Capitalize the judge’s title

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A judicial title given with a specific judge’s name takes a capital, as in “Judge Cedarbaum” and “Chief Justice Roberts”; with no name behind it the word stays lowercase.¹

1. 1R. 8(d)(ii) Exceptions; R. 8(c)(ii) Exceptions; R. 9(a) Justices and judges.
2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.