Every four years, Cook County voters cast ballots, deciding whether circuit court judges should be retained or not. It is rare for a sitting judge not to achieve the 60% retention threshold.
Below are brief biographies, background information, and links to relevant cases involving Cook County judges up for retention during the current cycle who handle criminal matters in CWB Chicago’s coverage area. The first half of our list is available here.
Robert Kuzas
Robert Kuzas, who handles felony preliminary hearings, has been a judge since 2014 and previously worked as a Chicago police officer. He has been mentioned in nearly 40 CWB Chicago stories, beginning in 2018, when he was handling misdemeanor cases.
In one of his earliest appearances, Kuzas found Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s son, Kyle, not guilty of misdemeanor assault…