CHRISTOPHER R. DOSCOTCH APPOINTED CIRCUIT JUDGE

On October 9th, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed local attorney Chris Doscotch as Resident Circuit Judge of Peoria County in the Tenth Circuit.  This action fills the vacancy created by the resignation of former Judge Jodi Hoos. His appointme...

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) pilot program

Chief Judge Gilfillan is pleased to announce that Peoria County received Supreme Court approval to pilot Illinois’ first Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) program for the mandatory child custody mediation program in marital dissolution cases and, specifical...

JUDGES MEET WITH YOUNG LAWYERS

On September 24th, 13 judges of the TENTH Circuit
met with 14+ lawyers of the YLC of the PCBA in Abraham Lincoln portraitCourtroom 210 at the Peoria County Courthouse.  Young lawyers present were
organizer Kerrianne Waters along with Kyle Tom...

2020 COURTROOM AND JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

/DocumentCenter/View/836/2020-Judicial-Assignments-PDFThe Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois has announced the 2020 courtroom and judicial assignments, which are effective January 1, 2020 until further order of the Court. If you would like to view the ass...

TWO LOCAL ATTORNEYS NAMED ASSOCIATE JUDGES

The Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, Marcia Meis, has certified the results of the balloting by circuit judges of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in the selection process to fill two pending associate judge vacancies. The successful ca...

25 APPLY FOR 2 ASSOCIATE JUDGE VACANCIES

Twenty-five attorneys have applied for the two associate judge vacancies in the Tenth Circuit.  They are:

 An ISBA bar poll was waived, given
the pressing need to fill one of these vacancies at the earliest practicabledate, estimated t...

NOTICE OF VACANCIES (2) for Associate Judges

Click here to view the AOIC
approved ‘Notice of Vacancies Two (2) Associate Judges, 10thJudicial Circuit.’  This notice and the application itself can be found,
as stated therein, on the Supreme Court website, www.illinois...

Changes at the Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners

The chief judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit is the appointing authority for the five commissioners serving on the Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners (PCBEC), which was formed in 2015, as a result of a county wide referendum in which voters ap...

Associate Judge Reappointment Ballot Results

Each associate judge in Illinois serves a four year term,
subject to reappointment pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 39.   Theresults of this quadrennial’s balloting process is as follows. The
following associate judges were reappointe...

Kelley Vacancy Update

On June 4th, a formal request was made to the
Administrative Office of Illinois Courts (AOIC) to approve the posting of aNotice of Vacancy for this associate judge position.  As soon as approval
is received this Notice will be posted on this ...

Local Rule 17 permitting eFiling for criminal cases

The Rules of Practice of the Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit are hereby amended by adding the following additional rule, e-Filing for the 10th Judicial Circuit Court

Peoria County Courthouse Lactation Room

Pursuant to Public Act 100-947, which amends the Illinois Counties Code at 55 ILCS 5/5-1106 to require “On or before June 1, 2019, every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of t...

Amendment to 10th Circuit Local Rule 42

Effective 5-1-19, Local Rule 42, Financial affidavits and affidavits of amount due, has been amended to require an addendum to the financial affidavits filed in Domestic Relations matters involving issues of property, debt distribution or spousal maintena...

Judge Kelley announces intent to retire

Judge Kim L. Kelley has announced
his intention to retire, effective October 2, 2019, after nearly 13 years onthe bench.  He has served with distinction in many capacities in the
courtroom and as an educator outside the courtroom.  H...

WANTED: A few good court reporters

The Tenth Circuit is currently seeking to hire two official court reporters. This position requires Illinois CSR (Certified Shorthand Reporter) licensure.  Recent salary increases.  Freelance experience credit.  Additional trans...