Sophia Hall
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.
Education[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Today’s Chicago Woman Hall of Fame[3]
- Civil Rights Award from the Cook County Bar Association[3]
- Appeared in Who’s Who of America 46th Edition[3]
Personal life[edit]
Hall was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School for high school.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b County, Illinois Circuit Court of Cook. "Hall, Sophia H." www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "History". www.law.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ a b c d e "The Honorable Sophia H. Hall | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ "Lawyers With Style". Chicago's Lawyer Magazine.
- ^ "Sophia Hall - Ballotpedia". Retrieved 2018-09-01.