| Judge Jennifer Duncan Brice Jennifer Duncan Brice graduated from John Marshall Law School in 1976. She started working at the Corporation Counsel's Office for the City of Chicago as a law clerk in 1975. She was hired as an attorney in 1976 and held various positions, ultimately becoming Deputy Corporation Counsel for the Torts Division. In 1992, Jennifer Duncan Brice was elected as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She was assigned to the Law Division and had several assignments for the first two years, including a motion call. For the last 16 years, she has been assigned to the General Calendar Call where she hears cases from the beginning to end, i.e. manage the discovery in the lawsuit, rule on motions, mediate the pre-trials, and conduct the trials. She is a co-author of a book published in 2004 entitled Illinois Pretrial Practice. It was published by James Publishing, which has been revised every year since it was first publication. It is approximately 1200 pages in length, covering all aspects of preparing a civil case for trial. From 1988 to 1989, she was president of the Chicago Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. . |