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Circuit Judge, Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois
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JUDGE
SHORE ON BALLOT FOR RETENTION
Judge Scott A. Shore, of Granville, will be on the November 4th ballot, seeking retention for another six-year term as Putnam County Resident Circuit Judge. First elected in Putnam County in 1990, Judge Shore must be retained by approval of 60% of those voting throughout the Tenth Judicial Circuit, comprised of Putnam, Marshall, Stark, Peoria and Tazewell Counties.
Throughout his past 18 years on the bench, Judge Shore has presided in each of the Circuit’s five counties, and over all types of cases coming before the courts, including criminal, civil, family law, custody and divorce, juvenile cases, probate, equity and taxation, and, as he says, some cases that seem to have a category of their own. He is also certified by the Illinois Supreme Court to preside over capital cases, and had done so on one occasion, a triple murder that had occurred in Stark County.
Judge Shore
has also been very active on the state level, in judicial mentoring,
education, and improvement. He has previously served as faculty for
other judges on the subject of complex civil litigation, and since 2000
has served as a faculty member in the subject of criminal law at the
State judiciary’s biennial Judicial Education Conferences. Currently,
Judge Shore is chairing a seminar for fellow judges on complex issues
associated with criminal sentencing, and serves as topic editor for
publication of a new criminal law “bench book,” being prepared under
direction of the Illinois Supreme Court for all judges of the State.
On a more local level, Judge Shore has been past President and remains an active member of the Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, in which newer lawyers learn from judges and more experienced attorneys, and he has served as Law Day and Mock Trial Chairman for the Putnam County Bar Association since that program’s inception in 1979.
On a more local level, Judge Shore has been past President and remains an active member of the Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, in which newer lawyers learn from judges and more experienced attorneys, and he has served as Law Day and Mock Trial Chairman for the Putnam County Bar Association since that program’s inception in 1979.
Prior to his election in 1990, Judge Shore had been in private practice with Walter Durley Boyle and Linn Goldsmith since 1977, later becoming a partner in the Hennepin law firm last known as Boyle, Goldsmith, Shore and Bolin. He had also been past President and active Board member of the Marshall-Putnam Youth Service Bureau, Board member and treasurer of the Putnam County Library, and a member of the Granville Village Board. He sees his work as a judge to be an extension of that dedication to public service, and an opportunity to serve the lawyers and parties that come before the bench with understanding and fairness. In a recent poll taken by the Illinois State Bar Association, lawyers gave Judge Shore very high ratings in recommending his retention, with particularly high marks for integrity, impartiality, legal ability, temperament, and sensitivity to diversity and bias.
Judge Shore and his wife, Adriane, a Putnam County Elementary School special education teacher, are the parents of Daniel, a senior in Psychology and Broadcast Communications at Bradley University, and David, in his fourth year toward a PhD in genetics at Harvard Medical School. The Shore’s daughter, Erin, passed away in 2006 at the age of 25, due to conditions resulting from cerebral palsy. The Shores are active in several local community service projects, including Granville Rotary in which Judge Shore has maintained 22 years of perfect weekly attendance and serves as Club Secretary, Bulletin Editor, and as a member or Chair of several district-wide committees.
Because of the number of citizens voting on the retention issue, Judge Shore reminds all voters that every vote is very important and may make the difference for each retention candidate. Voters who will not be available to vote on Election Day may now vote early, or may seek an absentee
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