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Freeport attorney, Sterling native new associate judge in the 15th

FREEPORT – The 15th Judicial Circuit judges chose a Freeport attorney formerly of Sterling to join their ranks as an associate judge.

David M. Olson was one of 11 attorneys, including Ogle County Assistant State’s Attorney Ann E. Switzer and Tina J. Coffey of Dixon, who sought to fill an upcoming vacancy in Stephenson County Court created by Associate Judge James M. Hauser’s recent election as circuit judge.

The 15th serves Stephenson, Lee, Ogle, Carroll and JoDaviess counties.

The other applicants were Maria N. Berger, Byron; Brandi L. Chuboda, Stillman Valley; Anthony V. Coon, Freeport; Karla M. Niemann, Freeport; Paul A. Osborn, Lee County; Anthony W. Peska, Freeport; Ruth E. Robinson, Stillman Valley; and Betty J. Roliardi, Galena.

According to his website, Olson, who has a single practice in Freeport, grew up in Sterling and was in the process of setting up another office there.

He received his undergraduate degree in 1989 and his juris doctor in 1992 from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts said in a news release Tuesday afternoon announcing the appointment.

Hauser, also a Freeport lawyer, first was appointed to the bench in 2006. He will fill the resident judgeship vacated by Theresa L. Ursin, who stepped down in August 2014. David L. Jeffrey is filling in until Dec. 5, when Hauser’s term begins.