Sophia Hall

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Sophia Hall (born July 10, 1943) is an American judge. [1] Elected to the court in 1980, in 1992, she became the first woman named as a Presiding Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois.

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Education

Hall received her B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin in 1964. She received her J.D. in 1967 from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. [2]

Career

Hall began her career working at McCoy, Ming & Black in Chicago. In 1976, she joined Mitchell, Hall, Jones & Black and worked for them for four years before her election to Circuit Court judge in 1980. [3]

Hall was the first woman to become a Presiding Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1992. [1] She now serves as the presiding judge over the Resource Section of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department at the Cook County Circuit Court. [4] She ran for retention in 2016. [5] [ unreliable source? ]

Awards

Personal life

Hall was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools for high school. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 County, Illinois Circuit Court of Cook. "Hall, Sophia H." www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  2. ↑ "History". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Honorable Sophia H. Hall | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  4. ↑ "Lawyers With Style". Chicago's Lawyer Magazine.
  5. ↑ "Sophia Hall - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved 2018-09-01.
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