if he posted 10% for bail, why does he get a public defender?

Anyone that votes for O'Shea is a fool. Poor rankings from the Illinos bar, can't follow the law when it comes to yard signs and obviously not a role model to his children. Typical old school politician... who has TEA party support. Go away Mr. O'Shea, your time is up!

Kid needs to straighten himself out. That's all. Not like any of you are perfect little bastards.

Why does Pat O'shea want to be a judge so badly? He's been on the county board for around 20 years and is currently making 55-60k. If he retires now he will receive 85% of his current pay for life. If he becomes a judge he will make around 185k and when he retires his pension will be 85% of his judge pay. He is grandfathered into the pension system and is not subject to the new pension reforms. He is featherbedding his own nest and it is an insult to taxpayers.

I don't know why some are blaming Mr. O'Shea for the actions of his adult son? Every parent knows that you try to raise your kids the best you can, but once they become adults they are free to make their own choices. I feel to put the blame on Mr. O'Shea is just plain wrong. I'm sure many parents in DuPage can relate in one way or another to a time when their kids did something that reflected poorly on them. Also let us not forget about Senate President John Cullerton's son, who was charged with DUI in a STATE CAR!

or John Birkett's son who was busted for pot, and subsequently got the charges dropped(not surprising) However all 3 of these incidents have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the elected officials themselves, or their qualifications. Pat O'Shea has done a lot for the district, and I will be supporting him for judge also.

I also know Mr. O'shea is falsely claiming he is a patent attorney. Why someone would make that up when a simple phone call is all it takes to prove he isn't a patent attorney is pure stupidity on his part. He is also claiming he graduated with honors from law school. That again was easy to prove was false with a simple phone call. He also claims he's argued in front if the supreme court and that is false too. Why anyone would vote for a serial liar as a Judge is beyond me. A Judge should have ethics beyond reproach. O'shea does not. I do not care what his kid has done.

I believe his daughter picked up a robbery charge a few years ago, need to spend more time on the homefront then politicing......

Who cares what his kids have done! The guy lies about his resume! That is disturbing to me and should be to every voter. His law practice is nothing but a po-dunk dui shop and he acts like he is the smartest lawyer around dupage county. He is only looking to boost his pension and is willing to say complete b.s. to get elected. This guy would be horrible on the bench.

@Kurt, O'Shea is a lot like Jeanne Ives. Claiming that she brought 100 million in economic development to Wheaton. She is a fraud just like O'Shea. Wait, you support her and Cicero Dan Proft!!! I guess ethics do not matter.

@Francis, you mean the Jeanne Ives, that is going to crush her opponents? Yes, I do support her. Jeanne is a West Point Grad and is going to win very handily. Glad you support me in opposing O'Shea. Oh, and I encourage everyone to google O'Shea and the DuPage County Radio inter-operability plan. He is at least 4 years behind schedule, and 400% over budget. If O'Shea had any brains or management ability he would have fired Motorola years ago and sued them. But instead the project is now approaching $30,000,000 when it was forecasted to run $7,000,000, that is over 400% over budget. When I asked O'Shea personally about the problem and why he hadn't fired Motorola, he said the following, "we have a contract we can't fire them!" I then said to him, "what is in the contract and can I get a copy of it?" He said, and I kid you not, "I haven't read the contract!!" The guy is a train wreck.

@Franics, why hide behind the fake name? Your opinions carry little weight with me, or most voters, when you don't have the fortitude of your convictions to post under your real name, like I do. Why hide your agenda? Have some guts to come out into the open and let voters see you for who you are.

Again, I reiterate, O'Shea is lying about his qualifications. A few phone calls and it was determined he is lying about his qualifications. I hope the newspapers pick up the story and expose him for what he is. He is NOT a patent attorney, he DID NOT graduate from Law School with honors, and he has NEVER argued a case in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Kurt - I don't know O'Shea or anything about him, but I am an attorney, so I just wanted to clarify one thing: If O'Shea is holding himself out as a "registered" patent attorney, meaning that he is licensed to represent inventors before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, that is a lie based on a search of the USPTO's records here:

https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/query.jsp

(There is a Patrick J. O'Shea, but it is a different one in MA.)

