Freddrenna Margaret Lyle serves as Judge of the First Municipal District of State of Illinois' Circuit Court of Cook County. Appointed on December 16, 2011 by all seven Illinois Supreme Court Justices. She served as
alderman of the 6th Ward of the City of
Chicago for 13 years.
Early history
Lyle has lived in the Park Manor, Chicago neighborhood for more than 45 years. She attended Park Manor Elementary School and
South Shore High School. She earned her undergraduate degree from the
University of Illinois at Chicago and her law degree from
John Marshall Law School. Before her appointment, Lyle was an attorney in private practice.
Public service
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. She also served on
Governor Blagojevich’s transition team. She is currently a member of Park Manor Neighbors, Chatham Avalon Park Community Council,
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E.&nb ...
, and
Rainbow/PUSH. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Cook County Democratic Party and Chairman of the Black Elected Officials of Illinois.
Aldermanic career
Lyle was appointed alderman by Chicago Mayor
Richard M. Daley
Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term ...
on February 8, 1998 to fill the unexpired term of John O. Steele. She was reelected for a full term in 1999, 2003 and 2007 and also elected as the Democratic committeeman in 2006. Lyle served on five committees: Budget; Finance; Parks and Recreation; License and Consumer Protection; Traffic and Public Safety; and Rules and Ethics.
Judgeship
After her defeat, she served as a legal advisor to the Council's Black Caucus regarding the
redistricting
Redistribution (re-districting in the United States and in the Philippines) is the process by which electoral districts are added, removed, or otherwise changed. Redistribution is a form of boundary delimitation that changes electoral dist ...
process for Chicago's 50 wards. Later that year, the
Illinois Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the State of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the five ap ...
appointed Lyle to a vacancy on the
Circuit Court of Cook County created by retirement of Judge Michael Stuttley.
Personal life
Lyle continues to reside in Park Manor.
References
External links
Freddrenna Lyle's official campaign website
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Chicago City Council members
University of Illinois Chicago alumni
African-American women in politics
Living people
Illinois Democrats
Women city councillors in Illinois
Year of birth missing (living people)
Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County
African-American city council members in Illinois
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women