Rosemary Collins
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Rosemary Collins was a judge of the Seventeenth Circuit Court in Illinois.[1] She joined the bench in 1989 and retired in December 2018.[2]
Education
Collins earned her J.D. from the John Marshall Law School.[3]
Career
Prior to joining the court in 1989, Collins was an assistant state's attorney in Winnebago County.[3]
Elections
2014
Collins was retained to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court with 84.5 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [4]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Rosemary Collins as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[5]
Approach to the law
In an interview with Northwest Quarterly, Collins said,
| “ | What I like is that I have a chance to do justice on an individual scale, and on a bigger scale, change systems that affect thousands of people. We’re always trying to come up with ways to improve the system.[3][6] | ” |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the 17th Judicial Circuit," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ 23 WIFR, "Judge Rosemary Collins to look for new options to serve public," November 22, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Northwest Quarterly, "Why We Love Our Region – Part 2," Winter 2013
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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
