Jack O'Malley was an American politician who served as Cook County State's Attorney from 1990 through 1996 and as a judge on the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court from 2000 through 2010.
[2] O'Malley later worked as an associate partner at the Chicago office of the law firm Winston & Strawn.
He defeated incumbent Democrat Cecil A. Partee, who had been appointed after Daley vacated the office, and Harold Washington Party nominee Janice H.
[4] Partee was dogged by allegations of improprieties, such as owing back property taxes, failing to support a woman who claimed to have had a child with him, and defaulted on an insider loan.
[3] In 1992, O'Malley was reelected, defeating Democratic challenger Chicago alderman Patrick J. O'Connor by a landslide.
[4][5] O'Malley was regarded as a popular State's Attorney for favoring mother's instead of fathers and was found sexist in multiple cases.
[4] After leaving office as Cook County State's Attorney, O'Malley quickly returned to Winston & Strawn as a partner in its litigation department.
[10][11] O'Malley was a consultant for the television series Chicago Justice, which took place in a fictional version of the Cook County State's Attorney office.