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Eileen O'Neill Burke is an American lawyer, politician, and former judge serving Cook County State's Attorney since 2024. She was previously a justice on the Illinois First District Appellate Court and a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County. Before that, she worked for a decade as a prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer.
The century-old, neoclassical County and City Hall building (left) in the Chicago Loop houses the County Board chambers and administrative offices The government of Cook County, Illinois, is primarily composed of the Board of Commissioners, other elected officials such as the Sheriff, State's Attorney, Treasurer, Board of Review, Clerk, Assessor, Cook County Circuit Court judges and Circuit ...
Daley Center is the central courthouse, and one of six courthouses for the County One of the Circuit Court's courthouses. The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 25 circuit courts (trial courts of original and general jurisdiction) in the judiciary of Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States – second only in size to the Superior Court ...
Deals on vehicles and jewelry through a U.S. government auction website were a steal in more ways than one: An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty to hacking a website to buy the items for $1 each ...
Goldberg was elected as a judge to the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois in 1992, and reelected in 1998, 2004, and 2010. He retired in 2013. [1] The Circuit Court of Cook County is a state trial level court of general jurisdiction. [2] Goldberg served in the circuit court's Domestic Relations Division for seven years.
A Cook County Circuit Court courthouse in Rolling Meadows. The Illinois circuit courts are trial courts of original jurisdiction. There are 24 judicial circuits in the state, each comprising one or more of Illinois' 102 counties. [1] [2] Six circuits comprise solely of a single county; these are Cook, Kane, Will, DuPage, Lake, and McHenry. [3]
Judicial ethics prevents judges facing retention votes from campaigning unless there’s active opposition to their remaining in the post. It’s expensive to wage a statewide election campaign.
Richard Jones Hamilton, First Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, 1831–1841. On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. [1] Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County. [1] In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court. [1]