Supreme Court Rules

The Standing Committee on Supreme Court Rules has the responsibility for assisting the Board of Governors and Assembly with the review of proposed amendments to the Rules of the Illinois Supreme Court, (excluding the Rules of Professional and Judicial Conduct and the rules governing attorney registration and discipline); and to coordinate the presentation of ISBA positions or proposals to the supreme court and its appropriate committees.

The committee's membership shall include the Third Vice-President who shall serve as chair, representatives of the Civil Practice & Procedure and Criminal Justice section councils and such other members as the President shall appoint.

Standing Committee Roster

  • Richard D. Felice, Richard D Felice PC, Wheaton, Chair/Board Liaison
  • Deane B. Brown, Beermann Swerdlove LLP, Chicago, Vice-Chair
  • Alice E. Keane, Office of Illinois Attorney General, Chicago, Secretary
  • Charles E. Adler, Adler Law Offices, Ltd., Chicago, Member
  • Hon. Robert J. Anderson, 18th Judicial Circuit Court, Wheaton, Member
  • Matthew R. Carter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Member
  • Robert A. Creamer, Law Office of Robert A Creamer, Cambridge, Member
  • James R. Dashiell, Dashiell Law Office, LLC, Chicago, Member
  • John L. Davis, Moore Susler McNutt & Wrigley LLC, Decatur, Member
  • Hon. Michael B. Hyman, Chicago, Member
  • Hon. Mary W. McDade, State of Illinois, Appellate Court 3rd District, Peoria, Member
  • Douglas W. Stiles, Fuqua Winter & Stiles Ltd, Waukegan, Member
  • Grant S. Wegner, Mahoney Silverman& Cross LLC, Yorkville, Member
  • J. Patrick White, Law Offices of Jeffrey J Kroll, Chicago, Member
  • Mary Beth Williams, Mary Beth Williams Attorney at Law, Glen Carbon, Member
  • Charles J. Northrup, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison