Member Groups

Fair and Impartial Courts

To coordinate ISBA efforts to identify and publicize threats to fair and impartial courts from lack of funding, and to consider measures to address this problem.

Report on the Funding Crisis in the Illinois Courts

Special Committee Roster

  • Hon. Patricia P. Golden, West Dundee, Co-Chair
  • Hon. James M. Wexstten, Mt Vernon, Co-Chair
  • Alisa B. Arnoff, Scalambrino & Arnoff LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Michael G. Bergmann, Public Interest Law Initiative, Chicago, Member
  • Carl R. Draper, Feldman Wasser Draper & Cox, Springfield, Member
  • Hon. Val Gunnarsson, Carroll County Courthouse, Mt. Carroll, Member
  • Randall A. Hack, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, Member
  • John J. Holevas, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP, Rockford, Member
  • Hon. Maureen A. Josh, Clerk of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Sycamore, Member
  • Hon. Rita M. Novak, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Member
  • Meghan N. O'Brien, Garofalo Law Group, Chicago, Member
  • Tara H. Ori, Lake County States Attorney Office, Waukegan, Member
  • Hon. Mary S. Schostok, 2nd District Appellate Justice, Libertyville, Member
  • Richard W. Zuckerman, Peoria, Member
  • James F. McCluskey, Momkus McCluskey LLC, Lisle, Board Liaison
  • Mr. David N. Anderson, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison
  • Lynne Davis, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison