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Thomas Kilbride

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Thomas Kilbride
Current Court Information:
Illinois Supreme Court
Title:   Chief Justice
Service:
Active:   2000-2020
Personal History
Bachelors:   St. Mary's College, 1978
Law School:   Antioch School of Law, 1981

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Thomas L. Kilbride is the Chief Justice on the Illinois Supreme Court. He become Chief Justice upon the retirement Thomas R. Fitzgerald. [1] He was retained in 2010 to a new term that expires in 2020.[2]

Education

Kilbride received his B.A. from Saint Mary's College, Minnesota, in 1978 and his J.D. from Antioch School of Law in 1981.[3]

Legal background

Kilbride worked as a lawyer for twenty years, concentrating on many different aspects of the law. He was elected to the Supreme Court of Illinois for the Third District in 2000.[4]

Awards and Associations

  • 2010 Award of Excellence in the Judiciary, Illinois State Crime Commission[5]
  • Past Board Member, President and Vice-President, Illinois Township Attorneys Association
  • Charter member, Illinois Pro Bono Center
  • Volunteer legal adviser, Community Caring Conference
  • Volunteer legal adviser, Quad City Harvest, Inc.[4]

2010 re-election campaign

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2010

Thomas Kilbride was retained with 65.88% of the vote to a new term on the Third District of the Illinois Supreme Court.[6]

According to NPR, this race became the second-highest-grossing judicial retention campaign ever. It was the costliest in the twenty-five years prior. [7] [8]

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References

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