Judicial Evaluation Summary

ALLIANCE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS FOR JUDICIAL SCREENING

The Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening is comprised of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA), Black Women�s Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago (BWLA), Chicago Council of Lawyers (CCL), Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), Decalogue Society of Lawyers (DSL), Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI), Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC), Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois (PRBA), and Women�s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), working collaboratively to improve the process of screening judicial candidates in Cook County, Illinois.

Judicial candidates are rated by the member bars of the Alliance of Bar Associations for Judicial Screening based on detailed information supplied by candidates, a background check by trained lawyers/investigators, and interviews of each candidate.

Ratings reflect the Alliance�s opinion of whether candidates have the necessary qualifications for judicial service and are not a reflection of the candidates� abilities as lawyers. Candidates who do not participate in the process are found either �not qualified� or �not recommended�.

Below are the results of AABA's judicial evaluations. To learn more go to http://www.voteforjudges.org/

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AABA PRESS RELEASE

The Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago (�AABA�) is pleased to announce the selection of two of its members to serve as Associate Judges in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Maria Kuriakos Ciesil and Neera Lall Walsh were named as two of 31 new associate judges chosen from a field of 242 candidates by a vote of Cook County Circuit Court Judges. The Honorable Judge Timothy Evans made the announcement on March 6, 2007.

Ms. Kuriakos Ciesil, current President of AABA, is the Assistant Chief of Criminal Prosecutions and Trials Assistance for the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois. Ms. Walsh, past President of AABA, is currently the Supervisor of the First Municipal Division for the Office of the State�s Attorney of Cook County.

Ms. Kuriakos Ciesil and Ms. Walsh will join five other Asian American judges, Lynne Kawamoto, Sandra Otaka, Rena Van Tine, Sanjay Tailor, and Israel Desierto, in serving all of the people of Cook County.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held at 10:00 am on April 11th, 2007, at the James R. Thompson Center, 100 West Randolph Street, Chicago.

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