Board of Directors
Kristine M. Tuttle
Board President
Kristine M. Tuttle is an attorney at Wittman & Lorton, P.C. in Jerseyville, Illinois.
Hon Susan Clancy Boles
Board Vice President
Susan Clancy Boles is a Judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit (Kane County). Judge Boles served as Vice Chair of the Circuit Court of Chief Judges Conference (2017-19).
Kevin M. Kelly
Board Treasurer
Kevin M. Kelly is a partner in the law firm of Markoff Law LLC, Chicago Illinois, concentrating in the area of judgment enforcement. Prior to that, he was a solo practitioner for 25 years. Kevin is a long-term member of Al-Anon and has been sponsoring an Alateen group in Westmont Illinois connected with the New Day Center of Hinsdale Hospital since 2001.
J. Nelson Wood
J. Nelson Wood is a sole practitioner in Mt. Vernon and Chicago, Illinois. His practice focuses on coal, oil, and gas.
Edward McCarthy
Edward McCarthy is managing partner in the Law firm of McCarthy and Allen in Glen Carbon, Illinois. He has been active in many community involved organizations including being the President of the Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce, the Edwardsville Police Pension Fund Board of Trustees, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield School Board.
Dean James Faught
James Faught is Associate Dean for Administration at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Judge Daniel J. Kubasiak
Daniel Kubasiak is a Circuit Court Judge in the Law Division, Commercial Calendar, Circuit Court of Cook County.
Judge Stanley L. Hill
Judge Stanley L. Hill presides in the 4th Municipal District in Maywood, Illinois, and as an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. He is an ordained Christian minister. His background spans legal practice in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including managing partner of Stanley L. Hill & Associates, P.C.
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy is a partner in the firm of Corboy and Demetrio in Chicago, Illinois.
Valée L. Salone
Valeé L. Salone practices law in Chicago, Illinois with a focus on wills, trusts, probate, estates, real estate, and adoption.
Judge Sophia Atcherson
Judge Sophia Atcherson presides over felony cases in the Leighton Criminal Court Building. Her background includes work with the Office of the State Appellate Defender, and the Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender. Judge Atcherson holds memberships in many Illinois Supreme Court Committees and Judicial Associations and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Judge Alfredo Maldonado
Judge Alfredo Maldonado has served as an associate judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2014. He hears felony cases and presides over the criminal division’s Men’s Mental Health Court. He is a member of several Illinois Supreme Court Committees including the Special Advisory Committee for Justice and Mental Health Planning. Before becoming a judge, he worked for the Cook County Public Defender for fifteen years.
Arthur Winstein
Arthur Winstein is founder and lawyer at Winstein Law in Rock Island, IL. He practices in many areas of law including divorce, custody, felony, juvenile, and wills.
Conrad Nowak
Conrad Nowak is an at large board member. He is a partner at Corboy & Demetrio with more than 18 years of defense experience in the areas of personal injury, product liability, toxic tort, construction, aviation and commercial litigation.
Justice Mary K. O’Brien
Illinois Supreme Court Liaison
Emeritus Board Member
Justice O’Brien was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in November 2022. Previously, she was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1996 and served until December 2003. She was appointed to the Illinois Appellate Court in December 2003 and subsequently elected to the Appellate Court in 2004 and retained in 2014. During her tenure, she served on multiple commissions and committees and received awards from numerous community and legal organizations.
Judge Warren D. Wolfson Ret.
Emeritus Board Member
Warren D. Wolfson is a retired Appellate Court Judge and serves on the faculty at the DePaul University School of Law.
Judge Michael Caldwell Ret.
Emeritus Board Member
Michael Caldwell is a retired Circuit Court Judge in the 22nd Judicial Circuit in Woodstock (McHenry County), Illinois.
Judge Sheila M. Murphy Ret.
In memoriam
Sheila was a Cook County Circuit Court Judge who was Co-Director of the Restorative Justice Project at the University of Illinois Chicago Law.
Mike McElvain
Emeritus Board Member
Mike McElvain is a retired attorney in Bloomington, Illinois who practiced for 51 years, specializing in civil and commercial litigation, personal injury and damage claims and workers compensation.
From left to right: Judge Susan Clancy Boles, Edward McCarthy, Judge Stanley L. Hill, Patrick Murphy, J. Nelson Wood, Judge Sheila Murphy, Justice Mary K. O’Brien, Judge Daniel Kubasiak, and Valeé L. Salone.