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Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the Annual Circuit Court of Cook County National Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month Courthouse Tours will take place on Wednesday, October 4, 2006, and Friday, October 6, 2006, in the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street in Chicago. Co-sponsoring the tours are the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and the Puerto Rican Bar Association.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced the appointment of Judge Thomas F. Carmody, Jr. as Presiding Judge of the court’s Fifth Municipal District, effective today, August 1, 2006.

A 14-year veteran of the bench who has served his entire judicial career assigned to the Fifth Municipal District courthouse in Bridgeview, Judge Carmody, 54, succeeds Judge Anthony S. Montelione, who retired July 31, 2006.

The Office of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County announced that the two courtrooms housing Branch 43 and Branch 44 located in the Chicago Police Department 11^th District Headquarters at Harrison Street and Kedzie Avenue will be closed on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, due to a fire in the facility earlier today.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and First Municipal District Presiding Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr. have announced that the Circuit Court of Cook County, in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, has launched a social services referral desk that will link tenants facing eviction to affordable housing and other emergency assistance resources.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the Annual Puerto Rican Heritage Day Courthouse Tour will take place on Thursday, June 15, 2006, in the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street in Chicago. Co-sponsoring the tour is the Puerto Rican Bar Association.

Chief Cook County Judge Timothy C. Evans and Sixth Municipal District Presiding Judge Ronald C. Riley said the court will hold a graduation ceremony for 11 drug offenders on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at 2 p.m. to honor their completion of the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Drug Treatment Court Program. The ceremony will take place in the Sixth Municipal District Court Facility, 16501 South Kedzie Parkway, Markham, Illinois, in the Jury Assembly Room on the second level.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Chancery Division Presiding Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird announced the court has formed a new partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Foundation that will expand the court’s Access to Justice Program providing free legal representation for low income pro se litigants in the Chancery Division.

Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the Circuit Court of Cook County Annual Women’s History Month Courthouse Tour of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, will take place on Monday, March 27, 2006. Co-sponsoring the tour is the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced the Annual Black History Month Courthouse Tours of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, will be offered on Wednesday, February 15, 2006, through Friday, February 17, 2006, and the following week from Tuesday, February 21, 2006, through Friday, February 24, 2006.

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced he has appointed Judge Patrick E. McGann as Presiding Judge of the County Division and Judge Walter Williams as Supervising Judge of the Traffic Section of the First Municipal District. Judge McGann replaces Judge Michael J. Murphy who recently received an assignment to the First District Appellate Court of Illinois from the Illinois Supreme Court. Judge Williams replaces former Judge Robert P. Bastone who recently retired.