11 Facts About Aurelia Pucinski

Aurelia Marie Pucinski was born on April 29,1947 and is a judge on the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District.

Aurelia Pucinski previously served as a trial judge and clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Aurelia Pucinski's father, Roman Pucinski, was a US Congressman from Illinois's 11th congressional district during her childhood and youth.

Aurelia Pucinski decided to become a lawyer, enrolled at the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, and received a JD degree from DePaul in 1975.

Aurelia Pucinski served as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago and as regional counsel for the US Small Business Administration.

In 1984 Aurelia Pucinski became a Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, a position she held until 1988.

Aurelia Pucinski did not seek reelection in that year's election.

In 1994, Aurelia Pucinski ran in the Democratic primary for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

In December 1997, Aurelia Pucinski switched parties to the Republican Party to run as that party's nominee for President Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 1998 election, in which she lost to Stroger in the general election.

Aurelia Pucinski frequently speaks about elder abuse, including at a Chicago Bar Association panel on third party issues in probate, mental health, guardianship and domestic relations, as well as won the City of Chicago's Luminary Award for developing a program to assist elderly victims of domestic abuse.

Aurelia Pucinski ran for the Democratic nomination for Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court in 2012, but Judge Mary Jane Theis won that seat, so Aurelia Pucinski continued on the intermediate appellate court.