Scott Neville | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court | |
Designate | |
| Assuming office October 26, 2025 | |
| Succeeding | Mary Jane Theis |
| Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office June 15,2018 | |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Freeman |
| Judge of the Illinois Appellate Court for the 1st district | |
| In office June 11,2004 –June 15,2018 | |
| Preceded by | Neil Hartigan |
| Succeeded by | Michael Hyman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948or1949(age 76–77) Chicago,Illinois,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic [1] |
| Education | Culver-Stockton College (BA) Washington University (JD) |
P. Scott Neville Jr. (born 1948/1949) [2] is an American lawyer who has served a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Neville received his undergraduate degree from Culver–Stockton College and his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law. [3]
He was admitted to the bar in 1974 and served as a law clerk to Appellate Court Justice Glenn T. Johnson. From 1977 until 1979,he was Of Counsel at Howard,Mann &Slaughter. In 1979,he became a principal with the law firm of Neville &Ward. In 1981,he established P. Scott Neville,Jr. &Associates,which merged with Howse,Howse,Neville &Gray in 1990. [3] [4]
Neville was appointed to the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1999 and elected in 2000. On June 11,2004,he was appointed to the Appellate Court to succeed Neil Hartigan. [5] He was then elected to the Appellate Court in 2012. He also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Illinois Appellate Court,First District from September 1,2013 until August 31,2014,is a former member of the Appellate Court's Executive Committee and has been the Presiding Justice of the Second,Third and Fourth Divisions. [4]
Neville was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Charles E. Freeman. [6] He was sworn into office on June 15,2018 [7] [8] and his would have ended on December 7,2020,but his was subsequently elected in his own right. [9] Neville was only the second black justice in the Illinois Supreme Court's 170-year history (Freeman had been the first). [8]
Neville was born in Chicago. [3] He is married to Sharon J. Neville and has two adult stepdaughters. [4]