Resigns in Awesome Letter Timothy Lewis is apparently angling to get the William J. Brennan, Jr., Prize, awarded annually to the worst Republican-appointed ex-judge (the slightly more prestigious ...

Theodis Lewis was in private law practice and an assistant public defender before becoming a judge. He was last recommended for reappointment in 2007, months before his retirement. Theodis "Ted ...

He served as judge in the 32nd Circuit Court for 20 years, retiring at the end of 2024. Lewis presided over the Clay Waller and Timothy Krajcir murder cases, two of the most prominent criminal ...

Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham on Feb. 17. He was 77. A native of Little Rock, Ark., who attended Illinois ...