Edmund Ponce de León was the first Hispanic-American to be appointed as a Presiding Judge in the history of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois[1]
Ponce de León was originally elected as a Judge from the 6th Subcircuit of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in November 1996.[2] He ran for re-election in 2002, 2008 and 2014 county-wide and was retained as a judge.[3] He retired as a judge on December 31, 2016.[4] Judge Ponce de León was initially assigned to the Domestic Relations Division, and in 2000 he was assigned to the Law Division, Commercial Section.[5]
Ponce de León was appointed presiding judge of the Fourth Municipal District (District 4 Maywood, Illinois) in 2002.[6][7] In 2010 he was appointed Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.[8] In June 2015, he was assigned to the Law Division hearing jury cases, pre-trial motions and Tax and Miscellaneous matters.
He retired as a judge in December 2016.
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edit- ^ "Chief Judge Evans appoints Judge Ponce de Leon Presiding Judge of Fourth Municipal District". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Edmund Ponce de Leon - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Edmund Ponce de Leon - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Welcome to Judges' Retirement System". www.srs.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Chief Judge Evans begins series of sweeping changes throughout the court system". Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Chief Judge Evans appoints Judge Ponce de Leon Presiding Judge of Fourth Municipal District".
- ^ "District 4-Maywood". www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Chief Judge Evans begins series of sweeping changes throughout the court system". Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
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