Judicial Advisory Polls

The mission of the Standing Committee on Judicial Advisory Polls is

  • To study, formulate and recommend occasions for and methods of conducting advisory polls of members of the bar on qualifications of candidates for judicial office, and to supervise and conduct such polls when requested by local bar associations in accordance with policy and procedure established by the Assembly.
  • Consists of chair, vice-chair, director of administrative services as secretary ex officio, and 13 additional members. Eight members constitute a committee quorum. No change in the basic Judicial Advisory Polls Committee Policy shall be adopted with less than six affirmative votes.

Committee Roster

  • Hon. April G. Troemper, 7th Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Carlinville, Chair
  • Torrie M. Newsome, Law Office of Torrie M Newsome, Waukegan, Vice-Chair
  • John J. Rekowski, Glen Carbon, Secretary
  • Dwight H. O’Keefe, Brown Hay & Stephens, Springfield, Ex-Officio
  • Terrence J. Brady, Judge Terrence J Brady Ret/ Mediation & Arbitration, Libertyville, Member
  • Hon. Sherri L. Caldwell-Hale, Will County Circuit Court, Joliet, Member
  • Michael G. Cortina, Amundsen Davis LLC, Crystal Lake, Member
  • Barbara L. Delanois, Danville, Member
  • Hon. Thomas B. Ewing, Lewistown, Member
  • Brian D. Flynn, Flynn Guymon & Garavalia, Belleville, Member
  • Kelly L. Garrett-Hicks, Hicks Spector LLC, Belleville, Member
  • David A. Herman, Giffin Winning Cohen & Bodewes PC, Springfield, Member
  • Hon. Amy C. Lannerd, Quincy, Member
  • Hon. Heinz M. Rudolf, St Clair County Courthouse, Belleville, Member
  • Patrick T. Timoney, Timoney Law Office, Springfield, Member
  • Hon. Albert G. Webber, IV, Hughes Tenney Postlewait Coale, Decatur, Member
  • Jennifer Nicole Luczkowiak, Prairie State Legal Services Inc, Highland Park, Board Liaison
  • Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison
  • Brenda Todt, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison