Illinois has appointed its first Asian American judge to the state appellate court.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge, Laura Liu, will assume a seat on the Illinois first appellate court district in Cook County on Monday, February 3. The Illinois Supreme Court announced its appointment of Liu on January 15. She is the first Chinese American female judge to serve in the State of Illinois and the first Chinese American judge in Cook County.
Prior to her appointment to the state appellate court, Liu was appointed to the 8th sub-circuit court bench in December 2010. She’s a past-president of the Illinois Judges’ Foundation and a former president of the Chinese American Bar Association.
“I’m fortunate and grateful to be a beneficiary of all the Asian Americans before me who first broke the barriers so that this opportunity could have been possible,” said Liu when she won the Asian Pacific American Community Service Award in 2012. “It means a great deal to each of us whenever any of us receives public recognition — whether it’s judges, lawyers, civic leaders, etc.”
Liu’s assignment will run from February 3 through December 5, 2016.
To read more about Liu’s rise to the Illinois Appellate Court, read the article at the Huffington Post.
