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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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