Judge Lynn Marie Egan Date Admitted to Bar: Illinois-1985 Court: Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Legal Experience:  Judge Egan began her career as an appellate lawyer and appeared before the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts on numerous occasions as a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney. While in the Appellate Division, she supervised other attorneys and argued matters not previously decided in this state. She also testified on behalf of the State’s Attorney’s Office before a legislative committee considering proposed changes to the statutes defining murder and voluntary manslaughter as a result of inconsistent jury verdicts. Following her assignment in the Appellate Division, she moved to Juvenile Court, where she was assigned to a Delinquency courtroom and tried hundreds of bench trials. In February 1987, she left the State’s Attorney’s Office for the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, where she represented individual and corporate defendants in professional negligence cases. Although the primary thrust of her practice was litigation, she again appeared before the Illinois Supreme Court to argue an issue of first impression in Cisarik v. Palos Community Hospital. In December 1995, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed her to the bench. Judicial Experience:  Following her appointment to the bench in 1995, Judge Egan was assigned to Traffic Court, where she was selected as Assistant Supervising Judge. She presided over dozens of DUI trials and thousands of minor traffic violation cases. She was elected in the 1996 general election and subsequently transferred to the Law Division, where she presided over contested motions and trials in a wide variety of cases. In March 1997, she was transferred to the Fifth Municipal District, where she presided over an Individual Civil Calendar and was appointed Supervising Judge of Mandatory Arbitration. During this assignment, Judge Egan was additionally assigned to the Law Division and presided over personal injury, contract, housing, equitable and post-judgment matters. In April 2000, Judge Egan returned to the Daley Center and was assigned to an Individual Commercial Calendar in the Law Division. In March 2002, Judge Egan assumed an Individual General Calendar in the Law Division where she is responsible for resolution of contested motions, case management, settlement conferences and jury trials.   Cook County Court Watchers, Inc.:  After observing Judge Egan in court, the Court Watchers noted the following: “Judge Egan’s demeanor was evident as well as her attitude to be helpful. She treated everyone appearing before her with dignity and explained the next procedure she thought they should make in preparing for their next court appearance. The judge had a very good attitude.”        Awards:   Distinguished Alumna Award, The John Marshall Law School, March 9, 2000; Certificate of Appreciation, The John Marshall Law School, 2000; Certificate of Achievement, The John Marshall Law School, 1999. Judicial Teaching Appointments:  The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed Judge Egan as a Faculty Member at the following judicial seminars: Commercial Litigation & Consumer Law, Scheduled March 2003; New Judge Seminar, Scheduled December 2002; Education Conference 2002: “Civil Law: Instructing a Civil Jury,” March 20-22, 2002; Education Conference 2002: “Civil Law: Instructing a Civil Jury,” February 6-8, 2002; Civil Evidence, February 7-8, 2001; Civil Evidence, November 16-17, 2000; Strict Liability in Tort, May 13-14, 1999; Faculty Development Workshop, August 1997; New Judge Seminar, December 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.      Other Educational Activities:  Judge Egan has participated in the following Law School & Bar Association events: Loyola University School of Law, “Trial of a Malpractice Case” (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002); The John Marshall Law School, Annual International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology & Privacy Law (1998, 1999 & 2000); The John Marshall Law School, “The Road to Justice,” October 2001; Southwest Bar Association, “The Nuts and Bolts of Rule 213 Interrogatories,” June 2002; Southwest Bar Association, Mandatory Arbitration, 2001; Southwest Bar Association, “213 Interrogatories: What Every Trial Lawyer Should Know,” January 2001; Southwest Bar Association, “Civil Practice in the Fifth District,” December 1998; Chicago Bar Association, Civil Practice Committee, January 2000; Chicago Bar Association/Young Lawyers Section, “Successful Practice in the Law Division,” March 1998; Chicago Bar Association/Young Lawyers Section, “A Walk Through of Cook County Law Practice,” May 1997; Chicago Bar Association/Young Lawyers Section, Trial Advocacy Program, May 1996; Women’s Bar Association, Tort Committee, Mentoring Dinner, February 1998; National Association of Women Lawyers, Regional Meeting – “Judges Are from Venus, Lawyers Are from Mars,” May 1997.      Publications: “Use of Non-Pattern Jury Instructions in Civil Cases,”     Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 2002; “Rule 213: Consistency as the Solution,” Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 2000 & 2001; “Day in the Life Films,” Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 2001; “Rule 213 Disclosure: How to Ensure Your Witnesses Are Allowed to Testify at Trial,” IDC Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 4 (November 1999).  Memberships:   Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee; Illinois Judges Association; LaGrange Highlands Woman’s Club.   Education:  The John Marshall Law School, 1985, J.D.; DePaul University, 1981, B.A., Communications; Mother McAuley High School, 1977. Family:  Judge Egan was born December 14, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. She is married and the mother of two sons.