Part-Time Faculty
Tasha-Marie Hyung Kelly
Biography
Tasha-Marie Kelly is an Assistant State's Attorney and Briefs-Out Supervisor in the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. Tasha-Marie has drafted, researched, and argued multiple cases before the Illinois Appellate Court and has also argued as counsel for the People of the State of Illinois before the Illinois Supreme Court. Prior to her current position, she was assigned to several other areas of the office, including the Juvenile Justice Bureau and the Felony Trial Division. As an attorney in those assignments, Tasha-Marie tried numerous bench and jury cases, including murders, sex crimes, and narcotics offenses. She is a 1998 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where her work in the Criminal Justice Clinic won her the William Greenfield Trial Practice Award. While there, she also taught in the District of Columbia public high school system, worked at the United States Department of Justice, and served as the editor-in-chief of the Georgetown Law Weekly, which earned two American Bar Association national publication awards under her leadership.
| Education: |
A.B., University of Michigan, 1995 |
| Present Position: | Assistant State's Attorney and Briefs-Out Supervisor, Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office |
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| Contact: | (312) 603-6114 tashamkelly@comcast.net |
