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Wednesday, March 14, 2018



I continue to report rampant judicial corruption of ALL levels of Illinois Court system; and want to share my experience with Appeal Court Justice Joy V. Cunningham.

Joy V. Cunningham is a well-connected jurist who  obtained her position of public Trust in corrupt manner and  fix cases in favor of her parties of interest, specially those who bankroll her election.  During her 2012 campaign  for IL Supreme Court Joy Cunningham made following  statements to the voters claiming that  her key issues are "Ensuring the independence of the judiciary" and "ensuring that everyone has equal access to justice and to a fair trial before the courts". Both  statements are false.
Joy V. Cunningham is NOT an independent judge; she used her her personal connections to get her position in the public office;  and she has no intention to ensure that everyone get equal assess to justice and a fair trial in her Court (I have personal experience with  Judge Cunningham where she fixed my case in favor for Mayer Brown LLP lawyers from whom Cunningham received at least $1,000.00 for her 2012 election).   Joy Virginia Cunningham profile
Joy V. Cunningham  tried to run for a Judge in 1996, when she lost her election.  Here are no  public records HOW Joy V. Cunningham found her way to the bench, but in 2000 she was sitting as a judge. Likely she was appointed without any elections by "mysterious" political forces who were interested to have  a well-connected in medical and real estate industry, loyal   Judge. Average citizens did not support Cunningham's candidacy. All her election donors are well-connected lawyers who regularly appear in her court to represent clients in personal injuries and medical and real estate malpractice cases; and who could do anything to put their hand-picked candidates to the bench.  Cunningham donors
Joy Cunningham has been a justice of the Illinois First District Appellate Court since December 2006. Prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Northwestern Memorial System (just between Sept. 2017-Feb. 2018 Northwestern was sued 33 (thirty three) times in Law Division )Cases filed against Northwestern since September 2017  Clearly, having a reliable Appellate Judge, like Joy  Cunningham, is very helpful in such a heavy load of cases.
Judge Cunningham began her career as a judicial clerk for a well-connected  Illinois Appellate Justice Glenn Johnson, who also attended  John Marshall Law School where he was a Trustee,  and who served nearly 30 years as a judge for Cook County Circuit Court and the Illinois Appellate Court.
Justice Glenn Johnson started his career  as Assistant Attorney General of Illinois where he worked for 7 years; and then became a senior attorney for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. In 1966, he was elected an associate judge (who are actually APPOINTED, not elected of the Circuit Court and then in 1968 was elected as a full circuit judge.  On April 2, 1973, Justice Johnson was sworn in as a justice of the Appellate Court (here are no records of his election) of Illinois for the First Division where he served until his retirement, December 5, 1994.
Justice Glenn Johnson, who was well-familiar with IL Court back doors how to obtain judicial seats, regularly used his personal connections to push his cronies  into  judicial seat. Two of his former clerks, P. Scott Neville Jr. and Joy Cunningham, are now Appellate judges; his wife  Evelyn, also became an associate judge of the Circuit Court (likely appointed by "mysterious forces" aka well-connected politicians). (P. Scott Nevill, who has extremely adverse public records of abuses against the public,  helped his crony and former law partner, Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr. to become an Appeal  Judge)   Judge Timothy Evans, a former Chicago alderman who became chief judge of Cook County Circuit Court, credits Judge Johnson with being a major influence on his political and legal career.
 Joy Cunningham later worked as an Assistant Attorney General where she built necessary beneficial  connections, which  also significantly helped  in her mysterious rise into judicial seat in 2000.
She was also a lawyer for the firm of French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, (who specialized in personal injury defense matters, including medical malpractice, as well as some toxic tort litigation, including asbestos cases.) and an Associate General Counsel for Loyola University of Chicago and the Loyola University Health System (Sued 15 (fifteen) times between 2016-2017 in Law Division).  Loyola Health system cases 2016-2017Currently Joy Cunningham serves on  Loyola Board of Directors,which is a glaring conflict of interests with her position as a Judge; and violation of all applicable ethics. Worth to mention, on the same Loyola Board serves Lora Healeywho also  heavily involved in Chicago real estate,  crony of former Mayor Daley.
Cunningham then became a judge on the Cook County Circuit Court from 2000 until her election to the Appellate Court. (No indication HOW she became a judge in 2000)
Judge Cunningham served as a President of the Chicago Bar Association from 2004-2005, and has also served on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Bar Foundation (who are responsible for rating Judicial Candidates)
In 2012 Cunningham unsuccessfully tried to run for Illinois Supreme Court (Fitzgerald vacancy) and made following statements to the public: "Maintaining the independence of the Judiciary is of paramount importance to me. I believe that the political slating process can run contrary to this independence" She further said: "I am an independent and experienced judge who understands legal issues on their most basic level" Joy Virginia Cunningham Questionnaire
It is not true.  As a Judge Joy V. Cunningham is not independent or free of political slating process judge, because this is exactly how she got her position of public trust - through her personal connections with certain politicians.
Her main donors were well-connected Asbestos Law Firm Cooney &Conway ; Corboy &DeMetrio (who have at least four  personal Judges: Appeal Court Justice Katherine Rochford, wife of partner Michael Demetrio; Appeal Court Justice Terrance Levin (former C&D Associate); Judge Elizabeth M.  Rochford (Lake County), former C&D legal assistant and likely a relative to Mary Rochford ; Judge Eve Mary Reilly, Mike Demetrio, of Corboy & Demetrio, was her campaign manager;  Corboy & Demetrio administrator Marcy Twardak is listed as the campaign treasurer; Power Pogers&Smith PC;  and The Healy Law Firm; and other well-connected lawyers who regularly represent medical and real estate professionals in large malpractice cases.
 Judge Joy V. Cunningham does not understand legal issues on their most basic level either. I have my personal experience with Judge Cunningham, where she acting without jurisdiction fixed my case, in violation of my Due Process rights; and applicable laws;  in favor of Wells Fargo bank who filed a fraudulent foreclosure, based on forged documents and filed on behalf of a fictitious company.
Cunningham has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-7th) and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White.
She has the backing of Justice Thomas Fitzgerald, and since May 2011 has raised more than $830,000 for the primary, according to campaign finance records on file with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Since June 2011, Cunningham has raised $342,000, according to the state board.
But based on another sourceCunningham received at least $1,002,581.08 from various Democratic  political organizations (Cunningham claimed  NOT be slotted by Democrats) ;  lawyers; health industry professional; lobbyist, ect - except average Illinois people whom Joy V. Cunningham deprive from Civil rights in her court while serves only her parties of interests - who bankroll her elections, of course.

More information is on my website. 

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