Richard Devine | |
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Cook County State's Attorney | |
In office December 1, 1996 –December 1, 2008 | |
Preceded by | Jack O'Malley |
Succeeded by | Anita Alvarez |
President of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners | |
In office 1990–1993 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago,Illinois | July 5,1943
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Loyola University Chicago (BA) Northwestern University (JD) |
Richard A. Devine (born July 5,1943) is an American attorney who served as the Cook County State's Attorney from 1996 to 2008. [1]
The second of five children,he was the son of a Chicago Water Department employee. Devine grew up in Rogers Park,Chicago,and played football and basketball at Loyola Academy in Wilmette,Illinois. He attended John Carroll University for one year on a football scholarship but returned home when his father's health worsened after a stroke. [2] In 1966,Devine graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree before earning a Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1968. [3]
Devine worked as an aide to Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley in 1968 and 1969. [4] Devine worked then as a legal advisor to Daley from 1969 to 1972. He then served as the first assistant state's attorney's office under Richard M. Daley from 1980 to 1983. [4] [5] He was President of the Chicago Park District from 1990 to 1993,and a member of the court-reform commission created in the wake of the Operation Greylord.
Devine was elected in 1996 as the Cook County State's Attorney,unseating incumbent Republican Jack O'Malley in an upset victory. [4] [6] He served for 12 years until 2008,when he did not seek re-election. [7] He was succeeded by Anita Alvarez.
Devine appeared in Surviving R. Kelly ,a 2019 Lifetime documentary series about sexual abuse allegations against musician R. Kelly. [8] Though the 2008 trial of Kelly occurred at the end of Devine's tenure,he did not participate in the trial. [9]
Devine has been married to Charlene Devine for over 50 years and they have four adult children. [2]
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