Patrick Kevin Coughlin makes 15th Subcircuit bid

Assistant State's Attorney Patrick Kevin Coughlin has announced plans to file for the Doody vacancy in the 15th Subcircuit. That's a link to Coughlin's campaign website in the preceding sentence. A link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1996, Coughlin's website states that he is "Deputy Chief of the Narcotic Prosecution Bureau at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office where he oversees 47 ASAs within the Narcotic Bureau, comprised of the Complex Narcotics Unit, Asset Forfeiture Unit, Narcotic Felony Trial Division, and the Narcotic Preliminary Hearing/Special Grand Jury Unit."

Also according to his website, Coughlin has lectured at the Chicago Police Department's Training Academy and for the the Illinois State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Association. He has been an instructor with the St. Michael School's Mock Trial program and has served an Adjunct Professor with Kaplan University and the University of Phoenix.