Kimberly J. Anderson

As a former Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney, Ms. Anderson has obtained extensive trial and appellate experience. A strong supporter and advocate of children’s rights, Ms. Anderson has served as co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Children and the Law Committee. She has been appointed by the courts numerous times on cases involving adoption and juvenile matters. Ms. Anderson serves as a court appointed child representative.

Admitted:
Illinois, 1998, United States Supreme Court, 2002

Law School:
The John Marshall Law School, JD, with Honors 1998

Undergraduate Degree:
Elmhurst College, Bachelors of Science in Business, 1995

Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney 1998-1999

Law Related Activities
American Bar Association 1996-2002

• Co-chair, Children and the Law 2000

Association for Conflict Resolution-Member, 2003-2005

CARPLS. Young Lawyers Board Member, 1999-2001

Bar Attorney, Juvenile Court, 2001-2006

Chicago Bar Association. 1998-Present

• 17th Annual Moot Court Competition, Judge, 1998
  
• Member of the Adoption and Family Law Divisions, 2000-Present
  
• Chair, Domestic Relations Law Committee, 2007-2008
  
• Chair-Matrimonial Subcommittee, Judiciary and the Court, 2002-2007

Child Representative-Cook County, 2004-Present

Criminal Justice Trial Competition, trial team member, 1998
Coach for New Zealand, Canterbury School of Law, 1999
Georgetown White Collar Crime Competition, Coach for the John Marshall Law School. 1998, 1999

Forensic Forum, 2009-Present, Incoming President 2011

Illinois Bar Association.
Assembly member,  2002-2006, 2007-Present
Committee on Bar Services & Activities, 2000-2009 (Chair), 2008-2009
Committee on Law Related Education for the Public, 2003-2011, (Chair) 2009-20010
Committee on Women and the Law, 2000-2006
Family Law Section Council, 2005-2011, Chair 2011-2012
Recipient of the Illinois State Bar Assoc. Community Service Award, 2001
Solo and Small Conference, Planning Member, 2007-2009
Standing Committee on Bar Elections Supervision, 2002-2009
Standing Committee on Judicial Evaluations-Cook County, 2002-2010
Young Lawyers Board Member, 1999-2002
Illinois LEARN Board of Directors, 2000-2009

National Association of Counsel for Children, 1996-2002

Women Everywhere, Partners and Service Project

• Board member, 1998-2008, President 2007

SEMINARS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/CLE
Guest Speaker, Domestic Violence, Channel 21, December 2002
Speaker, Child Support.  “Law at the Library” seminar-CBA, 2003-2007
Speaker, Triton College, Family law, April 10, 2001
IICLE-Divorce Advocacy School, Developing Powerful Discovery Skills, 2001
IICLE-Basic Skills-The New Attorney’s Introduction to the Effective Practice of Law
April 7, 2008
IICLE-Basic Skills, October 14-15, 2008
IICLE-Drafting Marital Settlement Agreements, November 11 & November 21, 2008
Speaker, Domestic violence issues, Rainbow House, 2000
National Association of Counsel for Children, three day seminar. Training courses included Syndrome Evidence,

• Diagnostic Imaging in Infant Abuse, Domestic Violence and Psychiatric Testimony & and Mental Status, 1998

Hot Topics in Domestic Violence, Speaker “Nuts and Bolts of Hearings on Civil Orders of Protection, September 8, 2006
John Marshall Law School, Speaker, Issues for new attorneys, October 30, 2006
Illinois State Bar, Speaker Cable program , “Abandoned baby and Adoptions”
September 27, 2006
Illinois State Bar, Speaker-“Passed the Bar, Now What?”  August 22, 2008
Hot Topics in Matrimonial Law, Chicago Bar Seminar, February 28, 2006
The John Marshall Law School, Animal Law Issues in Family Law, 2006