Sebastian Patti
Sebastian Patti was a judge of the Cook Circuit Court of Illinois. He served on this court from 1995 to 2009, after which, he was assigned to the First District Appellate Court. He returned to the circuit court in 2011.[1][2][3] He retired from the bench in 2018.[4]
Elections
2014
Patti was retained to the Cook Judicial Circuit Court with 75.1 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [5]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association rated Sebastian Patti as Recommended for retention in 2014.[6]
Education
Patti received his B.A. from Duke University in 1975 and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1978.[1]
Career
Patti began his legal career as a law clerk to Kansas District Judge Herbert Walton in 1977. He then worked as a staff attorney for the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C. in 1979 before becoming associate regional counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, later that year. He worked in this position until 1995. He was appointed judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, First Municipal Division in March of 1995 and was elected in November of 1996. He served in the Child Protection Division from 1995 to 1998, the Housing Section from 1998 to 1999 and supervising judge of the Housing Section from 1999 until his assignment to the appellate court in 2009. He was appointed presiding judge of the circuit court's Domestic Violence Division in 2011.[1]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Illinois Courts, "Official biography of Judge Patti"
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the Cook Judicial Circuit," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Citizen, "Chief Judge Evans’ Appointments Go Into Effect," July 26, 2011
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "STATE OF ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT," accessed December 13, 2019
- ↑ 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
