P. Scott Neville Jr. | |
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Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court | |
Assumed office June 15, 2018 | |
Appointed by | Illinois Supreme Court |
Preceded by | Charles E. Freeman |
Judge of the Illinois First District Appellate Court | |
In office June 11,2004 –June 15,2018 | |
Preceded by | Neil Hartigan |
Succeeded by | Michael Hyman [1] |
Judge of the Illinois Cook Judicial Circuit Court | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Preceded by | Michael B. Getty [2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1948or1949(age 74–75) [3] Chicago,Illinois,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic [4] |
Education | Culver–Stockton College Washington University in St. Louis (JD) |
P. Scott Neville Jr. 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. [5]
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. [5] [6]
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. [7] 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. [6]
Neville was appointed by the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Charles E. Freeman. [8] He was sworn into office on June 15,2018 [9] [10] and his would have ended on December 7,2020,but his was subsequently elected in his own right. [11] Neville was only the second black justice in the Illinois Supreme Court's 170-year history (Freeman had been the first). [10]
Neville was born in Chicago. [5] He is married to Sharon J. Neville and has two adult stepdaughters. [6]
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