| Judge Diane J. Larsen Diane Joan Larsen is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, assigned to one of the seven motion calls of the master calendar in the Law Division. She has served in various Law Division motion calls for the past twelve years. Before being elected, she was Chief of Policy Litigation at the City of Chicago’s Law Department. During her 15 year career with the City, she specialized in the defense of civil rights policy challenges and class actions in both federal and state court. Judge Larsen graduated summa cum laude from De Paul University with a B.A. in psychology and holds a law degree from Loyola University of Chicago. Judge Larsen is an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago Law School, where she has taught appellate advocacy for 20 years. Judge Larsen has been appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve as a Judicial Education Faculty Member for numerous judicial seminars. She is the current author and editor of the Illinois judges’ Civil Motion Practice Manual and has taught the motion practice section of the New Judge Seminar for many years. Judge Larsen also sits on the Board of Directors of the Women Everywhere Partners in Service Project, where she has been a volunteer for the past ten years. Judge Larsen was the 2008 recipient of the Hooten award given by the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. ...for more information, click here |
