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JOHN G. DALTON ANOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
ELGIN, IL (SEPTEMBER 30, 2011) Elgin Community College Trustee and Attorney John G. Dalton announced today that he will be a Democratic Candidate for Kane County Circuit Court Judge in the 2nd Judicial Subcircuit, which includes Elgin and Dundee Townships. The position is newly created.
In announcing his candidacy,
Dalton stated, ”I’m running for Judge because I want to serve a community that
has given me a great deal, and serving as a Judge is a perfect opportunity to
do that.”
Mr. Dalton, the son of the late
Danny Dalton and Elgin resident Sandy Dalton, cofounders of Danny’s Pizza, an
Elgin institution since the mid eighties, was born in 1961 in Evanston,
Illinois. A long time resident of Elgin, he lives with his family in a historic
home on Douglas Avenue.
He is a 1984 garaduate, magna cum
laude, from Augustana College. He studied law at the University of Illinois
College of Law, graduating magna cum laude in 1987. He was an Associate Editor
of the Law Review, a Harno Scholar, a Rickert Scholar, a member of the
prestigious Order of the Coif, and recipient of the American Jurisprudence
Prizes for both Civil Procedure and Trial Advocacy, among others.
Mr. Dalton is an active member of
the Kane County Bar Association, serving on the Bench and Bar Committee, which
works to improve civility and professionalism among lawyers. He is admitted to
practice by the State of Illinois Supreme Court, the federal court for the
Northern District of Illinois, where he is a member of the trial bar, and the
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Dalton started his litgation career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Chicago. He has also practiced litigation at Rothschild, Barry & Myers, served as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of a global bank and currently owns his own litigation and general practice firm in Elgin, where he represents a variety of individuals and businesses in a wide array of matters.
Mr. Dalton has ten years of
experience as an Arbitration Chairman in the Cook County Court Annexed
Mandatory Arbitration Program. As Chairman, he managed the courtroom, ruled on
all objections, ruled on the evidence, and decided hundreds of cases.
Mr. Dalton is deeply engaged in
the community. In addition to serving as an nonpartisan, elected ECC Trustee representing the citizens of 32
municipalities in five counties, and liaison to the ECC Foundation, he serves
as a Deacon, Church Council Member and Bible Study Facilitator at First
Congregational Church, in Elgin, which is celbrating its 175th
anniversary this year. He is this year’s recipient of the Illinois State Bar
Association’s Community Leadership Award, and was just named a Distinguished
Alumnus by Lake Park H.S. in Roselle. He was cofounder and Chairman of Speak
Out Against Prejudice (“SOAP”), which received the 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Humanitarian Award. He served as Chairman of Famous Door Theater, which won the
Chicago Business Volunteers for the Arts Award under his leadership. He has
also served as a Commissioner of the Design Review Subcommittee for the City of
Elgin, and has been a member of countless local organizations, including the
Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Neighborhood Association, NorthEast Neighbors
Association and Elgin Hispanic Network.
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