Patricia Maria Fallon
Judge up for retention, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026. Incumbent.
Circuit Court of Cook County
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Appointed a judge in 2019 and elected from the 12th Subcircuit in 2020; assigned to the Domestic Relations Division at the Daley Center after hearing civil cases in the First Municipal District. Injustice Watch reports that after she won by 502 votes in 2020, her Republican opponent, Frank DiFranco, sued in state and federal court seeking a recount; he lost the state case, the federal suit was dismissed, and his appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is pending. A judge stays on the bench with a yes from 60 percent of voters.
Background
Chief of human resources at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds (2017-2019); attorney and supervisor in the labor and employment litigation unit of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (2004-2017); contract attorney at Mayer Brown and for Abbott Laboratories (2000-2004). Law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent (2000).
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