TAKE A LOOK AT HOW JUDGES NOT ELECTED TO THE BENCH BY VOTERS OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS END UP ON THE BENCH

MANY OF THESE JUDGES END UP ON THE BENCH VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR MANY PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES AS BANK ATTORNEYS ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT IN FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS UNDER JUDGES WHO ARE NOT VOTED BY THE PEOPLE.

Michael F. Otto

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Michael F. Otto
Associate judge
Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court
Tenure
2014 - Present
Term ends
2019
Party	Democratic
Predecessor	Dennis Burke
Salary	$184,000 ($175k Associate)
Elections and appointments
Appointed by	Illinois Supreme Court
Prior offices
Circuit judge, Cook Judicial Circuit Court
2012-2014
Education
Bachelor's	University of Pennsylvania
J.D.	Washington University
Professional experience
Litigator, Jenner & Block LLP

Contents

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• 1 Education
• 2 Career
• 3 Elections
  • 3.1 2014
• 4 See also
• 5 External links
• 6 References

Michael F. Otto is an associate judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois.^[1] He was first appointed to the bench as a circuit judge by the Illinois Supreme Court to a term effective February 15, 2012, and expiring in 2014.^[2] He then ran for election to the Cook County 9th Subcircuit in 2014 but lost in the primary. ^[3] In April 2014, Otto was appointed as an associate judge for the Cook County Circuit Court.^[4] He was reappointed in 2015 to a term that expires on June 30, 2019.^[5]

Education

Otto attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before earning a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.^[6]

Career

Prior to his first judicial appointment in 2012, Otto worked as a litigator at the law firm of Jenner & Block LLP. Before that, he served the Illinois judiciary for over a decade, clerking for justices of the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court.^[6]

Elections

2014

See also: Illinois judicial elections, 2014

Otto ran for election to the Cook County 9th Subcircuit. Primary: He was defeated in the Democratic primary on March 18, 2014, receiving 9.9 percent of the vote. He competed against Abbey Fishman Romanek, Michael Alan Strom, Brian Alexander (Illinois) andThomas M. Cushing.[3][7][8]