Robert E. Gordon (Illinois)
Robert E. Gordon was a judge of the Illinois 1st District Appellate Court. He assumed office on December 7, 2020. He left office on December 4, 2022.
Gordon ran for re-election for the 8th Subcircuit judge of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.
Education
Gordon completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and received his J.D. degree from the DePaul Law School in 1962.[1]
Career
After law school in 1962, Gordon joined a small insurance company as a trial lawyer. He later tried cases for Aetna Insurance. Eighteen years later, he switched from defense litigation to plaintiff personal injury, criminal defense, defense of automobile dealers and factories, trade dress, workers compensation condemnation, commercial, franchising, zoning, and sports law. He worked as a principal in the firm of Gordon and Brustin, Gordon, Brustin & Schaefer and in Gordon & Gordon, Ltd. He was appointed to the Cook County Circuit Court in 1996, and was retained to this position in 2002. In July of 2006, he joined the appellate court as an assigned judge.[1] He was appointed to the appellate court on December 7, 2020.[2]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2002: Recipient, Selective Service System Bronze Metal
Associations
- 2006-2008: President, Jewish Judges of Illinois
- 1982-2002: Member and chairman, Local Board NO.5 of the Illinois Draft Board
- Member, Operation PUSH
- Member, ADR Committee of the Supreme Court
- Board of managers, Decalogue Society[1]
Elections
2020
Cook County Circuit Court 8th Subcircuit, Retention election for Robert E. Gordon
Robert E. Gordon was retained to the 8th Subcircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit Court on November 3, 2020 with 78.0% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
78.0
|
1,298,032 | ||
No |
22.0
|
365,125 | |||
Total Votes |
1,663,157 | ||||
|
|
2014
Gordon was retained to the Cook County 8th Subcircuit with 77.0 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [3]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated Robert E. Gordon (Illinois) as Recommended for retention in 2014.[4]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert E. Gordon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Illinois Supreme Court Assigns Judge LeRoy Martin as First District Appellate Court Justice," November 12, 2020
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "List of judges seeking retention in the November 4, 2014 general election," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
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
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