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Rita Garman

American judge

Field	Value
name	Rita B. Garman
office	Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
term_start	February 1, 2001
term_end	July 7, 2022
predecessor	Benjamin K. Miller
successor	Lisa Holder White
office1	Judge of the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court
term_start1	July 17, 1995
term_end1	February 1, 2001
predecessor1	Carl A. Lund
successor1	John Turner
office2	Circuit Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois
term_start2	1986
term_end2	1995
predecessor2	Matthew A. Jurczak
successor2	Claudia Jackson
office3	Associate Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois
term_start3	1974
term_end3	1986
birth_date
birth_place	Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
party	Republican Party
education	University of Illinois (BS)
University of Iowa (JD)

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = University of Iowa (JD)

Rita B. Garman (born November 19, 1943) is a former American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She represented the Fourth Judicial District on the Supreme Court. She was elected by her peers to serve a three-year term as chief justice from October 26, 2013, to October 25, 2016. On May 10, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court announced that Fourth District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder White would be appointed to succeed Garman effective July 8, 2022.

Early life and education

Garman was born in Aurora, Illinois. She was valedictorian of Oswego High School in 1961.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree in economics with highest honors from the University of Illinois in 1965, Bronze Tablet. She earned her Juris Doctor degree with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1968.

Career

After law school, Garman was briefly employed by the Vermilion County Legal Aid Society. Garman was an assistant state's attorney in Vermilion County, Illinois from 1969 to 1973. She later briefly worked in private practice with Sebat, Swanson, Banks, Lessen & Garman in 1973.

In 1973, she was appointed an associate judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, where she served for twelve years. In 1986, Garman filed to run for the judgeship being vacated by John Meyer. Garman won the general election and succeeded Matthew A. Jurczak, a retired judge and placeholder appointee. She served as the Fifth Circuit's presiding judge from 1987 until her assignment to the appellate court. Claudia Anderson was appointed to succeed Garman as a circuit judge.

Carl A. Lund retired from his position as an appellate justice and Garman was appointed to the appellate bench on July 17, 1995. She was elected to the position in November 1996. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Illinois on February 1, 2001, and elected to the court on November 5, 2002. Representative John Turner was appointed to succeed Garman on the appellate court.

She was retained by the voters in 2012 for a term that ends in 2022. While on the Supreme Court, Garman also established a special committee on child custody issues and still serves as its liaison.

She is a member of the Vermilion County Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, and Iowa Bar Association, as well as the Illinois Judges' Association.

References

"Open Letter May 9, 2022".
"Justice Rita B. Garman Announces Retirement from Illinois Supreme Court; Justice Lisa Holder White to Fill Vacancy". Communications Office.
"Rita B. Garman, Supreme Court Chief Justice: Fourth District".
"Rita B. Garman". Vote Smart.
. (October 30, 1998). "Judicial candidates Anderson, Glenn endorsed". *Charleston Times-Courier*.
Schoenburg, Bernard. (February 12, 1996). "Justice Cites Her 22 Years of Experience in Election Bid". [[The State Journal-Register]].
Schoenburg, Bernard. (December 12, 1995). "Curran Running for LaHood's Seat". [[The State Journal-Register]].
"People: Appointments". Illinois Issues.

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