Thomas J. Difanis
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Thomas J. Difanis was a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court in Illinois from 1995 to 2020.[1] He was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in February 1995 and was retained in each subsequent election.[2] Difanis retired on November 1, 2020.[3]
Elections
2014
Difanis was retained to the Sixth Circuit Court with 80.3 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014.[4]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Thomas J. Difanis as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[5]
Career
From 1976 until his judicial appointment in 1995, Difanis was a state's attorney for Champaign County—making him the longest-serving state's attorney in the county at that time. He previously worked for two years as an assistant prosecutor.[2]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois Courts, "Judges of the 6th Circuit Court," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 News-Gazette, "Tom Difanis named new presiding judge," January 26, 2004
- ↑ The News-Gazette, "Judge Difanis hanging up his robe for good in November 2020," March 30, 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
