

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.
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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
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