The Cook County State's Attorney's Office
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The Cook County State's Attorney's Office
@cookcountysao
The 2nd largest prosecutor's office in the U.S., working on behalf of Cook County residents to prosecute violations of the law of the State of Illinois.
The Windy City Times just featured CCSAO Assistant State's Attorney Marcell Taylor. Marcell recently moderated a Pride Month forum on LGBTQ+ rights, advocacy and community-driven change. We're proud to have dedicated attorneys who take their skills beyond the courtroom.
- CASE UPDATE: Today we secured First-Degree Murder and Robbery convictions against Isaac Anderson for fatally shooting 60-year-old Oral Woods, an unarmed passenger aboard a CTA Red Line train in 2022. Learn more ⬇️
- We want to hear from you. Join us on Monday at the Douglass Branch Library for our African American Community Roundtable Discussion on Hate Crimes. This event is designed to create a space for discussion, learning, and partnership to combat hate crimes across Cook County.
- Victims and witnesses should never be recorded or intimidated inside a courthouse. @saeileenburke and the CCSAO championed legislation to protect domestic violence survivors and others from this type of harassment inside a courthouse. 🔊 ⬇️
00:00 - Our transit system runs because of the dedication of its workers. They deserve to be safe on the job. We met with ATU Local 241 to hear from their members and share how we’re training staff and working with partners to strengthen prosecutions of transit-related crime.
- The Cook County State's Attorney's Office reposted
The @cookcountysao is modernizing how we manage digital evidence to better serve victims and strengthen prosecutions. We are fully transitioning to Axon Justice so our teams can review, share and use evidence more effectively.
- Our 2026 summer interns are here! This year’s class will spend the summer supporting our prosecutors, conducting legal research and fulfilling our mission of seeking justice on behalf of victims. More about this year’s class ⬇️
- Happy Pride Month! At the CCSAO, we work every day to help make Cook County a place where every person feels safe, supported, and treated with the dignity they deserve.
- The @CDLB just featured one of our newest recruits: Scout Savage. As an active-duty law student, Scout’s path to the CCSAO included a deployment and taking classes remotely from his military base in Syria. Scout is one of many talented bar takers joining the CCSAO in August!
- “They can be state’s attorneys. They can be judges.” ⚖️ At the Markham Courthouse, our team welcomed young men from the Urban Male Network to see lawyers in action, learn about their paths to CCSAO and explore what a future in law could look like.
00:00 - This week, the CCSAO Community Engagement team partnered with the Urban Male Network to host “A Day in the Life of an ASA.” This program welcomed young men to the Markham Courthouse to meet prosecutors, see the justice system up close and explore careers in law.
