VICTORY FUND RECOMMENDED CANDIDATE PROFILE
Sebasitian Patti for Cook County (IL) Court Judge

Sebastian Patti made history as the first openly gay man appointed to an
Illinois judgeship.  He must now run in  a countywide election to retain his
seat on the bench.

After graduating cum laude from Duke University, Sebastian received his
J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.  As an attorney with the
Chicago office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1979
through 1995, he was in charge of litigating major pollution cases in the 
Midwest.  During those years, Sebastian won high praise and numerous
awards including a U.S. Government Distinguished Service Award. 
Sebastian serves on the Illinois Bar and is admitted to the Supreme Courts
of Illinois and Kansas, the U.S. Court of Appeals and two U.S. District
Courts.  He does pro bono work for the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
and the Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic.  Sebastian also serves on the board
of directors of the Step-penwolf Theater Company.  One individual who can
testify to Judge Patti's commitment to helping others is the man Sebastian
recently saved from drowning in Lake Michigan. 

If elected,  Sebastian will join our the Victory Fund's former recommended
candidate, Tom Chiola, and become Cook County's second openly gay
elected judge.  Please  make your checks payable  to "Friends of Sebastian
Patti."