JUDICIAL · IL · 2019-2022
Anne Burke
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · Democrat · Illinois
On the record
Wife of Chicago alderman Ed Burke (convicted of corruption 2023)
SEVERITY · FELONY
Background
Anne Burke (Democrat) was Illinois's Chief Justice · State Supreme Court 2019–2022 (3 years). Took office after Lloyd Karmeier; succeeded by Mary Jane Theis. Press-relevant: Wife of Chicago alderman Ed Burke (convicted of corruption 2023). Same-year political environment (2019): Governor JB Pritzker; Attorney General Kwame Raoul; Secretary of State Jesse White.
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Others who held this office in Illinois
- Mary Jane Theis (2022-present)
- Lloyd Karmeier (2016-2019)
- Rita Garman (2013-2016)
- Thomas Kilbride (2010-2013)
- Thomas Fitzgerald (2008-2010)
- Robert Thomas (2005-2008)
- Mary Ann McMorrow (2002-2005)
- Moses Harrison II (2000-2002)
- Charles Freeman (1997-2000)
- James Heiple (1996-1997)