Christian County Resident Circuit Court Judge Brad Paisley thought long and hard about retiring and eventually changed his mind announcing that he will be seeking retention for a six-year term to the seat that he has occupied since 2016. The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Judge Paisley in June of 2016 to succeed Judge Ron Spears in November. He says, he has more to do.
Judge Paisley says the homeless situation is a big problem since the mental health clinic went away. He has been doing training and education to figure out ways to implement systems to help those who need help. Judge Paisley says there was no playbook for COVID and they did the best they could to navigate through the pandemic.
Another big help has been electronic access to records-to allow people to be able to access records wherever they are. Judge Paisley says he is always trying to improve the court system. Judge Paisley says he is proud of the safe passage system and how that program has grown since he took over. He says he is looking forward to this next term because he loves helping mentor other judges.
He is concerned about the Safe-T Act that is coming but says it’s too early to know exactly what that will all entail. The Taylorville native graduated from Taylorville High School in 1987 and got a psychology degree in 1991 before graduating from the St. Louis University College of Law in 1994. He lives in Taylorville with his wife Karin and they are the parents of three children; Andrew, Jack, and Isabella.
