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Eileen O'Neill Burke
Cook County State's Attorney
In office
December 1, 2024 – December 1, 2028
Preceded byKim Foxx
Personal details
Born58–59 approx.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA)
Kent College of Law (JD)

Eileen O'Neill Burke born in either 1966 or 1967, is the current State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, United States. Prior to serving as State's Attorney, O'Neill Burke was a Justice in the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court (2016 - 2023) and a Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County (2008 - 2016).

Cook County State's Attorney

O'Neill Burke began her term as Cook County State's Attorney on December 1, 2024. O'Neill Burke appointed Hon. Anna H. Demacopoulos (Ret.) to serve as First Assistant State's Attorney.

During her first few days in office, O'Neill Burke implemented numerous policy changes. Those policy changes include a mandate for Assistant State's Attorney's (ASAs) to file a petition for pretrial detention for every defendant charged with murder or a violent Class X felony, which includes aggravated arson, aggravated battery of a child, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed robbery, home invasion and solicitation of murder. Additionally, ASAs must file a petition for detention for defendants charged with detainable felonies while using or possessing a firearm, domestic violence involving a weapon, sex offenses involving victims under 13 years old, and possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).

Personal Life

O'Neill Burke has been married to her husband John, a law school classmate, for 34 years. The couple has four children.



References

  1. "Eileen O'Neill Burke on cookcountystatesattorney.org". www.cookcountystatesattorney.org.
  2. "New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke vows to lower 'war zone numbers' of Chicago violence". Chicago Sun Times. 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  3. "Justice Eileen O'Neill Burke - Illinois Judge's Association". ija.org. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  4. "Cook County State's Attorney Race 2024: Get To Know Democrat Eileen O'Neill Burke - Block Club Chicago". blockclubchicago.org. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  5. ^ Vitello, Barbara (2024-12-02). "Newly sworn Cook County state's attorney announces changes to detention policy". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  6. CWBChicago (2024-11-29). "Smollett prosecutor out, seasoned judge and prosecutor in as top State's Attorney aide". CWB Chicago. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  7. ^ "As she is sworn in, State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke decries violence and pledges new detention policy". Chicago Tribune. 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  8. "Eileen O'Neill Burke is 'Not Related to THAT Burke' — But He Backed Her Appellate Court Bid". WTTW News. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  9. "Eileen O'Neill Burke - City Club of Chicago". www.cityclub-chicago.org. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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