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Sanjay Tailor
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court · 1st District
Background: Tailor earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware, and a J.D. from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
At a glance
- Court
- Illinois Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 1st District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by The Illinois Supreme Court (January 12, 2026); later won election on November 8, 2022
- Appointed by
- The Illinois Supreme Court
- Appointment date
- January 12, 2026
- Took office
- January 30, 2026
- Current term ends
- December 4, 2028
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Democratic
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Not listed
- Prior offices
- Cook County Judicial Circuit Court (2003 - 2026)
- Acting Illinois 1st District Appellate Court (Assigned) (2022 - 2026)
- 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 Sanjay Tailor’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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