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Issued in 1997:

97-3 Subject: Illinois Not-for-Profit Dispute Resolution Act

97-5 Subject: Appointment of Court Record Management Committee of the Circuit Court of Cook County

97-6 Subject: Appointment of Associate Judges

97-7 Subject: Public Guardian Committee

97-8 Subject: Appointment of Judges

 

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-3
 
SUBJECT: ILLINOIS NOT-FOR-PROFIT DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT
 
Pursuant to the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act (ILCS 1994 ch. 710, sec. 20/1 et seq.), the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County has collected fees from civil case filings for the year 1996 for disbursement to the Dispute Resolution Centers which qualify under said Act and General Order 19 of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Fees available for disbursement from this Fund for the year 1996 total $211,644.00.
 
Upon review of applications received for funds collected in 1996, the sole qualifying applicant under the requirements set forth in said Act and General Order No. 19 of the Circuit Court of Cook County was found to be Center for Conflict Resolution. It is eligible for the maximum amount allowable for disbursement to any Dispute Resolution Center in a given year of $200,000.00.
 
Pursuant to the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act (ILCS 1994 ch. 710, sec. 20/4) any funds collected but not disbursed in a given year shall be paid in single county judicial circuits to the County Treasurer for the administration of justice in the judicial circuit. An amount of $11,644.00 remains collected for the year 1996 but no Dispute Resolution Center is qualified to receive disbursement of these funds.
 
Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the amount of $200,000.00, representing the maximum amount allowable for disbursement to any Dispute Resolution Center in a given year, shall be disbursed to Center for Conflict Resolution.
 
Further, it is hereby ordered that the amount of $11,644.00 representing funds collected under the Illinois Not-For-Profit Dispute Resolution Act for 1996 but not disbursed, shall be disbursed to the County Treasurer of Cook County for the administration of justice in the Circuit Court of Cook County.
 
Dated, this 24th day of January, 1997. This order shall be spread upon the records of this Court and published.
 
ENTER:
 
Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
 



 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-5
 
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF COURT RECORD MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY
 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
 
Effective August 18, 1997, a Court Record Management Committee is hereby created within the Circuit Court of Cook County. The Committee shall serve pursuant to the authority conferred by 705 ILCS 105/13, 705 ILCS 150/22 of the Rule 0.3, Rules of the Circuit Court of Cook County and the inherent authority of the court to control its records and docket:
 
105/13. Duty of clerks
 
Sec. 13. The clerks shall attend the sessions of their respective courts, preserve all the files and papers thereof, make, keep and preserve complete records of all the proceedings and determinations thereof, except in cases otherwise provided by law, and do and perform all other duties pertaining to their offices, as may be required by law or the rules and orders of their courts respectively. This section is subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act", approved August 18, 1961, as amended.
 
105/22. Judges to examine offices, etc., of clerks
 
Sec. 22. The judges of the several courts shall, as often as once in each year, make an examination of the offices of the clerks of their respective courts, and may give such directions and make such orders in regard to the keeping of the same, and the records and papers thereof, not contrary to law, as they shall deem best.
 
PART O. ORGANIZATION
 
0.3 Records
 
(c) Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court by the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the authority of 705 ILCS 105/22, and the inherent authority of the Court to control the record keeping of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the Chief Judge is authorized to create a committee composed of judges of the Circuit Court for the purpose of examining the record keeping of the Clerk of the Circuit Court. The committee shall study the record keeping of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and shall make recommendations to the Chief Judge regarding the same. The Chief Judge shall then enter orders to give directions regarding the keeping of the records.
 
The Committee shall be comprised of the following members:
 
Hon. Francis Barth
Presiding Judge, County Division
 
Hon. Henry A. Budzinski
Presiding Judge, Probate Division
 
Hon. Judith Cohen
Presiding Judge, Law Division
 
Hon. Arthur L. Dunne
Presiding Judge, Chancery Division
 
Hon. Timothy C. Evans
Presiding Judge, Domestic Relations Division
 
Hon. Thomas R. Fitzgerald
Presiding Judge, Criminal Division
 
Hon. Sidney A. Jones, III
Supervising Judge, First Municipal District
 
Hon. Patrick E. McGann
Supervising Judge, Traffic Court
 
Hon. Anthony S. Montelione
Presiding Judge, Fifth Municipal District
 
Hon. Julia M. Nowicki
Supervising Judge
Complex Litigation Section, Law Division
 
Hon. Stuart A. Nudelman
Presiding Judge, Fourth Municipal District
 
Hon. Nancy Sidote Salyers
Presiding Judge, Child Protection Division
 
Hon. Earl E. Strayhorn
Presiding Judge, First Municipal District
 
Hon. Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
ex officio member and Chairperson
 
