Chief Circuit Judge Kathryn E. Creswell is pleased to announce that following a tabulation of ballots by the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in Springfield, the Circuit Judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Court, DuPage County, Illinois have appointed Brian W. Jacobs to the position of Associate Judge.
Mr. Jacobs fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Associate Judge Karen M. Wilson to Circuit Judge.

Brian W. Jacobs, J.D.-Boston College of Law, Newton, MA, 1996; admitted to the practice of law in Illinois, 1996. Mr. Jacobs currently is a Deputy Chief for the DuPage County Public Defender’s Office (2001-present). Previously, he was an associate with O’Hagan, Smith and Amundsen (2000-2001) and an Assistant Public Defender for the Kane County Public Defender’s Office (1996-2000). Mr. Jacobs is an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers and the DuPage County Criminal Defense Lawyers.