Part-time Faculty
Dorene A. Kuffer
Biography
Dorene A. Kuffer was the Public Defender of Champaign County, Illinois before assuming her present position. She has practiced law as an Assistant Public Defender, Assistant State's Attorney, and private practitioner throughout the state of Illinois. In those positions, she represented both children and parents in delinquency, abuse and neglect, and domestic relations cases. She is Regional Vice Chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
| Education: | B.S. in Business Administration, Illinois State University, 1981 J.D., University of Illinois, 1985 LL.M. in Child and Family Law, Loyola Chicago, 2002 |
| Present Position: | Chief, Training Division, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender |
| Course taught: | M.J. Family Law |
| Contact: | 69 West Washington Street 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 603-0722 dkuffer@ameritech.net |
