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GENERAL ORDER 08-13

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 21(b) the following Judges are hereby assigned to the court assignments indicated below effective August 1, 2008. 

ADMINISTRATION KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER ROOM 301 - CHAMBERS, DONALD C. HUDSON, CHIEF JUDGE

FELONY DIVISION

KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER
GRANT S. WEGNER, PRESIDING JUDGE

Courtroom 305

Patricia Piper Golden

Jury trials (felony and misdeameanor)- Monday and Tuesdays.  Class II and greater controlled substance cases and cannabis cases, bench trials, motions and status- Wednesday thru Friday.  Probation and conditional discharge revocation matters.  All pretrial diversion matters commencing on August 4, 2008.

Courtroom 311

Robert B. Spence

Jury trials (felony and misdemeanor) - Mondays and Tuesdays;
Felonies; (excluding drug offenses) - bench trials, motions and status- Wednesday through Friday.  Unlawful possession of stolen or converted vehicles.  Probation and conditional discharge revocation matters.

Courtroom 313

Grant S. Wegner

Jury trials (felony and misdemeanor) - Monday and Tuesdays;
Felonies; (excluding drug offenses) - bench trials, motions and status. Wednesday through Friday.  Probation and conditional discharge revocation matters.

Courtroom 319

Timothy Q. Sheldon

Jury trials (felony and misdemeanor) - Monday and Tuesdays;
Felonies (excluding drug offenses) bench trials, motions and status - Wednesday PM Mental Health Court.   Wednesday AM through Friday.  Probation and conditional discharge revocation matters.

Courtroom 217

Allen M. Anderson

Jury trials (felony and misdemeanor) - Monday and Tuesdays; Felonies (excluding drug offenses) bench trials, motions and status- Wednesday through Friday.  All pre-trial, DUI felony cases.  Probation and conditional discharge revocation matters.

    

SPECIAL RESOURCE DIVISION

KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER

JAMES C. HALLOCK- PRESIDING JUDGE

Courtroom 203

Leonard J. Wojtecki
Drug Rehabilitation Court and Class III and IV Controlled Substances Cases and Cannabis Cases

Bench Trials, Motions and Status- Mondays and Thursdays.  Drug Rehabilitiation Court- Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays and Wednesday evenings.

Courtroom 209

James C. Hallock

Domestic Violence Court

Jury trials- Mondays Misdemeanor and status returns- Tuesdays Felony status and returns. Wednesdays Felony and Misdemeanor post sentence status and Petitions to Revoke; Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons- Bench trials, contested Motions and returns of Orders of Protection arising out of criminal files;  Friday mornings and afternoons- Commitmnet hearing and Medication hearings at the Elgin Mental Health Center and St. Joseph Hospital.

Courtroom 211

William H. Weir
DUI Court and Misdeameanor Jury Trial Coordinator

Jury Trials- Mondays; bench trials, motions and status- Tuesday through Friday.

 

FAMILY DIVISION

   KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER

JOSEPH M. GRADY - PRESIDING JUDGE

Courtroom 101

Robert L. Janes

Trial Judge

Courtroom 111

Marmarie J. Kostelny

Trial Judge

Courtroom 113 Franklin D. Brewe
Trial Judge
Courtroom 123 Joseph M. Grady
Trial Judge
All Courtrooms- Night Court Rotation assigned by Presiding Judge

TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR DIVISION

KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER

ELGIN AND AURORA BRANCH COURTS
ROBERT J. MORROW- PRESIDING JUDGE

Elgin Branch Court

Kevin T. Busch

Traffic and Misdemeanor

Aurora Branch Court

T. Jordan Gallagher
Traffic and Misdemeanor

Courtroom 201

Robert J. Morrow

Traffic and Misdemeanor -Bond call, felony and misdemeanor - Monday through Friday; Jury Trials - Mondays; Bench trials, motions and status calls - Tuesday through Friday.

Multi-Purpose Room (LL)

Donald C. Hudson

Expungement matters will be heard in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Kane County Judicial Center at 9:00 a.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of every month.


