News Room

Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Sixth Municipal District Presiding Judge Ronald C. Riley announced that a Drug Treatment Court graduation ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in the Sixth Municipal District court facility, Jury Assembly Room (second level), located at 16501 S. Kedzie Parkway, Markham, Illinois. Certificates of completion and recovery medallions will be awarded to twelve (12) graduates who have successfully completed all program requirements of the court-based intervention program. 

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced that the Circuit Court of Cook County's Community Safety Initiative hosted a Child Safety Seat Check today at the Apostolic Church of God, located at 6320 S. Dorchester in Chicago's Woodlawn community. 

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans today announced the first annual Circuit Court of Cook County Polish Heritage Month Courthouse Tour will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, in the Richard J. Daley Center at 50 West Washington Street in Chicago. Joining the court in sponsoring the tour is the Advocates Society, The Association of Polish-American Attorneys. 

The Circuit Court of Cook County today presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors at Beth Eden Baptist Church, 11121 South Loomis Street in Chicago. The program, which has been held at various locations throughout Cook County, provides seniors with the latest medical information and available community resources to help them continue to be safe drivers. 

In light of a request issued yesterday, September 5, 2002, by Illinois' next Supreme Court Chief Justice, Honorable Mary Ann G. McMorrow, the Circuit Court of Cook County will amend its previously announced plan to remember the thousands of Americans who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. 

The Circuit Court of Cook County today presented the Drive Wise, Stay Alive Mature Driver Program to a group of seniors at Marie Irwin Community Center in Homewood. 

In explaining the purpose of the program, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said, "The judges of the Circuit Court want senior citizens to be aware of the connection between medical problems and the ability to drive safely. Programs such as this helps guarantee that senior citizens on the road have the latest information to help them to continue to practice traffic safety." 

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.