Update: Comments from E. Kenneth Wright Jr. were added to the story. Niezgoda's date of birth, where he was born, age at the time of his death and age that he retired from the circuit court were also clarified.It’s hard to find a judge in Cook County whose life wasn’t touched by Gene Niezgoda.As the right-hand man of every presiding judge in Cook County Circuit Court’s 1st Municipal District for 54 years, Niezgoda would be the one judges such as Michael B. Hyman and Mathias Delort would call in the …