Circuit Court Vacancies | State of Illinois Office of the Illinois Courts Circuit Court Vacancies Vacancy Position Posting Date Posting Ends Links & Other Information Cook County Judicial Vacancies (Vincent Gaughan, Willian Raines, and Lorna Propes) At-Large TEST 02/28/2023 9:00 AM 03/30/2023 4:00 PM Press Release Certified Judicial Vacancies for the 2022 Election Primary Election will be held June 28, 2022 – General Election will be held November 8, 2022 – Terms of Office begin December 5, 2022 Note: These are for vacancies or vacancy announcements that occurred from December 3, 2019 through March 9, 2022. Additional vacancies will be added once certified. Cook County Vacancies Circuit Type of Judgeship Subcircuit Judicial Officer Status Cook At Large N/A Margaret Brennan Retired Nov. 1, 2021 Cook At Large N/A Diane Gordon Cannon Deceased Cook At Large N/A Michael Hyman Elected to the Appellate Court Cook At Large N/A Pamela Leeming Retired Dec. 31, 2020 Cook At Large N/A Daniel Lynch Retired Aug. 20, 2021 Cook At Large N/A Kathleen McGury Retired June 1, 2020 Cook At Large N/A Joan O'Brien Retired Sept. 17, 2021 Cook At Large N/A Sharon Sullivan Retired Dec. 31, 2020 Cook Resident 1st Sharon Johnson Elected to the Appellate Court Cook Resident 4th James Gavin Retired Jan. 30, 2020 Cook Resident 4th Patrick Rogers Retired July 6, 2020 Cook Resident 5th Jackie Portman-Brown Did not win retention Cook Resident 5th Diane Shelley Retiring on Dec. 31, 2021 Cook Resident 6th Mauricio Araujo Resigned Oct. 5, 2020 Cook Resident 6th Raul Vega Retiring on Jan. 28, 2022 Cook Resident 7th Patricia Martin Retired Dec. 6, 2020 Cook Resident 8th Robert Gordon Appointed to the Appellate Court Cook Resident 8th Thomas Lipscomb Retired July 1, 2020 Cook Resident 9th Jeanne Cleveland Retired Aug. 31, 2021 Cook Resident 11th Dennis McGuire Did not seek retention in 2020 Cook Resident 13th Susanne Groebner Deceased Cook Resident 14th James Brown Did not seek retention in 2020 Cook Resident 14th Raymond Jagielski Retired July 2, 2021 Cook Resident 15th Christopher Lawler Resigned Aug. 31, 2021 Cook At Large N/A Cheryl Ingram Retired Dec. 31, 2021 Cook Resident 9th Moshe Jacobius Retiring Jan. 30, 2022 Downstate Vacancies Circuit Type of Judgeship County or Subcircuit Judicial Officer Status 1st At Large N/A Brad Bleyer Retired Aug. 3, 2020 1st Resident Union Mark Boie Elected to the Appellate Court 1st Resident Jackson Charles Grace Retired Dec. 31, 2021 1st Resident Saline Walden Morris Retiring Dec. 4, 2022 2nd Resident Lawrence Robert Hopkins Retiring on Dec. 1, 2022 3rd Resident 1st William Mudge Retiring Dec. 4, 2022 3rd Resident 1st David Dugan Resigned Sept. 23, 2020 - Federal Court 3rd Resident 1st Richard Tognarelli Retired Jan. 4, 2021 4th Resident Effingham Kimberly Koester Retired Dec. 30, 2020 4th Resident Fayette Don Sheafor, Jr. Retiring Dec. 4, 2022 4th Resident Jasper Daniel Hartigan Retiring Jan. 30, 2022 5th At Large N/A James Glenn Retiring on Dec. 4, 2022 5th Resident Edgar Steven Garst Retiring Jan. 28, 2022 6th Resident Champaign Jeffrey Ford Retired March 25, 2020 6th Resident Champaign Heidi Ladd Retired July 1, 2020 6th Resident Macon Thomas Little Retiring Aug. 31, 2022 7th Resident Sangamon John Belz Retired July 5, 2021 8th Resident Mason Alan Tucker Retiring Dec. 4, 2022 8th Resident Schulyer Scott Butler Retired Sept. 30, 2020 9th Resident Knox Scott Shipplett Retired Oct. 2, 2020 10th Resident Tazewell Paul Gilfillan Retiring on April 8, 2022 10th Resident Marshall Michael McCuskey Retired on Oct. 19, 2020 11th At Large N/A Scott Drazewski Retired Dec. 31, 2020 11th At Large N/A Paul Lawrence Retiring on Dec. 31, 2021 12th At Large N/A Richard Schoenstedt Retired Jan. 17, 2021 12th Resident Will Michael Powers Retiring July 8, 2022 12th Resident 5th Raymond Rossi Retiring Nov. 1, 2022 13th At Large N/A Eugene Daugherity Retired Dec. 7, 2020 - Appellate Court 14th At Large N/A Mark VandeWiele Retired Dec. 23, 2020 14th Resident Henry Jeffrey O'Connor Retired July 31, 2020 15th At Large N/A Michael P. Bald Retiring Nov. 30, 2022 15th At Large N/A Robert Hanson Retired Nov. 30, 2021 16th Resident 1st James Murphy Retired July 11, 2021 18th At Large N/A Robert Kleeman Retiring on March 2, 2022 18th At Large N/A Dorothy Mallen Retired on July 10, 2020 19th Resident 12th Jay Ukena Retired Jan. 30, 2020 19th Resident 3rd Valerie Ceckowski Retired Jan. 29, 2021 19th Resident 4th Diane Winter Retiring on Jan. 21, 2022 20th Resident St. Clair Stephen McGlynn Resigned Sept. 18, 2020 - Federal Court 20th At Large N/A Ronald Duebbert Removed by Courts Commission 21st Resident Kankakee Michael Kramer Retiring Nov. 2, 2022 23rd Resident DeKalb Thomas Doherty Retiring July 4, 2022 23rd Resident DeKalb Ronald Matekaitis Retiring on Dec. 29, 2021 23rd Resident DeKalb Robbin Stuckert Retired July 9, 2021 24th Resident Randolph Richard Brown Retiring Dec. 4, 2022