Judge Eugene G. Doherty Assigned to the Fourth District Appellate Court Biography: Northern Illinois University (B.A. in Economics 1983); Northern Illinois University College of Law (J.D. 1989, summa cum laude); Law Clerk, Illinois Appellate Court/Justice Philip G. Reinhard, 1989-1991; Holmstrom & Kenndy, P.C., (1991-2007); Circuit Judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois (appointed 2007, elected 2008).