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Assignment Order
STATE OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT


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 3, 2011, until further order of the Chief Judge, are as follows:

CHRISTIAN COUNTY
JUDGE BRADLEY PAISLEY

All criminal, traffic and juvenile matters; drug court

JUDGE RONALD SPEARS
All matters not assigned to Judge Paisley

CLAY COUNTY
JUDGE Wm. ROBIN TODD

All daily matters and contested matters taking one-half day or less (Monday - Wednesday - Friday)

JUDGE MICHAEL McHANEY
All jury trials and contested matters taking more than one-hdal day; and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on civil jury cases.

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

JUDGE WILLIAM BECKER
All matters not assigned to Judge Middendorff

EFFINGHAM COUNTY
JUDGE ERICKA SANDERS

All daily criminal and traffic matters taking less than one-half day; drug court

JUDGE DANIEL HARTIGAN
All daily civil matters taking less than one-half day and juvenile matters taking less than one-half day.

JUDGE MICHAEL KILEY
All jury trials and contested matters taking more than one-half day; and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on civil jury cases.

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-half day and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on L cases

JUDGE ALLAN LOLIE
All matters not assigned to Judge Schwarm

JASPER COUNTY
JUDGE Wm. ROBIN TODD

All daily matters and contested matters taking one-half day or less (Tues. – Thurs.)

JUDGE S. GENE SCHWARM
All jury trials and contested matters taking more than one-half day; and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on civil jury cases.

MARION COUNTY
JUDGE SHERRI TUNGATE

Daily criminal and traffic matters taking one-half day or less

JUDGE MARK STEDELIN
Daily civil and juvenile matters taking one-half day orless

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
All jury trials and all matters not assigned to Judge Tungate and Judge Stedelin; and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on civil jury cases; drug court

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
JUDGE KELLY LONG

All criminal, traffic, and juvenile matters; drug court

JUDGE DOUGLAS JARMAN
All matters not assigned to Judge Long

SHELBY COUNTY
JUDGE KIMBERLY KOESTER

All daily matters and contested matters taking one-half day or less

JUDGE MICHAEL KILEY
All jury trials and contested matters taking more than one-half day; and all case management conferences, pre-trials and dispositive motion hearings on civil jury cases

ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
Associate Judge James Eder, Associate Judge J. Marc Kelly, and Associate Judge James Roberts will be assigned by the Chief Judge’s Office. All other Circuit and Associate Judges will be subject to special assignment as ordered by the Chief Judge’s Office.
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