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The Cook County State's Attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke, [1] functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 600 attorneys and 1,200 employees. [2]
District attorneys in Illinois — representing the state's county governments in the prosecution of criminal offenses. Pages in category "District attorneys in Illinois" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
The counties of Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iroquois, and all the counties in the said State north of them, shall compose one district, to be called the northern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the said district at the city of Chicago; and the residue of the counties of the said State shall compose ...
On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Crowe to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. [4] On April 25, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. [9] On May 12, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. [10]
The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, one of four locations where the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois holds sessions. The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502.
An Eastern District was created on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992, [5] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978 which replaced it with the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois District, 92 Stat. 883. [5]
On May 21, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Durkin to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge Wayne Andersen who retired in 2010. [3] [5] The Senate confirmed Durkin in a voice vote on December 17, 2012. He received his commission on December ...
On June 28, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Perry to be the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. [2] On July 11, 2023, her nomination was sent to the Senate. [5] On September 14, 2023, her nomination was reported out of the committee by a 12–9 vote. [6]