Subsequent to his recall, Justice Erickson sat for three years in the Juvenile Court, where he acted as a Trial Judge and at times Acting Supervisory Judge. In May of 2001, he was recalled to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court. Devine commented to the Chicago Law Bulletin that Justice Erickson "has done an outstanding job.we are grateful for the contributions he has made to the office." Upon his departure in 2001, State's Attorney Richard A. He stayed in that position for five years, where he directed the nation's second largest prosecutor's office, overseeing seven bureaus with a staff of 2,200, including nearly 1,000 attorneys. In 1996, he stepped down from the bench to take an appointment as First Assistant State's Attorney in Cook County. He served in the Municipal Division, was Supervising Judge of eight felony Narcotics Courts and sat as a Felony Trial Judge in the Criminal Courts. In 1988, Justice Erickson was appointed to the bench, where he sat until 1996. He joined the office in 1976 after graduating from the John Marshall Law School.Īfter leaving the State's Attorney's Office, he spent six years in private practice concentrating in both civil and criminal litigation.
He was widely recognized as one of Cook County's top trial lawyers. He began his career as an Assistant State's Attorney under former State's Attorneys Bernard Carey and Richard M. Justice Erickson has had a distinguished career as a lawyer, jurist and law professor.
He has also taught and lectured at the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the John Marshall Law School, DePaul College of Law, and Stetson School of Law. His Chicago-Kent teams have won some 24 Midwest regional titles and numerous invitational titles. In 2010, he coached the first Chicago-Kent team to win in the NITA Tournament of Champions. Under his guidance, the law school has captured many regional and national honors, including four National Championships in 1988, 2007, 20 at the TYLA/ACTL National Trial Competition. Since 1983, Justice Erickson has served as faculty adviser and coach for Chicago-Kent's National Trial Advocacy Team. Additionally, he teaches courses in Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Intensive Trial Advocacy. Since that time, Justice Erickson was Director of the school's nationally ranked Trial Advocacy Program, Director of the Criminal Law Certificate Program, and Program Director of the school's "Rule of Law" initiative in Mexico. Erickson retired as a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, and accepted a position as a Senior Lecturer in Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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