| Judge Richard J. Elrod Date Admitted to Bar: Illinois-1959 Court: Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Legal Experience: Senior Assistant Attorney General: 1986-1988 SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY: 1970-1986 STATE REPRESENTATIVE, ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1969-1970 CHIEF CITY PROSECUTOR, CITY OF CHICAGO: 1965-1970 ASSISTANT CORPORATION COUNSEL, CITY OF CHICAGO: 1958-1970 Judicial Experience: JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, LAW JURY: AUGUST, 1988- PRESENT Awards: MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY, CHICAGO POLICE MEDAL OF HONOR INTERNATIONAL JUVENILE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION AWARD OF MERIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL LAW OFFICERS MAN OF THE YEAR DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS JEWISH WAR VETERANS DEPARTMENT OF ILLINOIS HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM COALITION FOR UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION-OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATORS MAN OF THE YEAR ISRAEL BONDS MAN OF THE YEAR ORT (ORGANIZATION FOR REHABILITATION THROUGH TRAINING) MAN OF THE YEAR JEWISH NATIONAL FUND CITYWIDE HONOREE PASSIONIST FATHERS GUILD GOLDEN HEART AWARD ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR'S AWARD SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL MAN OF THE YEAR, JERUSALEM AWARD ILLINOIS CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. AWARD BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SILVER BIG HORN AWARD CARITAS-MAN OF THE YEAR AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL SECURITY MAN OF THE YEAR CHICAGO CONFERENCE FOR BROTHERHOOD-BROTHERHOOD AWARD EVELYN STEINBERG CANCER FOUNDATION-HUMANITARIAN AWARD NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMENDATION MEDAL ST. CLARA AND ST. CYRIL-JUSTICE AND LIBERTY AWARD ILLINOIS SECURITY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD CITIZENS TO AID INMATES IN CITIZENS TO AID INMATES IN NEED-(CAIN)-AWARD SOCIAL SERVICE COMMUNICATORS HELEN CODY BAKER AWARD GATEWAY FOUNDATION-OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD ORCHARD VILLAGE ASSOCIATION FOR THE RETARDED MAN OF THE YEAR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION CHICAGO PROMOTING YOUTH CITIZENSHIP AWARD: 1987 CHICAGO ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT: 1987. Memberships: UNITED STATES PRESIDENT'S CHILD SAFETY PARTNERSHIP: 1986 NATIONAL SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT: 1983-1984 COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES: 1983-1988 COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR CORRECTIONS: 1985-1987 AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 1983-1988 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE: 1984-1987 ILLINOIS SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT: 1978 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY ILLINOIS JUDGES ASSOCIATION JEWISH JUDGES ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ILLINOIS BAR FOUNDATION-FOUNDING FELLOW CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION NORTH SUBURBAN BAR ASSOCIATION DECALOGUE SOCIETY OF LAWYERS LAWYERS SHRINE CLUB BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO PAST PRESIDENT BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAFER/PACE FOUNDATION-BOARD THE HUNDRED CLUB OF COOK COUNTY THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE MASON GRAND LODGE OF MASONS OF ILLINOIS, PAST GRAND ORATOR B'NAI B'RITH COUNCIL OF GREATER CHICAGO-PAST VICE PRESIDENT JEWISH UNITED FUND PAST CHAIRMAN YOUNG LAWYERS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DIVISIONS STATE OF ISRAEL BONDS CAMPAIGN-PAST CHAIRMAN MEDINAH SHRINE POLICE UNIT-CHIEF EMERITUS B'NAI B'RITH FOUNDATION-BOARD POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE/CHICAGO SOCIETY CENTRAL LIONS CLUB DECALOGUE SOCIETY OF LAWYERS NORTH SHORE KIWANIS CHICAGO ROTARY Birth Place: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Family: MARRIED TO MARILYN MANN ELROD; SON: STEVEN ELROD; DAUGHTER: AUDREY ELROD LAKIN; GRANDFATHER OF 4 Education: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, IL, B.A: 1955 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D: 1958 ADMITTED TO ILLINOIS BAR: 1959 DATE OF BIRTH: FEBRUARY 17, 1934 RESIDENCE: LINCOLNWOOD, IL (RESIDENT SINCE 1972) |
