1. Michael M Cabonargi was born on January 29,1971 and is an American politician and lawyer who formerly served as a commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review from the 2nd district from 2011 until 2022.
30 Facts About Michael Cabonargi
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Michael Cabonargi then worked as a law clerk to US District Court judge William J Hibbler.
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From 2005, until being appointed to serve on the Cook County Board of Review in 2011, Michael Cabonargi worked as senior attorney and prosecutor at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Michael Cabonargi held leadership roles within the Democratic Party of Illinois, and served as a 2020 presidential elector.
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In 1993, Michael Cabonargi graduated from Miami University with Bachelor of Arts in both political science and foreign affairs.
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From 1993 to 1997, Michael Cabonargi worked as a staff assistant and economic development advisor in the Chicago office of US senator Paul Simon.
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In 2000, Michael Cabonargi received his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law with honors.
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From 2000 to 2002, Cabonargi worked as a law clerk to US District Court judge William J Hibbler.
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From 2005 until 2011, Michael Cabonargi worked as a senior attorney and prosecutor in the Division of Enforcement at the Chicago Regional Office of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Michael Cabonargi brought a $2.8 billion private offering fraud case, at the time the largest private offering fraud case filed by the Commission.
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Michael Cabonargi had been selected over several other people who had expressed interest in the position, including Joseph Mario Moreno and Eugene Schulter.
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In March 2018, Michael Cabonargi's campaign was asked by the Board of Ethics to return $68,950 in funds received from 97 contributions that were in excess of limits.
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Michael Cabonargi complied with the Board of Ethics ruling and returned the $68,950 in donations and cited the multiple changes in county reporting measures.
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In 2020, Michael Cabonargi voiced disagreement with a notion expressed by former Cook County clerk David Orr that the Cook County Board of Review has a "longtime pay-to-play culture" and needed reform.
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In 2022, Michael Cabonargi lost his bid for reelection to the Cook County Board of Review.
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In 2020, Cabonargi ran to replace outgoing Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy A Brown.
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Michael Cabonargi received the endorsement of the Cook County Democratic Party.
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Michael Cabonargi's campaign claimed the allegations in the ethics complaint were false.
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Michael Cabonargi was formally appointed to this role on March 13,2023.
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In 2018, Michael Cabonargi was elected as the Illinois Democratic state central committeeman for Illinois's 9th congressional district.
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Per the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson, as of 2021, Michael Cabonargi was one of the more politically progressive members of the Illinois Democratic State Central Committee.
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In 2019, Michael Cabonargi was appointed a vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
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In 2021, Michael Cabonargi supported Robin Kelly in her successful bid to become the chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois.
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Michael Cabonargi served on the local school council of the Brentano Elementary School from 2006 to 2008.
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Michael Cabonargi formerly served as a member of the University of Illinois College of Law Alumni Board.
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In 2012, Michael Cabonargi was selected to be a fellow with Leadership Greater Chicago.
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Michael Cabonargi serves as a board member of the Loyola Academy Bar Association, District 39 Educational Foundation, Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, and Milan Committee of Chicago's Sister Cities Program.
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Michael Cabonargi served as a 2020 Democratic United States Electoral College elector from Illinois, casting his votes for Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice-president.
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Michael Cabonargi is married to Erin Lavin Michael Cabonargi and has two sons.
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In 2011, Michael Cabonargi lived in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.