JUDICIAL · IL · 2013-2016
Rita Garman
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · Republican · Illinois
Background
Illinois's Chief Justice · State Supreme Court 2013–2016: Rita Garman — 3-year tenure. Took office after Thomas Kilbride; succeeded by Lloyd Karmeier. Same-year political environment (2013): Governor Pat Quinn; Attorney General Lisa Madigan; Secretary of State Jesse White.
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Others who held this office in Illinois
- Mary Jane Theis (2022-present)
- Anne Burke (2019-2022)
- Lloyd Karmeier (2016-2019)
- 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)