Judge Sophia H. Hall: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Illinois ARDC Bar #: None (11/29/1967)

Biography

The Hon. Sophia H. Hall is a Circuit Judge for the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County. She was elected to the bench in 1980. Twelve years later, she became the first woman named as Presiding Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Judge Hall is currently assigned to the General Chancery Section (Calendar 14).


Over the course of her judicial career, Hall has held assignments in the Law, Criminal, Chancery, and Juvenile Divisions of the Cook County Circuit Court. She was also named Administrative Presiding Judge of the Resource Section of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department, as well as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Division.


Hall earned a B.A. in History from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1964. She completed her J.D. at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1967 and was admitted to the Illinois Bar the same year.


After graduating from law school, Hall began her legal career as an associate at McCoy, Ming & Black. In 1976, she joined Mitchell, Hall, Jones & Black, where she worked as a partner until her election to the bench.


Her memberships have included the National Association of Women Judges, the Illinois Judges Association, the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association, and the NAACP. She has also served on the Board of the State Justice Institute, the Supreme Court Rules Committee, the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee, and the Citywide Restorative Justice Committee.


Born and raised in Chicago, Hall attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School.

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On March 29, 2024 a case was filed in the jurisdiction of Cook County. Judge Sophia H. Hall presiding.

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