Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced that the Ninth Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Chad M. Long as associate judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.

Mr. Long received his undergraduate degree in 2005 from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa and his Juris Doctor in 2008 from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Mr. Long is currently affiliated with Statham & Long, LLC, in Galesburg, Illinois.