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STATE OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 6, 2008


Pursuant to the authority granted to the Cheif 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 6, 2008 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 WILLIAM BECKER
All criminal and traffic matters

JUDGE KATHLEEN MORAN
All civil and juvenile matters

EFFINGHAM COUNTY:

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

JUDGE JAMES HARVEY
Drug Court

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 DENNIS MIDDENDORFF
All matters not assigned to Judge Schwarm

JASPER COUNTY:

JUDGE JAMES HARVEY
All matters

MARION COUNTY:

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

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

JUDGE JOHN MCGUIRE
All juvenile matters and as assigned by the Chief Judge's Office

JUDGE PATRICK HITPAS
All jury trials and all matters not assigned to Judge Tungate, Judge Sauer and Judge McGuire

JUDGE MICHAEL MCHANEY
As assigned by the Chief Judge's Office

MONTGOMERY COUNTY:

JUDGE JOHN COADY
All criminal and traffic matters

JUDGE KELLY LONG
All matters not assigned to Judge Coady

JUDGE JAMES ROBERTS
As assigned by the Chief Judge’s Office

SHELBY COUNTY:

JUDGE MICHAEL KILEY
All matters
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