Domestic Violence Division Presiding Judge Judith Rice has been honored with the Judith S. Kaye Award for Judicial Excellence.
The American Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence presents this award to judicial officers who show exemplary leadership developing courtroom responses to domestic and sexual violence issues.
The award recognizes Judith S. Kaye, the founding member of the 1994 ABA Presidential Taskforce on Domestic Violence and then of the Commission on Domestic Violence during 1994-1998. The competitive award has been given to one judge each year since 2018, and the recipients have been from around the country.
Rice became presiding judge of the Domestic Violence Division in 2024, having served as acting presiding judge since Dec. 23, 2021. She came to the bench in 2014, after serving in executive positions at BMO Harris Bank.
She is also treasurer of the Alliance of Illinois Judges, an LGBTQ+ organization.
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