Susan Sumner Tungate
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Susan Sumner Tungate was a judge of the Twenty-First Circuit Court in Illinois.[1] First elected in 2002, she retired from the bench on November 30, 2018.[2][3][4]
Prior to her election as a circuit judge, Tungate served as an associate judge for the Twenty-First Circuit. She was selected for that position in 1998.[3]
Biography
Tungate earned a B.S.B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Loyola University in New Orleans. She was admitted to the bar in 1976.[5]
Elections
2014
Tungate was retained to the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Court with 81.3 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [6]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Tungate as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[7]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the 21st Circuit Court," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ The Daily Journal, "15 Candidates in Running for Associate Judge," January 6, 2003
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daily Journal, "Judge Tungate Says She'll Retire Next Year," October 16, 2017
- ↑ Iroquois County's Times-Republic, "Judge Susan Sumner Tungate to Retire Next Year," October 30, 2017
- ↑ Martindale, "Susan Sumner Tungate," accessed October 17, 2017
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Results from Tuesday's Judicial Elections for All Circuits Outside of Cook," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," accessed October 17, 2017
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
