2002 News Archive

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and First Municipal District Presiding Judge Jacqueline P. Cox announced that almost one third of the attorneys serving in the court's Mandatory Arbitration Program have completed the court's new two-hour additional training class. The court launched the additional training program for certified arbitrators on June 4, 2002. 

It is appropriate that the Circuit Court of Cook County honor the memory of the thousands of Americans who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans was joined by Chancery Division Presiding Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird and First Municipal District Presiding Judge Jacqueline P. Cox today in announcing the establishment of an innovative pilot program that creates 16 uncontested/default mortgage foreclosure calls to address the explosion in mortgage foreclosure filings in the Chancery Division.

Nineteen inner-city high school juniors will spend a day observing operations of the Circuit Court's Traffic Center at 321 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, on Tuesday, August 6, 1996, starting at 9:00 A.M.

The youths are part of The LaSalle Street Foundation Scholar Program, created in 1994, to provide achieving Chicago public high schoolers with an opportunity to enhance their preparation for admission to college by seeing first-hand, a wide variety of businesses and professionals at work.

The Circuit Court of Cook County presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors in Alsip today. The program is designed to help seniors continue to be safe drivers and to inform them of available community resources. 

In an effort to address the needs of senior citizens as they get behind the wheel, the Circuit Court of Cook County today presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors in Wheeling.

The Circuit Court of Cook County presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors in Alsip today. The program is designed to help seniors continue to be safe drivers and to inform them of available community resources. 

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans is pleased to announce the completion of expansion and renovations to the Circuit Court of Cook County's Children's Advocacy Room that operates in conjunction with the court's Expedited Child Support office located on the 14th Floor at 32 West Randolph in Chicago. 

Chief Judge Evans praised Domestic Relations Division Presiding Judge Moshe Jacobius and Director of Expedited Child Support Yehuda Lebovits for their efforts to expedite the renovations. 

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced he has assigned Judge Charles M. Travis to duties other than judicial duties in the office of First Municipal District Presiding Judge Jacqueline P. Cox. His decision to reassign Judge Travis follows a meeting of the Circuit Court of Cook County Executive Committee convened today by Chief Judge Evans to discuss the complaint filed by the Judicial Inquiry Board against Judge Travis on June 26, 2002. 

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans was joined today by Dr. Anthony L. Barbato, President and Chief Executive Officer of Loyola University Health System, for the official opening of the Loyola Children’s Center at Maywood in the Fourth Municipal District Courthouse in west suburban Maywood, Illinois. The Loyola Children’s Center is the first court-based program in the nation to offer medical and childlife programs for children and families attending court.