Judge Daniel J. Sullivan

Professional Experience
1973-74, carpenter and bricklayer-laborer; 1981, hospital administrator
(Springfield, MO).

Legal Experience
Admitted to Illinois Bar 1985.  Admitted to practice before the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Sullivan served as
a volunteer attorney for the Illinois Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
He also worked as the vice president in charge of legal affairs for Data Cable, Inc.  in Chicago.
Immediately prior to becoming a judge, he worked as an assistant public defender in Cook County, assigned to the
3rd Municipal District courthouse in Rolling Meadows.  He is a certified arbitrator for the Cook County court system.

Judicial Experience
In 1993, Sullivan joined the Cook County Circuit Court.  He was assigned to the Domestic Relations Division.  Judge
Sullivan was hearing post-decree motions in the Richard J. Daley Center when he was assigned to preside over
domestic relations matters with Judge Charles E. Porcellino in the 3rd Municipal District, beginning in February of
1999.

Awards
1978, medal winner, pre-trial Olympic Finals; 1996,  Firefighter’s Volunteer Award (Mt. Prospect, I);  1998, Man of the
Year, Celtic Legal Society of Chicago.

Organizations
Northwest Suburban Bar Association; American Bar Association; Family Law Section; Illinois Judges Association; Irish
Fellowship Club; Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago.

Family
Judge Sullivan was born June 18, 1955 in Chicago, IL.  He is marred to Susan L. Kennedy.

Education
High School: Notre Dame High School for Boys, Niles, IL, 1973 Undergraduate: Southwest Missouri State University,
Springfield, MO, 1980, B.S., cum laude,
Majors: Political Science & Psychology
Law School: DePaul University College of Law, 1984, J.D.

Civic
Advocate for the rights of the disabled; Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. (Illinois Chapter): honorary Board member;
Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis (Chicago Chapter): volunteer member.

Additional Information
Hobbies: active in wheelchair sports, fishing, reading and travel but maintains “the law is my life.”