Credentials

Experience Matters

With 20 years of legal expierence Ricardo Lugo is the most qualified of all candidates. Through his expierences he understands the inner workings of the court system as he does the trial process. This balance of knowledge and expierence has prepared him well for the office of Judge for the 6th SubCircuit of the Cook County Judicial Circuit.

Professional Expierence

May 2008 - Present
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, IL Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel's Office

May 2006- May 2008
Chief Investigator

Nov 2004 - May 2006
Chief Deputy Clerk, Chancery Division

Nov 2003 - Sep 2004
Attorney
Pasulka & White, LLC. Chicago, IL

Nov 2001 - Nov 2003
Attorney
Evans, Loewenstein, Shimanovsky & Moscardini ltd. Chicago, IL

Sep 1991 - Jul 2000
Assistant State Public Defender - Trial Attorney Milwaukee/Racine, WI

Professional Activities

Chicago Bar Association
Puerto Rican Bar Association

Hispanic National Bar Association

Clemente H.S. Health Clinic, Board Member

Metropolitan Leadership Institute, 2003

Trial Advisor, University of Chicago Law School, 2004

American Bar Association, Juvenile Defender Board

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

Hispanic Heritage Month Speaker, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 2009

Bar Admissions
Illinois
Wisconsin

Education

University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison, WI
J.D., May 1991

Illinois Benedictine College Lisle, IL,
B.A. Criminal Justice / Psychology 1987
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