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PROFESSIONAL BIO:

1977 -- 1990 Attorney and later partner in law firm of Boyle, Goldsmith, Shore and Bolin, 227 E. Court St., Hennepin, IL 61327. General practice included criminal, family law, personal injury, insurance defense, transactional law and litigation.  Also served as Putnam County's first Public Defender. 

1990 - 2014 Circuit Judge in the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois. (Four successive 6-year elected terms). 

While a Circuit Judge from 1990 to 2014, Judge Shore served in all dockets and throughout all courts of the Tenth Circuit, including Putnam, Marshall, Stark, Tazewell and Peoria Counties. 

On a state-wide basis, he served as an Associate Member of the Judicial Conference, as a faculty presenter at State of Illinois judicial education seminars and conferences in complex civil litigation and criminal law , as Editor of the State Judiciary's Criminal Law Benchbook, and as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court's Committees overseeing caseload management and judicial education. 

He also served as a judicial mentor, as a facilitator for judicial performance evaluations, and as a member of the Illinois State Supreme Court Committees on judicial mentoring and mentor education. 

2015-present Upon retirement from the bench, Scott Shore returned to the offices of his former partnership as a solo practicioner, now owning the building that still bears the names of original partners Walter Durley Boyle and Linn C. Goldsmith. 

INSURED FOR YOUR PROTECTION:

Professional Liability Coverage: Illinois State Bar Association Mutual Insurance Company.

AFFILIATIONS:

American Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Illinois Judges Association

Jewish Judges Association (Illinois)

Putnam County  Bar Association, Law Day Chair

Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court, Past President

Honored to have been selected as a "Leading Lawyer" for a third year in 2025.

ALSO A MEMBR OF:

Hennepin Business/Betterment Association

Putnam County Rotary Club, Past President 

Rotary International, Past District Governor

Congregation B'nai Moshe, LaSalle IL, Board Member

Scott  A. Shore,  Attorney  At  Law

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Office: 815-925-7117

Cell:    815-866-1975

227 E. Court Street

PO Box 231

Hennepin, IL 61327

ShoreLawAndMediation@gmail.com