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Christopher G. Perrin, Sangamon County Associate Judge
Perrin is an associate judge for Sangamon County. He was appointed to the bench in 2009.
Illinois judges
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Charles M. Travis, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
Charles M. Travis was first elected as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge in 1996, and served until his retirement in 2004. In 2003 he was suspended for one month after a series of incidents that, the Illinois Courts Commission found, involved misusing his position as a judge to advance his own or his daughter’s interests.
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Susan J. McDunn, Cook County Circuit Court Judge
Susan J. McDunn served as Cook County Circuit Judge from 1993, when she was seated following a court challenge to the results of a contested primary election, until her retirement in 2012.
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James T. Doyle, Kane County Circuit Judge
James T. Doyle was first named a Kane County Associate Judge in 1989; three years later, he was elected as a Circuit Judge. In 2000, Doyle helped launch the county’s drug court. But in February, 2005, the Judicial Inquiry Board alleged that Doyle had systematically violated the rights of criminal defendants in his drug court, among other acts of judicial misconduct. The charges were dismissed when Doyle resigned from the bench while the charges were pending. Doyle last registered to practice law in 2012 and is now retired, collecting $128,257.08 in his pension this year.
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Oliver M. Spurlock, Cook County Associate Judge
Oliver M. Spurlock was named a Cook County Associate Judge in 1988. He served until December, 2001, when the Illinois Courts Commission ordered him removed based on its finding that he engaged in inappropriate and sexually intimidating behavior while a judge. This year Spurlock will receive $76,986.12 from his judicial pension.
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Donald A. Behle, Logan County Associate Judge
Donald A. Behle, associate Judge of Logan County, was first appointed to the bench in 1999.
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Cynthia Brim, Cook County Circuit Judge
In 2012, Brim was charged with battery of a Cook County Deputy Sheriff over an incident at the Daley Center, an event that led to a Judicial Inquiry Board complaint that she was unfit to serve as a judge. The Illinois Courts Commission accepted the recommendation of the Judicial Inquiry Board and removed Brim in 2014, finding that her actions “brought the judicial office into disrepute and demeaned the integrity of the judiciary.”