Background
III, Ernest Richard Blomquist was born on July 20, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernest R. Junior and Olga Ann (Nemcek) B.
III, Ernest Richard Blomquist was born on July 20, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernest R. Junior and Olga Ann (Nemcek) B.
Bachelor in History, Western Illinois U., 1968; Juris Doctor, Illinois Institute Technology, 1973.
Trial attorney, Cook County States Attorney, Chicago, 1973-1977;
Corporate Counsel, village attorney, Village of Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 1977;
partner, Massucci, Blomquist, Brown, Arlington Heights, since 1979. Lecturer, author Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education, since 1986, Illinois Traffic Law Conference, Bradley U., 1986, Northwest Municipal Police Tgn. Institute, seminars on criminal law, since 1980.
Lecturer, member of faculty Southern Illinois School Law, National Judicial College, U. Nevada, Reno, Illinois Department Public Health/Driving While Impaired Breath Testing, Prosecutors and Public Defenders Training Institutions, Missouri Police Training Institute, Northwestern University Traffic Institute, American Bar Association, National Association Criminal Defense Attorneys, Illinois Bar Association.
Member Governor's Task Force on Judicial Merit Selection, Illinois, since 1987, Commision on Evaluation Judicial Performance, Illinois Supreme Court, since 1986. Member alumni board directors Western Illinois U., 1989-1990. Member Federal Trial Bar Association, N.W. Suburban Bar Association (president 1986-1987., chairman committee criminal law, judicial liason, chairman judicial screening committee), Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Institute Continuing Legal Education (board directors), Rotary.
Married Roberta L. Blomquist, August 9, 1969. Children: Britt, Carrie, Tracy.