CIVIL DIVISION

KANE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
MICHAEL J. COLWELL, PRESIDING JUDGE

Courtroom 110

Michael J. Colwell

Monday through Friday

all Chancery, Miscellaneous Remedy, Eminent Domain, Tax and MC cases. Any other civil case assigned to courtroom 110 by the Presiding Judge of the Civil Division.  All administrative motions.

Courtroom 120

Stephen Sullivan
All Small Claims and Law Medium filings, one - day small claims or law medium jury trials.  Arbitration cases will no longer be heard in courtoom 120, except for one-day arbitration jury trials.

Courtroom 150

John W. Countryman

Monday through Friday- all Chancery, Miscellaneous Remedy, Eminent Domain, Tax and MC cases as assigned by the presiding judge of the Civil Division.  All civil case type pretrial mediation/settlement conferences as assigned my the presiding judge.  All mechanics lien case types.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, all Probate matters including guardianship and decedent estate matters.

The courtroom schedule for Courtroom 150 is as follows:  Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m.-.- Motion call for all case types except Probate and guardianship cases.  All status and case management settings except probate and guardianship cases.  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 9:30 a.m..- all probate matters including guardianship and decedent estate cases.  All status and case management dates for probate and guardianship cases.

Monday through Thursday - 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.- hearings, trials, and pre-trial mediation settlement conferences, by Court order only.  On the court's own motion any civil division judge may refer a  case to the presiding judge for assignment to Judge Countryman's mediation/pre-trial conference calendar.  All probate and guardianship files with future dates except those retained by Judge Colwell in courtroom 110 shall be reset by notice of the Circuit Clerk's Office for the same date presently in the court file but at 9:30 a.m.. before Judge Countryman in courtroom 150.  It is the responsibility of counsel and the parties to appear at the time and placed specified in the notice.

Courtroom 350

Judith M. Brawka

CivilTrial Judge

Courtroom 310

Donald J. Fabian
Civil Trial Judge

Courtroom 320

Richard J. Larson

All arbitration practice related matters from Small Claims and Law Medium Arbitration motions, two-day Jury trials from Arbitration and cases assigned to Courtroom 120, and any Chancery cases reassigned by the Presiding Judge.

Courtroom 340

F. Keith Brown
Civil Trial Judge

Scheduling of civil cases

All judges of the Civil Division are authorized to set their court schedules consistent with the provisions of this order with proper notice to Scheduling and the Circuit Clerk's Office.

 

JUVENILE DIVISION
KANE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER
and
KANE COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER
M. KAREN SIMPSON, PRESIDING JUDGE

Juvenile Justice Center

M. Karen Simpson

Delinquency and detention;
Back-up abuse and neglect

Judicial Center - Courtroom 005

Susan Clancy Boles

Abuse and neglect, back-up detention hearing; Thursdays- Prove-up call.  Adoption matters will be heard on the first adn third Wednesdays of every month.

 

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT JUDGES

Special Assignment Judge A   CR 229 (Judicial Center)

Alan W. Cargerman

Assigned by the Chief Judge to cover vacancies.

Floater Coverage, when available, will include the following:  Kane county- Courtrooms 201, 209, 211,217, Aurora Branch Court, Elgin Branch Court, Carpentersville Branch Court, Small claims 120, Juvenile and Courtroom 101 within the Family Division. 

Special Assignment Judge B  Courtroom 250 (Geneva)

Thomas J. Stanfa

Kendall County every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; Thursdays, Multi-Purpose Courtroom (LL- Judicial Center) Fridays- DUI Court- Courtroom 209/Judicial Center/ Special Bond Call settings and other floater coverage as assigned.

 

Floater coverage, when available, will include the following: 

Kane County Courtroom 201, 209, 211, 217, Aurora Branch Court, Elgin Branch Court, Carpentersville Branch Court, Small Claims, Courtroom 120, Juvenile, and Courtroom 101 within the Family Division. 
Kendall County Will include Judges Mueller, Abrahamson and McCann.

 

DEKALB COUNTY COURTHOUSE
SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS
KURT P. KLEIN, PRESIDING JUDGE

Robbin J. Stuckert
James Donnelly

William P. Brady

Edward C. Schreiber

KENDALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE
YORKVILLE,ILLINOIS
THOMAS E. MUELLER, PRESIDING JUDGE
Timothy J. McCAnn
Linda Abrahamson