Sheila Murphy was a Cook County public defender, a private criminal defense attorney and Cook County’s first female presiding judge.

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans said in a statement Thursday that Judge Thomas E. Nowinski will be transferred Tuesday to the Third Municipal District, Municipal Department, where he will ...

Cook County Judge Thomas Nowinski requested to be transferred to the court’s Third Municipal District in Rolling Meadows where he will hear misdemeanor and traffic cases starting Tuesday ...

Judge Thomas Nowinski will be transferred effective Tuesday, Jan. 21, from the Domestic Violence Division to the Municipal Division of Cook County Circuit Court, according to the Office of the ...

Judge Thomas Nowinski was subjected to harsh criticism after he released a man who later allegedly killed his wife.

A Cook County judge who released a man later accused of killing his wife will be reassigned from the Domestic Violence Division, Chief Judge Timothy Evans ordered this week. Judge Thomas Nowinski ...

A Cook County judge who allowed a man later accused of killing his wife to be released on electronic monitoring will no longer hear domestic violence cases, Chief Judge Timothy Evans announced ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A judge will be transferred out of the Domestic Violence Division of Cook County Circuit Court at his own request, following harsh criticism after the judge released a man who ...