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STATE OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 5, 2009

Pursuant to the authority granted to the Chief Judge by Article VI, Section 7(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the Judicial assignments in the Fourth Judicial Circuit for the period from October 5, 2009, until further order of the Chief Judge, are as follows:


CHRISTIAN COUNTY
JUDGE RONALD SPEARS
All criminal and traffic matters

JUDGE BRADLEY PAISLEY
All matters not assigned to Judge Spears

CLAY COUNTY
JUDGE Wm. ROBIN TODD
All matters

CLINTON COUNTY
JUDGE DENNIS MIDDENDORFF
All criminal and traffic matters

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
All civil and juvenile matters

EFFINGHAM COUNTY
JUDGE SHERRI TUNGATE
All daily criminal, traffic and juvenile matters taking less than one day (two half-days)

JUDGE DANIEL HARTIGAN
All daily civil matters taking less than one day (two half-days)

JUDGE KIMBERLY KOESTER
All jury trials and contested matters taking more than one day (two half-days)
JUDGE JAMES HARVEY
Drug Court (Friday)

FAYETTE COUNTY
JUDGE S. GENE SCHWARM
All jury trials, all civil contested matters and juvenile matters taking more than one-half day, all criminal (CF, CM and DT cases) bench trials (including PTRs) taking more than one hour and all case management conferences, pre-trials and motion hearings on L cases

JUDGE WILLIAM BECKER
All matters not assigned to Judge Schwarm

JASPER COUNTY
JUDGE JAMES EDER
All matters
(Tues. – Thurs. – every other Friday & trial week)
MARION COUNTY
JUDGE JOHN MCGUIRE
Daily criminal and traffic matters taking
one-half day or less

JUDGE GEORGE LACKEY
Daily civil matters taking one-half day or
less and all dissolution proceedings taking one day (two half-days) or less

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
All juvenile matters (Wednesdays)
JUDGE PATRICK HITPAS
All jury trials and all matters not assigned to Judge McGuire, Judge Lackey and Judge McHaney

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
JUDGE KELLY LONG
All criminal, traffic, and juvenile matters

JUDGE KATHLEEN MORAN
All matters not assigned to Judge Long

SHELBY COUNTY
JUDGE MICHAEL KILEY
All matters

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STATE OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER EFFECTIVE APRIL 5, 2010

Pursuant to the authority granted to the Chief Judge by Article VI, Section 7(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, the Judicial assignments in the Fourth Judicial Circuit for the period from April 5, 2010, until further order of the Chief Judge, are as follows:


CHRISTIAN COUNTY
JUDGE RONALD SPEARS
All criminal and traffic matters

JUDGE JAMES ROBERTS
All matters not assigned to Judge Spears

CLAY COUNTY
JUDGE Wm. ROBIN TODD
All matters

CLINTON COUNTY
JUDGE DENNIS MIDDENDORFF
All criminal, traffic and juvenile matters

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
Daily civil matters

EFFINGHAM COUNTY
JUDGE SHERRI TUNGATE
All daily criminal and traffic maters taking less than one day (two half-days)

JUDGE JAMES EDER
All daily civil matters taking less than one day (two half-days)and juvenile matters taking less than one-half day

JUDGE KIMBERLY KOESTER
All jury trials and contested criminal, traffic and civil matters taking more than one day (two half-days)and juvenile matters taking more than one-half day
JUDGE JAMES HARVEY
Drug Court (Friday)

FAYETTE COUNTY
JUDGE S. GENE SCHWARM
All jury trials, all civil contested matters and juvenile matters taking more than one-half day, all criminal (CF, CM and DT cases) bench trials (including PTRs) taking more than one hour and all case management conferences, pre-trials and motion hearings on L cases

JUDGE WILLIAM BECKER
All matters not assigned to Judge Schwarm

JASPER COUNTY
JUDGE DANIEL HARTIGAN
All matters
(Tues. – Thurs. – every other Friday & trial week)
MARION COUNTY
JUDGE MICHAEL McHANEY
Daily criminal, traffic and juvenile matters taking
one-half day or less

JUDGE GEORGE LACKEY
Daily civil matters taking two days or
less

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
All juvenile matters (Wednesdays)

JUDGE S. GENE SCHWARM
All civil jury trials and all civil and juvenile matters assigned to Judge McHaney and Judge Lackey

JUDGE KIMBERLY KOESTER
All criminal and traffic jury trials and all criminal and traffic matters not assigned to Judge McHaney and Judge Lackey

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
JUDGE KELLY LONG
All criminal, traffic, and juvenile matters

JUDGE BRADLEY PAISLEY
All matters not assigned to Judge Long

SHELBY COUNTY
JUDGE MICHAEL KILEY
All matters

ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
Chief Judge S. Gene Schwarm, Circuit Judge Douglas Jarman, Associate Judge James Harvey and Associate Judge Ericka Sanders will be assigned by the Chief Judge's Office. All other Circuit and Associate Judges will be subjec to special assignment as ordered by the Chief Judge's Office.
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