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10 Facts About Freddrenna Lyle

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Freddrenna Margaret Lyle serves as Judge of the First Municipal District of State of Illinois' Circuit Court of Cook County.

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Freddrenna Lyle served as alderman from the 6th ward of the city of Chicago for 13 years.

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Freddrenna Lyle attended Park Manor Elementary School and South Shore High School.

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Freddrenna Lyle earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School.

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Freddrenna Lyle was President of the Cook County Bar Association, board member of the National Bar Association, member of the Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness, and co-chair of the Lawyer's Committee for Harold Washington.

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Freddrenna Lyle is currently the Vice Chair of the Cook County Democratic Party and Chairman of the Black Elected Officials of Illinois.

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Freddrenna Lyle was reelected for a full term in 1999,2003, and 2007.

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Freddrenna Lyle was elected as the ward's Democratic committeeman in 2006.

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In 2011, Freddrenna Lyle lost re-election to the city council, bring narrowly-defeated Roderick Sawyer in a runoff.

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In 2014, Freddrenna Lyle unsuccessfully ran for a state appellate court judgeship.