Sarah Duffy appointed as Associate Judge in Eleventh Judicial Circuit

Posted on July 12, 2018
Sarah Duffy is expected to begin her tenure as an Associate Judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit sometime in September. (Fellheimer Law Firm)

 

By Patrick Baron

BLOOMINGTON – A central Illinois lawyer has been chosen to serve as an Associate Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which includes McLean County.

The Office of the Illinois Courts announced Thursday that circuit judges picked  Pontiac-native Sarah Duffy to take the job. Duffy received her undergraduate degree in 2000 from the University of Illinois in Urbana and her law degree in 2007 from the U of I. Duffy currently works with the Fellheimer Law Firm in Pontiac.

The Eleventh Circuit includes McLean, Livingston, Logan, Woodford, and Ford Counties.

Patrick Baron can be reached at [email protected].

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