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A coalition of Illinois leaders, led by former Illinois Senate President Phil Rock and former Governor James R. Thompson, spearhead the Equal Justice Illinois Campaign and advocate for increased state funding of civil legal aid.
The Equal Justice Illinois Campaign Blue-Ribbon Committee 2008 is as follows:
The Honorable James R. Thompson
Co-Chair
The Honorable Philip J. Rock
Co-Chair
Linda Renee Baker
Professor, Southern Illinois University Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Patricia R. Bellock
State Representative, 47th District
Joseph Bisceglia
Illinois State Bar Association
The Honorable Dorothy Brown
Clerk, Cook County Circuit Court
James Buda
Caterpillar Inc., General Counsel
Robert Clifford
Clifford Law Offices
The Honorable Jerry Costello
U.S. Congressman, 12th District
Joseph Dailing, Executive Director
Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice
The Honorable Richard M. Daley
Mayor, Chicago, IL
The Honorable Richard A. Devine
Cook County State’s Attorney
The Honorable Ken Dunkin
State Representative, 5th District
The Honorable Timothy Evans
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Dennis Gannon, President,
Chicago Federation of Labor
The Honorable Karen Hasara
Campaign Committe Chair, Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
Victor Henderson, President,
Chicago Bar Association
The Honorable Janet Holmgren
Chief Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit
The Honorable Dallas Ingemunson
Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman
& Kendall County State’s Attorney
James Jenkins
Deere & Company, General Counsel
The Honorable James Knecht
Judge, 4th District Appellate Court
The Honorable Patricia Reid Lindner
Illinois State Representative, 50th District
The Honorable Lisa Madigan
Attorney General, State of Illinois
Christine Ory, President,
Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki
Archdiocese of Chicago
Jerry Roper, President,
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Jesse H. Ruiz
Drinker, Biddle, Gardner & Carton, LLP
The Honorable Jeff Schoenberg
State Senator, 9th District
Jerome Stermer, President,
Voices for Illinois Children
David Stricklin
Stricklin & Associates
The Honorable Jane Waller
Judge, 19th Circuit Court, Waukegan, IL
The Honorable James Wexstten
Judge, 5th District Appellate Court
The Honorable Jesse White
Secretary of State of Illinois
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