Hon. Maureen O’Donoghue Hannon, Circuit Court of Cook County
Judge Maureen O. Hannon was elected as a Cook County Circuit Court Judge and sworn in December 2016. She currently sits in the County Division where she hears real estate tax matters, election law, adoption, and mental health cases. Prior to this assignment, she was assigned to the municipal division hearing contract disputes, evictions, and traffic cases.
Prior to taking the bench, Judge Hannon was a practicing attorney for over 25 years with a wide breadth of experience. In addition to 5 years in private practice, she was a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney in the Civil Actions Bureau for 20 years. Judge Hannon has practiced in federal court and most of the divisions of the Circuit Court of Cook County including chancery, probate,
county, law, and the municipal division and as well as defended the County from constitutional claims in litigation in federal court. When she left the Office of the State’s Attorney, she was the Supervisor of the Conflicts Counsel Unit.
