As an arbitration chairman for over 10 years and an attorney for over 24 years, John Dalton will be the independent judge Kane County needs. Dalton has rendered decisions in hundreds of arbitration cases and has appeared in both state and federal court. A trial attorney for virtually his entire career, Dalton currently owns and operates his own law practice.  Dalton plans to fund his campaign without accepting donations from lawyers, and is one of the first Illinois judicial candidates to take this stance. Dalton will protect our rights and be a fair and independent voice for the people of Kane County. Dalton resides in Kane County and is a Deacon, Church Council member and bible study facilitator at Elgin’s First Congregational Church United Church of Christ. 

Dalton currently serves as a nonpartisan elected Trustee of Elgin Community College, where he represents over a half million residents located in 32 municipalities and parts of five counties.

A Record of Service:

• Co-founder and Former Chairman of Elgin’s Speak Out Against Prejudice (SOAP) organization, which recently received the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award
• 2011 Recipient of the Illinois Bar Association's SOGI Community Leadership Award
• 2011 Recipient LPHS Distinguished Alumni Award
• Former Board Member of the Campanelli YMCA
• Former Commissioner of the Elgin Heritage Commission’s Design Review Subcommittee
• Former Board Chairman and Finance Committee Chairman of Famous Door Theatre Company and recipient of the Chicago Business Volunteers for the Arts Award
• Member of School District U-46 Handbook Committee: Ensured that new discrimination protection rules were added to the handbook
• Member Kane County Bar Association, serving on the Bench and Bar Committee, which works to improve civility and professionalism in the courts of Kane County
• Member Elgin Hispanic Network, NorthEast Neighbors' Association, Downtown Neighborhood Association and Elgin Chamber of Commerce

Experience & Education:

• Owner of Law Offices of John G. Dalton based in Elgin

• Senior Counsel for Sears, Roebuck and Co.

• Senior Associate for Rothschild, Barry & Myers

• Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom

• University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, IL
  Juris Doctor

                  -Graduated Magna Cum Laude

                  -Associate Editor, Law Review
  

                  -Order of the Coif

                  -American Jurisprudence Prize for Trial Advocacy

                  -American Jurisprudence Prize for Civil Procedure 

• Augustana College

           Bachelor of Arts

                  -Graduated Magna Cum Laude

                  -Political Science and Pre-law Major

• Admitted to:

                           -Illinois Supreme Court
                           -U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
                           -U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
(Trial Bar Member)