If, however, O'Shea is simply saying that he is a patent attorney, any licensed attorney (and he is licensed in the state of IL - see http://www.iardc.org/ldetail.asp?id=589777600) can practice patent law, although they would not be able to do anything in the USPTO, which would certainly be somewhat limiting. He could, however, litigate patent infringement cases and do other patent-related work, which if he is competent to do, would explain why he would hold himself out as a patent attorney. Again, though, I do not know the man, so I don't know if he is competent in patent matters, nor do I know whether he is holding himself out as a "registered" patent attorney.

Lisa, Is there a way to refute that . . . cuz that would be interesting as hell if so.

Ok, I just decided to answer my own question, so I read O'Shea's "Credentials" page on his campaign website here:

http://patrickjoshea.com/credentials.html

I see that he wrote, "I became a member of the patent bar in 1982and am licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark office." (The "1982and" is his typo, not mine.")

Ouch. How can he be an honest judge when he lies about his credentials? No one should lie, but you really shouldn't lie when you are campaigning to be a judge.

Bingo, Lisa. He lies about many things. He has never argued a case in front of the Supreme Court as he claims, he also never graduated from Law School with honors. The law school doesn't make that distinction. How do I know? I called and asked them. When O'Shea was asked what case(s) he has argued in the Supreme Court he again got very flustered and could not answer the question. He should never be allowed to come anywhere close to a Judge's seat. His peers don't think much of him either. That should tell you a lot. Bob Gibson received high remarks across the board but not O'Shea. Here is what his peers said,

Meets Requirement of Office; Gibson 93.62% O'Shea 34.35%, Integrity Gibson 97.53% O'Shea 51.16%, Impartiality Gibson 96.10% O'Shea 44.53%, Legal Ability Gibson 92.23% O'Shea 40.91%, Temperament Gibson 96.83% O'Shea 52.71%, Court Management Gibson 94.89% O'Shea 56.52%, Health Gibson 97.83% O'Shea 83.33%, and Sensitivity Gibson 95.70% O'Shea 54.47%.

As you can see Bob Gibson's peers think very highly of him, not so much of O'Shea.

O'Shea also says on his "Credentials" page:

"My legal experience includes practice in various federal courts throughout the United States as well as before the United States Supreme Court and before many other trial and appellate courts in Illinois. I am a graduate of the University of Illinois and hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. I am a graduate of the John Marshall Law school and hold a Jurist Doctorate Degree in law."

Kurt, does he say somewhere else that he graduated from law school with honors, or did he once say that here and has since deleted it?

Funny that he calls his degree a "Jurist Doctorate Degree." The correct word is "Juris," not "Jurist." "Juris" is the Latin term for "law"; "Jurist" is an English word meaning "a person versed in the law, as a judge, lawyer, or scholar."

This guy is kind of a buffoon.

I have nothing against McKilip, he is a good guy. I just happen to support Bob Gibson.

Kurt, did O'Shea say or write somewhere that he graduated from law school with honors? I don't see that on his campaign website.

@Sean, exactly what is stopping you from posting McKilips ratings? I support Bob Gibson, I am not here to support McKilip. You can do that all by yourself but apparently you aren't smart enough to know how to do that.

@Sean, oh and one other thing, how come it was only Gibson's campaign that discovered O'Shea was a fraud? Why didn't McKillip stand up and say something?

Judge Brian McKillup has the highest ratings of the three candidates. Leaders don't need to discredit others. Judge McKillup lets his actions speak for themselves.

O'Shea confronted me yesterday at the Lisle Township brunch and accused me of going after his family in this blog post. The guy is a complete and utter idiot and is truthfully challenged. I defy anyone to show me any where in my post above where I have gone after his kids? I have not done so. Kids are off limits in my opinion.

But O'Shea is always good about stretching the truth or outright lying. When he confronted me he didn't address the substance of the dispute, he ignored it. Oh one other thing O'Shea is not telling you, he didn't graduate from the U of I in Champaign, he graduated from the Circle Campus in Chicago. The guy just cannot help himself.

Kurt - Wow, I don't think you two will be exchanging any holiday cards this year. I don't doubt any of what you're saying about what O'Shea has misrepresented since almost all of it is verifiable through other sources (see, e.g., http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120311/news/703119894/). If he hasn't outright lied about his credentials, he has at least stretched common understandings of the English language to points of incredulity, particularly what he claims he meant about graduating from law school "with honors" and "practicing" before the U.S. Supreme Court.

