Forms Committee and Subcommittee Members
The Forms Committee consists of ten members and serves as the leadership and reviewing body ultimately approving all draft and final statewide standardized court forms that are released by the ATJ Commission. Thirteen form subcommittees create, review and edit forms for use in the circuit, appellate, and Illinois Supreme Court.
Below is a list of our current volunteers.
Forms Committee Members
Hon. Michael Fiello, First Judicial Circuit, Co-Chair
Hon. Catherine Schneider, Circuit Court of Cook County, Co-Chair
Halle Cox Eichert, Kane County Law Library and Self-Help Center
Tim Herman, Clark Hill PLC
Terri Ross, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Tiffany Schicker, Marion County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Sue Simone, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Mark Swartz, Law Center for Better Housing
George Vournazos, Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Angela Wille, Madison County Court Law Library
Forms Subcommittees
Adult Expungement
Tiffany Boye Green, Office of the State Appellate Defender
Halle Cox Eichert, Kane County Law Library and Self-Help Center
Steven Fus, Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Yaima Hagstrom, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Melissa Hurst, Coles County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Beth Johnson, Rights and Restoration Law Group, LLC
Erik Lubben, Illinois Court Help
Hon. Mia McPherson, 18th Judicial Circuit
Hon. Ginger Odom, Circuit Court of Cook County
Susan Zielke, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Appellate
Melissa Anderson, Illinois Supreme Court Clerk’s Office
Amy Clark, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Helen Doig, Illinois Court Help
Jeffrey Kaplan, Second Appellate District
Hon. Mary K. Rochford, Illinois First District Appellate Court
Tina Schillaci, First Appellate District
Susan Simone, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Joshua Vincent, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Civil Asset Forfeiture
Dan Brown, Lake County State’s Attorney Office
Janice Coleman, Illinois Court Help
Hon. Marcia O’Brien Conway, Circuit Court of Cook County
Marcin Gulik, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Andrew Hemmer, Federal Defender Program
Beth Manus, Douglas County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Rita O’Connor, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Claire Johnson Raba, UIC Law
Benjamin Ruddell, ACLU of Illinois
Civil Procedure
Hon. Catherine Schneider, Circuit Court of Cook County
Deidre Baumann, Baumann & Shuldiner
Karla Chrobak, CARPLS
Yaima Hagstrom, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Elizabeth Howlett Bogie, 19th Judicial Circuit
Melinda Hubele , Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Frances Paparigian, Illinois Court Help
Tiffany Schicker, Marion County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Marisa Wiesman, AOIC
Criminal Procedure
Gabrielle Christian, Cook County Public Defender
Lynn Combs, 24th Judicial Circuit
Edward Huntley (Ret.), Illinois Department of Corrections
Lori Geshwander, Adam County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Hon. Carey Gill, First Judicial Circuit
Obie Marcel, Illinois Court Help
Nicole Minnis, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Jonathan Pilsner, Illinois First District Appellate Court
Gavin Quinn, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Hon. John Wasilewski (Ret.)
Eviction
Dennericka Brooks, Legal Aid Chicago
Aliyah Edelstein, Illinois Court Help
Terra Khesya Gross, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Jasmine Henry, Resolution Systems Institute
Hon. Brian Porter, Circuit Court of Cook County
Kimberly Stahl, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ogle County
Mark Swartz, Law Center for Better Housing
Nicole Ticknor, 17th Judicial Circuit
Richard Toboz, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hon. Michael Zink, Circuit Court of Cook County
Family Law
Hon. Michael Fiello, 1st Judicial Circuit, Co-Chair
Hon. Dinah Archambeault (Ret.), Of Counsel, Spesia & Taylor and Reich, Jumbeck, Stole & Reeb
Erin Bodendorfer, Katz & Stefani, LLC
Daisy Fermaint, Illinois Court Help
Jackie Gragson, Livingston County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Caitlin Isbell, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Vivian McNaughton, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Jessica Patchik, DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office
Honorable Abbey Fishman Romanek, Circuit Court of Cook County
Mortgage Foreclosure
Randal Berg, LOGS Legal Group LLP
Hon. Jeffrey DeLong, 4th Judicial Circuit
Jesse Goehl, DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office
Terra Khesya Gross, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Tiffany Harvey, Legal Aid Chicago
Professor Damian Ortiz, UIC School of Law
Martin Potter, Codilis & Associates
Mitchell Salata, Illinois Court Help
Carina Segalini, Circuit Court of Cook County
Hon. Darryl Simko (Ret.)
Keara Weber, Hancock County Circuit Clerk
Guardianship
Stephen Iden, Young Law Partners, P.C.
Honorable John Joanem, 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Cheryl Lipton, Center for Disability and Elder Law
Matt Newsted, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Susan McGrath, Champaign County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Megan Nolan, Johnson, Johnson & Nolan
Frances Paparigian, Illinois Court Help
Rebekah Azar Rashidfarokhi, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Douglas Smothers, Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Marisa Weisman, AOIC
Juvenile Expungement
Jessica Acosta, Illinois Court Help
Carmen Anderson, Circuit Court of Cook County
Halle Cox Eichert, Kane County Law Library and Self-Help Center
Darice Goodwin, Circuit Court of Cook County
Regina Hernandez, Legal Aid Chicago
Hon. Ginger Odom, Circuit Court of Cook County
Nicole Minnis, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Sarah Sallen, University of Michigan Law School
Diane Walsh, Circuit Court of Cook County, Juvenile Justice Division
Name Change
Jenna Kearns, Illinois Bar Foundation
Marcin Gulik, Illinois Legal Aid Online
August Hieber, AOIC
Hon. Anna Loftus, Circuit Court of Cook County
Miguel Nunez, Illinois Court Help
Elizabeth Ricks, TransLife
Avi Rudnick, Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
Carolyn Wahlskog, Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
Protective Orders
Hon. Marina E. Ammendola, Circuit Court of Cook County
Shanelle Bardell, Stephenson County Clerk’s Office
Cynthia Braden, AOIC
Hon. Jennifer Clifford, 17th Judicial Circuit
Laura Conroy, Law Office Of Kelley V. Flinn
Loren Gutierrez, Legal Aid Society
Jacque Huddleston, AOIC
Matthew Newsted, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Stephany Ortiz, AOIC
Danielle Parisi Ruffatto, Ascend Justice
Candice Stearns, Sojourn Shelter and Services, Inc
Nora Vail, Circuit Court of Cook County
Angela Wille, Madison County Court Law Library
Beth Williamson, 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Small Claims
Kathleen Callahan, CARPLS
Tahmia Dugger, Illinois Court Help
Lori Grubbs, DeKalb County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Hon. Stephanie Klein, 23rd Judicial Circuit
Kathryn Liss, Prairie State Legal Services
Robert Markoff, Markoff Law
Vivian McNaughton, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Bryan Thompson, Clarkson Law Firm, P.C.
If you have any questions or are interested in joining one of our form subcommittees, email forms@illinoiscourts.gov.