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Rodolfo Garcia
Rodolfo Garcia is a former judge on the Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court. He retired in 2017.[1]
Garcia previously served as a judge on the First District Appellate Court, 1st Division in Illinois. He was assigned to this court in March 2003, although he was retained to the Cook County Circuit Court in 2008 and continued to serve the six-year terms of circuit court judges.
Elections
2014
Garcia was retained to the Cook County 14th Subcircuit with 74.6 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated Rodolfo Garcia as Recommended for retention in 2014.[3]
Education
Garcia received his A.B. degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1976 and his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1981.[4]
Career
Garcia began his career working for the Illinois Attorney General as an assistant in the Criminal Appeals Division. In 1982, he joined the law practice of Fredrick F. Cohn and Associates. The following year, he started his own general practice. In November 1996 he was elected circuit judge for the 14th Judicial Subcircuit of the Cook County Circuit Court. He judged in the 4th Municipal District before moving to the Criminal Division in April 1997. He was appointed to the appellate court in March 2003.[4]
News and Articles
- Domestic violence law `trumps immunity': Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
The family of a woman who allegedly was murdered by her former boyfriend can go ahead with its lawsuit alleging that two suburban police departments failed to protect her after learning of the man's plot to kill her, the 1st District Appellate Court held Monday.
The appeals court reinstated the suit brought by relatives of Mary E. Lacey. Lacey and her mother, Margaret Ballog, were found murdered on Dec. 13, 2004, at Lacey's Glenview home.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Judges' Retirement System of Illinois, "2016 Retirees," accessed December 10, 2018
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Illinois Courts, "Official biography of Judge Garcia"
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
