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Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Illinois Concealed Carry Licensing Board

 


CONCEALED CARRY LICENSING REVIEW BOARD

Joseph Duffy will serve on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.* Duffy was previously appointed to the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board in 2015. He currently practices law at Loeb and Loeb. Previously, he worked at Stetler, Duffy and Rotert, and Schiff, Hardin, and Waite. Duffy additionally served as Assistant United States Attorney with the Department of Justice and as a Revenue Agent with the Internal Revenue Service. He was named "Illinois Super Lawyer" in Criminal Defense: While Collar and Business Litigation by Thomson Reuters (2005-2020), "Top Lawyers in Illinois" in Criminal Defense Law: White Collar by the Leading Lawyers Network (2005-2018), and "Local Litigation Star" among Illinois litigators in General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Crime, Benchmark Litigation. Duffy earned his Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University and Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School.

 

 

Donald Wilkerson will serve on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.* Wilkerson was appointed United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Illinois in January of 2005 and retired in 2019. The East St. Louis native was the first African American judge appointed to that bench. Wilkerson began his legal career with Thompson-Mitchell, later working at Stolar Partnership law firm. He then joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Louis as Assistant United States Attorney until his appointment to the bench. Wilkerson additionally worked as a public school teacher for 17 years in East St. Louis, taught criminal law at Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Washington University School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University, Master of Education from Southern Illinois University and Juris Doctorate from St. Louis University School of Law.

Jeremy Margolis will continue to serve on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.* Margolis was previously appointed to the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board in 2015. He practices law at Loeb and Loeb. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago for 11 years and co-founded Chicago's multiagency Joint Terrorist Task Force and served as Director of the Illinois State Police for 4 years. In addition, Margolis served as Illinois Inspector General for 3 years and briefly served as Acting Director of Public Health. He is a member of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Board of Governors, the Society of Former Special Agents in Chicago, and former member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Board of Directors. Margolis served in the United States Army from 1968 until 1974 when he was honorably discharged. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Illinois and Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University.

* Appointments pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate.

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So a small question as I’m want to have something look strange in every thing I read these days! lol

 

Is it a good thing to have 2 of the 3 appointees from the same law firm?

Diverse experts would seem to me to not be co-workers, lawyers, same firm, same interests....

 

Illinois definition of 'diversity' = Democrats, Socialists and Progressives.

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So a small question as I’m want to have something look strange in every thing I read these days! lol

 

Is it a good thing to have 2 of the 3 appointees from the same law firm?

Diverse experts would seem to me to not be co-workers, lawyers, same firm, same interests....

 

 

I thought the same thing as I read the post. Two from the same firm. This is either going to be real good or real bad and knowing what I know about our lustrous governor I'm sure its going to be the latter.

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The board evaluates whether a challenged applicant poses a danger to the public or to himself. That would be best done by those in the fields of law, law enforcement, and medicine. The board does not evaluate the ability to shoot a weapon. That has been done by the instructor. Having a CCl does not give anyone insight on human behavior or a deep understanding of the law in general or this one, specifically. There have been numerous threads here showing the lack of knowledge by those who have taken the course, and even by some instructors. I was in the first group licensed 5 years ago. I do not think that I am any better or worse at judging who might be a threat to themselves or others than I was 6 years ago.

 

 

(430 ILCS 66/10)

Sec. 10. Issuance of licenses to carry a concealed firearm.

(a) The Department shall issue a license to carry a concealed firearm under this Act to an applicant who:

(1) meets the qualifications of Section 25 of this Act;

(2) has provided the application and documentation required in Section 30 of this Act;

(3) has submitted the requisite fees; and

(4) does not pose a danger to himself, herself, or others, or a threat to public safety as determined

by the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board in accordance with Section 20.

 

(430 ILCS 66/20)

Sec. 20. Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.

(a) There is hereby created within the Department of State Police a Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board to consider any objection to an applicant's eligibility to obtain a license under this Act submitted by a law enforcement agency or the Department under Section 15 of this Act.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 19, 2020

CONCEALED CARRY LICENSING REVIEW BOARD


Nancy DePodesta will serve on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.* Since 2015, Nancy DePodesta has served as a Partner and Co-Chair of White Collar and Government Litigation Practice Group at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr. Prior to her current role, she was an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois from 2003 to 2015. DePodesta has been the recipient of multiple professional honors including being named as one of America’s Leading Lawyers in Litigation: White Collar and Government Investigations and ranked as a 2021 Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation among others. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Indiana University and a Juris Doctor from Illinois Institute of Technology, Kent College of Law.

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https://www2.illinois.gov/Pages/news-item.aspx?ReleaseID=22229

 

Did someone leave? I thought they had a full board after other appointments this year, but I could be wrong. I see her political affiliation is listed as "other".

 

Edit:Jeremy Margolis on the board was pending Senate confirmation in May but no longer listed as member.

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In a Chicago courtroom this is referred to as a “motion to fix”. The result is predetermined by political allegiances and “favors” from “friends “. It’s the Chicago way. Special privileges for special people. This elaborate system is constructed so those who don’t want people to be free to defend themselves can create regulations that will limit or prohibit them. But, you will never see these people inhibiting criminal offenders. That’s their voter base.
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