Dated this 18th day of August, 1997. This order supersedes General Administrative Order No. 96-4. This order shall be spread upon the records of this Court and published.
 
ENTER:
 
Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
 


 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-6
 
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE JUDGES
 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
 
Upon receipt of a letter dated November 10, 1997 in which the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts has certified the eighteen (18) persons receiving the highest number of votes in the election for eighteen (18) associate judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County, conducted pursuant to a notice published January 14, 1997, and on which the ballots were mailed October 22, 1997, and returned to the Director on or before November 5, 1997.
 
I hereby declare the following eighteen (18) certified persons to be appointed as Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County effective December 2, 1997 their terms to expire on June 30, 1999.
 
Mark J. Ballard Helaine Leslie Berger
Dennis J. Burke Frank Castiglione
Timothy John Chambers Joseph Michael Claps
Susan M. Coleman Joy Virginia Cunningham
Fe Fernandez Patricia Brown Holmes
Marianne Jackson James Michael Obbish
Gregory Michael O'Brien Jesse Gregory Reyes
Karen G. Shields John Owen Steele
Eddie A. Stephens John D. Tourtelot

 
Dated this 26th day of November, 1997. This order shall be spread upon the records of this Court and published.
 
ENTER:
 
Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
 


 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-7
 
SUBJECT: THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY PUBLIC GUARDIAN COMMITTEE
 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
 
Pursuant to General Administrative Order No. 96-6 the Circuit Court of Cook County Public Guardian Committee was created to review the policies and procedures of the Office of the Public Guardian of the Circuit Court of Cook County and make recommendations to the Chief Judge.
 
Effective December 10, 1997, the Cook County Public Guardian Committee shall be comprised of the following members:
 
Diane Geraghty
Professor, Loyola University School of Law
Co-Chairperson

Roxille Glasco
Director, Child Welfare
Chicago Commons
Co-Chairperson

Mary Anne Brown
Executive Director
Hephzibah Children's Association

Emily Buss
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School

Richard T. Cozzola
Supervisor, The Children's Project
Legal Assistance Foundation

Anne Cohn Donnelly
Resident Fellow & Visiting Scholar
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Northwestern University

Thomas F. Geraghty
Director, Northwestern University Legal Clinic
Northwestern University School of Law

Arthur F. Hill, Jr.
Chief Deputy State's Attorney
Cook County State's Attorney's Office

William L. Hood, Jr.
President, Chicago Area Project
Managing Director, Corporate Affairs - American Airlines

Dr. Michele Lorand
Chairman, Division of Child Protective Services
Cook County Children's Hospital

Dan Lewis
Professor, School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University

Stephanie A. Scharf
Attorney at Law
Jenner & Block

Rev. John P. Smyth
Executive Director
Maryville Academy

Randolph N. Stone
Clinical Professor and Director
Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic
University of Chicago Law School

Dated this10th day of December, 1997. This order shall be spread upon the record and published.
 
ENTER:
 
Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County
 



 
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY
 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 97-8
 
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
 
Upon receipt of orders entered by the Illinois Supreme Court on November 18, 1997, the following thirteen (13) persons have been recalled as Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County effective January 1, 1998, their terms to expire on December 31, 1998.
 
Robert E. Cusack
Philip A. Fleischman
Allen A. Freeman
James B. Klein
Herman Knell
Walter J. Kowalski
Francis J. Mahon
Benjamin E. Novoselsky
Ronald W. Olson
Adolphus D. Rivers
Richard L. Samuels
Marjan Peter Staniec
Dean M. Trafelet
 
Dated December, 1997. This order shall be spread upon the records of the Court and published.
 
ENTER:
 
Donald P. O'Connell
Chief Judge
Circuit Court of Cook County

 
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