A presentation from a committee of attorneys tasked with reviewing the legislation that last year established the Kendall County Court at Law has led commissioners to consider reshaping the new court’s jurisdiction.
Stephan Rogers, the president of the Kendall County Bar Association, said a committee was formed to discuss the legislation which was made up of several members of the local justice system, including several local attorneys, County Counsel Bill Ballard, District Attorney Nicole Bishop, the district and county clerks and member of the local bar association.
Douglas Burford, a local attorney, chaired the committee of counsel and said there is universal support for the new county court with the exploding population growth that he said is overwhelming the district court caseload. Burford said the committee reviewed statutes creating county courts in dozens of other counties, but the committee ultimately decided it would be in the county’s best interest to revert to the 1999 legislation that created the county’s first county court at law.
