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LaSalle County native picked for Illinois Top Court

Justice Carter – Photo IllinoisCourts.gov

SPRINGFIELD – An Ottawa Judge has been selected to take a seat with the Illinois Supreme Court.  Justice Robert L. Carter of the 3rd District Appellate Court will be joining the state’s highest court on December 8th.  His appointment came via a unanimous 6-0 vote.   Justice Carter will be replacing Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, who did not garner enough votes in the November election to be retained.
“I am humbled by the confidence and trust the Court has placed in me as it is the honor and privilege of a lifetime to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court” Justice Carter said.
He became a Judge in Illinois in 1979 and was assigned to the Appellate Court, Third District, on September 1, 2006.  He was elected Circuit Judge in 1988 and became Chief Judge in 1993.  In December 2002, Judge Carter was elected Chair of the Conference of Chief Judges and re-elected in 2003 and 2005.

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