GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 08-04 - CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 08-04

SUBJECT: CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT

Effective August 21, 2008, the Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court is hereby established within the Circuit Court of Cook County. The Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court shall review practices and procedures governing the hearing of domestic violence matters throughout the Circuit Court of Cook County as well as review the organization, efficiency and operation of the Domestic Violence Courthouse located at 555 West Harrison Street. The Committee shall make recommendations to the Chief Judge.

The Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court shall be comprised of the following members:

Judge Grace G. Dickler
Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Chairperson, Circuit Court of Cook County Committee on Domestic Violence Court

Arthur J. Lurigio, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
Loyola University Chicago
Professor of Criminal Justice and Psychology

Mary S. Trew
Executive Director
Domestic Violence Legal Clinic

Dawn Dalton
Executive Director
Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network

Jim Thomas, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Northern Illinois University
Sociology/Criminal Justice

Vickii Coffey
Executive Director
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago

Loretta Line
Advocacy and Education Director
YWCA Evanston/North Shore

Mary A. Melchor
President
Black Women Lawyers' Association

Terrence M. Murphy, Executive Director
The Chicago Bar Association

Judge Benjamin S. Mackoff (Ret.)
Former Presiding Judge
Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County

Bridget Healy Ryan
Director of Public Affairs
Office of the Cook County State's Attorney

Jesús Reyes, AM, LCSW
Acting Chief Probation Officer
Adult Probation Department, Circuit Court of Cook County
Director
Social Service Department, Circuit Court of Cook County

Zeophous (Z) Williams
President
Cook County Bar Association

Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans
Ex officio member

Dated this 21st day of August, 2008. This order shall be spread upon the record of this court and published.

 

ENTER:

Timothy C. Evans
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County