Illinois HR 518: CONGRAT EDWIN FINNEY

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HR0518LRB104 15872 MST 29092 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Judge 

4Shelvin Louise Marie Hall, who passed away on October 8, 2025; 

5and

6 WHEREAS, Judge Hall was born in Cuero, Texas in 1948; she 

7moved with her family to the west side of Chicago in the early 

81950s; she graduated from Hampton University and the Boston 

9University School of Law; and

10 WHEREAS, Judge Hall trained in civil rights law with the 

11NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund before co-founding 

12the first Black female-owned law firm in the nation 

13specializing in civil rights cases in Houston, Texas; she 

14returned to Chicago in 1982 to serve as general counsel for the 

15Illinois Department of Human Rights, overseeing civil rights, 

16labor, and legislative matters; and

17 WHEREAS, Judge Hall was appointed to the Cook County 

18Circuit Court in 1991, where she presided over the Domestic 

19Relations Division for four years, then led the Law Division 

20from 1995 to 1999, handling some of the county's most 

21prominent civil cases; she was appointed to the Illinois 

22Appellate Court, First District in 1999, where she served 

HR0518- 2 -LRB104 15872 MST 29092 r

1until her retirement in 2020; and

2 WHEREAS, Judge Hall was a respected leader in the legal 

3community; she chaired the Judicial Council of the National 

4Bar Association, a 100-year-old organization of Black lawyers 

5and judges; during her tenure, she and the late legal icon 

6Judge Leon Higginbotham opposed an invitation for U.S. Supreme 

7Court Justice Clarence Thomas to address the 1998 National Bar 

8Association convention, citing disagreements with his 

9conse