I am, however, wondering where O'Shea has made this most recently untrue claim that you have referenced that he graduated from U of I in Champaign (my law school alma mater), when, in fact, he graduated from U of I's Chicago campus (which would have been fine to say - why the lie by him?!!). I believe you, since it is consistent with everything else so far, but where can we readers see that he has claimed this, and how do you know that it is untrue?

... or, Kurt, do you just mean that O'Shea has been silent about from which U of I campus he graduated, leaving people to erroneously assume that he graduated from Champaign, which is more prestigious than the Chicago campus?

He never said he graduated from the U of I in Champaign, just said he graduated from the U of I. He was implying Champaign, just never pointed out to anyone that he really graduated from the Circle Campus. As you well know Champaign's reputation was and is much higher than the Circle Campus.

Funny thing is during O'Shea's little confrontation with me he threatened to "get me" after the election and boy do I have a bunch of witnesses to that fact too. Not exactly sure what he is going to do to "get me" but he is one dumb dude.

Don't get me wrong, technically . . . he did graduate from U of I. Most will, of course, assume the Urbana-Champaign campus rather than the Chicago campus. Champaign being one of the best universities in the country . . . UICC is not.

That said, I have no clue which one he attended.

Wow, that is an interesting article, Lisa. Really makes him look not too straight forward, IMO. Unfortunately, not only do so few people vote in primary elections, but no one will ever do any research into any of these candidates. For judges, I think they simply vote for a name they can identify with.

This says a lot:

"The Illinois State Bar Association also recommended Gibson and McKillip. O’Shea received a “not recommended” ranking from that organization."

Jim, I fear you are correct.

FYI, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of EE programs, due to be published tomorrow, U of I's EE program in Champaign is again in the top 10. See http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/articles/2012/03/07/2013-best-graduate-schools-preview-top-10-engineering-schools.

I believe this ranking is from last year, but U of I's EE program in Champaign was ranked 4th, and U of I's EE program in Chicago was ranked 68th. See http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/search.result/name+university%20of%20illinois/program+top-engineering-schools/top-engineering-schools+y.

One would not inadvertently omit claiming that they graduated from U of I's EE program in Champaign if that were true. One would probably be silent about which program they graduated from if it were U of I's EE program in Chicago and hope that people would just assume they graduated from Champaign, since that is the better-known program, so it is the one that most people will think of unless they are told otherwise. Given everything that I have come to learn about O'Shea, I believe his silence on this issue was in the hopes of misleading everyone. I hope this guy doesn't get elected to be a judge. Either Gibson or McKillip seem like good candidates with proven judicial track records, but O'Shea is just bad news.

Does anyone know whether all of this "scandal" about O'Shea's misrepresentation of his credentials has caused him to change any of them on his campaign website or DPC board member website? For example, did he once list "with honors" in connection with his law school degree, but perhaps has since removed that claim since it does not currently appear?

Let's keep this race positive and forego the mud slinging.
Judge Brian McKillip ranks # 1 in a recent poll of lawyers conducted by the Illinois State Bar Association. The Chicago Tribune endorses Judge Brian McKillip for Circuit Judge in DuPage County!

Sean, I don't consider analyzing one's credibility or lack thereof when they are running for office, particularly as a judge, to be "mudslinging" - which is defined as casting malicious slurs on an opponent, especially in politics - it's called educating yourself to be an informed voter. These aren't facts that anyone has invented; these are candidate O'Shea's own claims. As a fellow attorney, I find them offensive. As a voter, I find them disqualifying of him as a possible candidate.

Anyone see Pat O'Shea's latest mailer? He has a bunch of people listed on it as endorsing him when in fact they are not. O'Shea will stop at no lie to get elected. For instance Pate Philip does NOT endorse O'Shea, never has and never will yet O'Shea list his name prominently as endorsing him. This guy has no shame. There are others on the mailed that DO NOT endorse him. How come O'Shea has to lie so much?

Who else was on the flier who did not endorse him?

I was stunned at the amount of signs his peeps planted on DPC roadsides . . . on public property . . . most likely in violation. I don't know the guy, but seems as though he should have a Do Not Touch sign around his neck. Sorry to say that so close to St. Patrick's day, but I'd stay away from this guy.

Pat O'shea is still claiming he has argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The guy can't help himself.