Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, welcomes back Donna K. Kelly as the new Chief of the Civil Division for the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, effective July 12, 2011.
Donna Kelly is a 1990 graduate of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and a 1994 graduate of Northern Illinois University College of Law in DeKalb, Illinois. Ms. Kelly is an experienced litigator previously serving as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office; she was assigned as the lead prosecutor in the Special Prosecution Unit. Her extensive experience also includes service as an Assistant Defender in the Office of the State Appellate Defender and the Kane County Public Defender’s Office. Ms. Kelly also has civil litigation experience, having worked as an associate for the law firm of Garry & Marek in Crystal Lake. She returns to the State’s Attorney’s Office after service as an attorney in private practice for the firm of Donahue, & Walsh, P.C.
2 comments:
I guess it didn't work out for her in private practice...
Hi, Whitmore2. Thanks for your comment, but I don't think that's the reason, at all. I have not spoken with Donna, so I don't know her reasons but, had I been in her shoes (OK, so that's not a possibility!) and if an opportunity had opened up to return to the SAO, I'd have jumped on it.
I suspect books have been written about the difference between being a defense attorney in private practice (and all the thrills and challenges that go with that) and heading up a staff of attorneys focused on one aspect of the law.
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