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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 4, 2004
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LAGBAC ANNOUNCES JUDICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS


CHICAGO -- The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago is pleased to announce its recommendations for judicial candidates running in the March 16 primary elections.

The LAGBAC conducted 42 interviews in December, January and February, as well as other interviews during the past three years.

Canidates who chose not to participate in the LAGBAC's interview process are indicated by Not Recommended* (with an asterisk).


CIRCUIT COURT (Foreman vacancy)
Margaret Ann Carey Recommended
Richard Frederick Johnson Recommended
Patrick T. Murphy Recommended
James C. Murray Recommended
Mary Therese Quinn Recommended
   
CIRCUIT COURT (O'Malley vacancy)
Timothy Michael Kelly Recommended
Kathleen Marie Burke Recommended
William James Haddad Recommended
Barbara Anne Bailey Not Recommended
Thomas G. O'Brien  Not Recommended*
Bridget Healy Ryan Not Recommended*
David G. McDermott  Not Recommended
Michael J. (Yakov) Fox   Not Recommended*
   
CIRCUIT COURT (Orlando vacancy)
Amy Marie Corrigan Not Recommended* 
Charles Fitzgerald Recommended 
Annie O'Donnell  Not Recommended 
Laurence J. Dunford  Recommended 
Denise Y. Staniec  Not Recommended 
Michael Patrick Casey  Not Recommended* 
Patrick D. Flanagan  Not Recommended* 
   
CIRCUIT COURT (Salyers vacancy)
Michelle Jordan Highly Recommended 
Jeanne Marie Reynolds Recommended 
Patrick Dennis Riley  Not Recommended* 
Kathleen Ann Panozzo  Not Recommended* 
William Brunett Raines  Not Recommended 
John Joseph Coyne  Not Recommended* 
   
CIRCUIT COURT (Siracusa vacancy)
Mary Beth Duffy  Not Recommended 
Lisa R. Curcio  Recommended 
John Noonan Farrell  Not Recommended 
Timothy Patrick Murphy  Recommended 
Mary Lou Ryan Norwell  Recommended 
Terrence J. McConville  Not Recommended 
Edwin Jon Belz  Not Recommended 
Susan P. Malone  Recommended 
   
FIRST SUBCIRCUIT (McGaughey vacancy)
Penelope Morris Not Recommended* 
Leroy K. Martin Recommended 
   
FIRST SUBCIRCUIT (Additional Judgeship A) 
Robert Balanoff Not Recommended*
LaGuina Clay-Clark Not Recommended*
Orville E. Hambright Recommended 
Melanie Nuby Not Recommended* 
   
FOURTH SUBCIRCUIT (Additional Judgeship A)
Edward J. Barett  Not Recommended*
Thomas J. Hennelly  Recommended 
Bill Kunkle  Not Recommended 
Mark L. LeFevour  Recommended 
Dierdre Ann Mc Guire  Not Recommended* 
   
FIFTH SUBCIRCUIT  (Cox vacancy)
David B. Atkins Recommended 
Ginger Mance Not Recommended* 
Diane M. Shelley  Recommended 
Edward "Ed" Washington   Recommended 
Jackie Marie Portman  Not Recommended* 
   
EIGHTH SUBCIRCUIT  (Gardner vacancy)
Brian M. Collins  Recommended 
John H. Ehrlich  Highly Recommended 
Jon F. Erickson  Recommended 
Sheryl Ann Pethers  Recommended 
   
EIGHTH SUBCIRCUIT  (Additional Judgeship A) 
Mary Lane Mikva  Highly Recommended 
John R. "Jack" Duffy   Recommended 
   
NINTH SUBCIRCUIT  (Himel vacancy) 
Jeanne R. Cleveland Bernstein   Recommended 
Siobhan Maura Murphy  Recommended 
Timothy D. Nimrod  Recommended 
Henry M. Singer  Not Recommended 
Michael Alan Strom  Highly Recommended 
Richard H. Marcus  Recommended 
   
TENTH SUBCIRCUIT  (Fleming vacancy) 
James Michael McGing  Not Recommended* 
Aurelia Marie Pucinski  Not Recommended 
Carolyn Quinn  Recommended 
   
TENTH SUBCIRCUIT (Additional Judgeship A) 
Peggy Chiampus Recommended 
Bonnie Therese Kennedy Not Recommended* 
Clare Elizabeth McWilliams  Not Recommended 
James E. Snyder  Recommended 
   
ELEVENTH SUBCIRCUIT (Smith vacancy)
Lawrence Andolino Not Recommended 
Paula Marie Daleo  Highly Recommended 
Roger G. Fein  Recommended 
Ellen L. Flannigan  Not Recommended* 
Kay Marie Hanlon  Recommended 
Athena Frentzas Bubaris  Not Recommended* 
   
THIRTEENTH SUBCIRCUIT   (Additional Judgeship A) 
Thomas J. Kelley  Recommended 
James E. Macholl  Not Recommended 
Robert Kevin Reardon  Not Recommended 
John J. Scotillo  Highly Recommended 
   
FIFTEENTH SUBCIRCUIT   (Additional Judgeship A)
Bernadette Garrison Barrett   Not Recommended* 
Robert A. Dawczak  Not Recommended 
Anna Helen Demacopoulos  Recommended 
Jim Ryan  Not Recommended* 
Anthony C. Scrementi  Not Recommended 
Angelo J. Toscas  Not Recommended 
Catherine Sanders  Recommended 
   


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