Corrections & Sentencing

The mission of the Standing Committee on Corrections & Sentencing is

  • To be responsible for activities relating to the improvement of correctional facilities in Illinois;
  • To develop guidelines and recommendations for appropriate projects in Illinois; to implement the Unified Code of Corrections, including sentencing provisions; and,
  • To cooperate and maintain coordination with the American Bar Association in such activities.

Lay members are authorized.

Committee Roster

  • Scott F. Main, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Chair
  • J. Kyle Rubeck, Dupage County Public Defender's Ofc, Wheaton, Vice-Chair
  • Jessica Koester, Law Office of Jessica Koester LLC, Edwardsville, Secretary
  • Andrew G. Whitfield, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Geneva, Ex-Officio
  • David Badillo, Chicago, Member
  • Paul J. Cain, Northern Illinois University College of Law - Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic, Rockford, Member
  • Tambra K. Cain, Vienna, Member
  • Hon. Gerald B. Cohn, US COURTS, Collinsville, Member
  • Daniel L. Fultz, Brown Hay & Stephens LLP, Springfield, Member
  • Kari Ellen Gibson, Bruno Law Offices, Urbana, Member
  • Ralph E. Guderian, Manuel Cardenas & Associates PC, Chicago, Member
  • Matthew Hoppock, Tazewell County Public Defender’s Office, Pekin, Member
  • Thomas J. Hunter, Belleville, Member
  • Celeste A. Korando, Jackson County Public Defender, Murphysboro, Member
  • Hon. John J. O’Gara, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Belleville, Member
  • Susan K. O’Neal, Peoria, Member
  • Donald J. Ramsell, Ramsell & Kunowski LLC, Wheaton, Member
  • Angela Reaney, Royalton, Member
  • Jamie Ann Rollins, Bruno Law Offices, Champaign, Member
  • Hon. Randall B. Rosenbaum, Champaign County Circuit Court, Urbana, Member
  • Jason D. Sweat, Executive Ethics Commission, Springfield, Member
  • William L. Vig, Vig Law PC, Springfield, Member
  • Kristine M. Honiotes, Honiotes Law Office Ltd, Joliet, Board Liaison
  • Anita M. DeCarlo, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago, Staff Liaison
  • Kimberly Mahlow Hinkle, Buffalo Grove, CLE Committee Liaison