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Joy Cunningham
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court · 1st District
Background: Judge Cunningham received her bachelor's degree from the City University of New York and her J.D. from John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1982. Judge Cunningham began her career as a judicial clerk for Illinois Appellate Justice Glenn Johnson.
At a glance
- Court
- Illinois Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 1st District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Illinois Supreme Court (September 2022); later won election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Illinois Supreme Court
- Appointment date
- September 2022
- Took office
- December 1, 2022
- Current term ends
- December 4, 2034
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Democratic
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: City University of New York
- Law: University of Illinois-Chicago, John Marshall Law School
- Prior offices
- Illinois 1st District Appellate Court (2006 - 2022)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Joy Cunningham’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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