Richard A. Devine

Richard A. "Dick" Devine (born July 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is the current State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, United States. He was elected to his third term in November 2004. Devine is a graduate of Loyola Academy, Loyola University Chicago, and the Northwestern University School of Law. A lawyer for over 35 years, he has argued before the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the 7th Circuit United States Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He served previously as an aide to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, as First Assistant to Cook County, Illinois, State's Attorney Richard M. Daley, and as President of the Chicago Park District. As a lawyer in private practice, he was a partner at Shefsky, Froehlich & Devine, before that at Phelan, Cahill, Devine & Quinlan and initially at Foran, Wiss & Schultz, all in Chicago, Illinois. Devine began his legal career at Squire Sanders & Dempsey in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the Greylord Commission appointed to reform the Cook County, Illinois courts and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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* [http://www.statesattorney.org/default.htm Cook County State's Attorney Office]