Patricia O'Brien Sheahan
Judge up for retention, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026. Incumbent.
Circuit Court of Cook County
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Elected to the Circuit Court in 2014; assigned to the Law Division, hearing civil trials including personal injury, medical malpractice, and products liability cases. Injustice Watch reports that her father-in-law is Michael F. Sheahan, the former Cook County sheriff and 19th Ward alderman. A judge stays on the bench with a yes from 60 percent of voters.
Background
Associate general counsel of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, then the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (1999-2014); earlier a civil litigation attorney at Baker McKenzie (1996-1999). Law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent (1996).
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