judicial election in 1992, Billik was a trial attorney with the Department of Justice and a special assistant district attorney in Washington, D.C. He later worked in private practice in Washington, D.C. and Chicago.[2]
2010 retention
- See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010
Billik was retained in 2010, receiving 74.78% of the vote.[5]
Billik was recommended for retention by the Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the Cook Judicial Circuit," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Judicial Performance Commission of Cook County, "Report on the Judges Seeking Retention on the November 2, 2010 Ballot in Cook County"
- ↑ Cook County Record, "Updated: In one of two contested judicial races, Republican attorney leads sitting Cook County judge by about 1,200 votes," November 5, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Editorial board questionnaires: Richard J. Billik, Jr.," 2010
- ↑ Cook County, "Combined Summary Report"
