Ramon Ocasio III
| Ramon Ocasio III | |
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| 6th Judicial Subcircuit of the Circuit Court of Cook County | |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Nominated by | Democratically Elected |
| Preceded by | Sub-Circuit Created |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 20, 1962 Humboldt Park, Chicago |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois, B.A. Northeastern University, J.D. |
| Profession | Attorney |
Ramon Ocasio III (born 1962) is a judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County, first elected in 2006 from the 6th Judicial Subcircuit. The 6th Judicial Subcircuit is located in Chicago's north side.
A lifelong resident of Chicago, Ocasio graduated from Roberto Clemente High School in Humboldt Park. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign he went on to law school at Northeastern University. Ocasio joined the bar in 1989, and spent four years as a public defender in criminal cases. He left his job as a public defender to run the Illinois Attorney General’s regional consumer fraud office in Chicago. Eight years later he would return to the public defender’s office, where he supervised 18 other lawyers. Before being elected judge, Ocasio served as president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois and as a representative on the Inter-American Magnet School Local School Council. In October 1996, while serving as President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, Ocasio published a letter in the Chicago Tribune criticizing journalist Georgie Anne Geyer for anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic rhetoric.
In 2006, Ocasio entered the race for Judge of the 6th Judicial Subcircuit. Although he was rated qualified to highly qualified by all 10 bar associations in Cook County, the Democratic Committeeman chose to slate Ed Lechowicz, son of former State Senator and Cook County Commissioner, Ted Lechowicz. State Senator Miguel del Valle, State Senator Iris Martinez, and Chicago Alderman Rey Colon all endorsed and actively campaigned for Ocasio. Lechowicz spent a total of $219,594.16 on his campaign to Ocasio's $32,266.71. Ocasio won with 43.33% of the vote; Lechowicz received 36.70% and Roxanne L. Rochester came in third with 19.97% of the vote.
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