Source and Report Card: http://www.illinoisjudges.net/profile_ra2_mclaren.htm

Response to Illinois Civil Justice League Questionnaire:

1. State the main reason why voters should return you to the bench. I am experienced and qualified having served 27 years as a judge. 7 years as a trial judge and 20 years as an appellate judge.

2. What action have you taken as a judge that you are most proud of? I have upheld my oath of office to support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Illinois and their respective statutes.

3. Do you think voters would be better informed about judicial candidates if judicial elections were held in the Spring, rather than in November? (Wisconsin does this.) No, I don’t think it makes any difference.

4. Name one change you would make in the Illinois Court system. I support paperless filing as in the federal court with Briefs, Records, etc., filed via DVDs.


Source: http://z4.thevoterguide.org/a-chicagotribune08/candidate-detail.do;jsessionid=20C6C2F9371D3282894AF80421005FBB?id=159550450

Submit a brief essay that explains why you are qualified to hold this office.

Justice McLaren was born Oct. 1, 1944, in Oak Park, Ill. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School, Monmouth College (B.A., 1966) and Drake University Law School (J.D., 1969). He served as an Assistant and Special Assistant State's Attorney from 1970 to 1977 and practiced law privately from 1977 to 1981. He was appointed an Associate Judge of the 18th Circuit Court in 1981, appointed a Circuit Judge in 1984, elected a Circuit Judge in 1986 and elected an Appellate Judge, Second District, in 1988. He was Prsidimg Justice of the Second District during the 1995 and 1996 terms. He is the senior member of the Appellate Court, Second District. He is a member of the Illinois Judges' Association and the DuPage County Bar Association. He is married, and he and his wife, the former Bonnie Janicek, have two adult children. He has attended continuing legal education and participated as a faculty member at numerous judical seminars.

Recommended for retention by the following organizations: Illinois State Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Committee. Attorney's poll jointly sponsored by the Illinois Bar Association and several local county bar associations in the second district. The Chicago Tribune.

List your three most significant accomplishments

Married to Bonnie Janicek McLaren for 40 years. Brian Scott McLaren, born 6/18/73. Julianna McLaren Sangster, born 9/14/75.

List your three most significant post-election goals.

Honor my oath of office. Rule without fear or favor. Serve the People of Illinois.

 
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