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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING THE PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JUDGE MICHAEL P. TOOMIN UPON HIS RETIREMENT
WHEREAS, Judge Michael P. Toomin is celebrated for his many professional accomplishments over his over 40 year career as a Marine, Judge, teacher, policy advisor, and author; and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin served in the United States Marine Corps from 1956 to 1958; and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin received a B.A. from Northwestern University in 1962 and a J.D. from DePaul University in 1967; and
WHEREAS, after graduation, Judge Toomin initially served as felony trial counsel in the Public Defender's Office and then specialized in criminal defense in Federal and State Courts; and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin was appointed an Associate Judge in in 1980 where he earned the affectionate and funny nickname of the "Toominator;"and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin was successfully elected as a Circuit Judge in 1984 and assigned to the division of criminal court at 26th & California. In 1994 he was appointed as a Supervising Judge and was later named acting Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, Judge Toomin received an interim appointment as Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court; and
WHEREAS, in December 2010, Judge Toomin was appointed Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Justice Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, one of the largest juvenile court systems in the nation. There, he administered and supervised over 15 judges presiding over delinquency matters throughout the County for the next decade; and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin was tapped for his experience and asked to serve on number statewide task forces to review and reform capital punishment, criminal codes, probation court, judicial discipline, and appellate court; and
WHEREAS, Judge Toomin was named Chair of the Illinois Supreme Court's Special Committee on Capital Cases, after serving on the panel for more than a decade. His work included implementing new rules for capital punishment t...
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