Lori G. Levin

Experience: Private Practice June 2009-; Concentration on Criminal and juvenile defense as well as DCFS investigations and administrative appeals, also handles expungements and mental health issues issues; Executive Director Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority 2003-June 2009; Directed agency dedicated to improving criminal justice statewide; Oversaw $100M+ criminal justice research and grants; Chaired Illinois Integrated Justice Information Systems Implementation Board; Chaired Task Force for Update of Model Domestic Violence Protocol Served on Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, Illinois Family Violence Coordinating Council, Sex Offender Management Board, City of Chicago Mayor' Domestic Violence; Advisory Coordinating Council, Juvenile Justice ReDeploy Illinois Steering Committee; Governor's Community Safety and Reentry Working Group, Metropolis 2020's Justice; Violence Index Advisory Council, Go to 2040 Crime and Justice Planning Initiative Advisory; Board, State of Illinois/City of Chicago Collaborative on Reentry Advisory Council; Supervisor, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, 1998-2003; Seniors and Persons with Disabilities/Mental Health Divisions; Directed investigation/prosecution of financial exploitation cases, violent crimes, and abuse cases; Supervised civil commitment and forced treatment of mentally ill persons in crisis; Trial Attorney, Cook County State's Attorney's Office 1980-2003; First chair, Felony Trial Courts, 26th and California; Other assignments: post-convictions, Juvenile Court, felony review and preliminary hearings; Tried 50+ felony and civil juries.EducationGeorgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor, 1980; Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic, 1979-80; University of Illinois, Bachelor of Science in Journalism, 1977; Managing Editor, The Illio, magazine format college yearbook. Admissions: State of Illinois, 1980; United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1980; Trial Bar, 1998; Illinois Capital Litigation Trial Bar, Lead Counsel, 2002.