The Kendall County District Attorney’s office is getting a reboot in preparation for the introduction of a county court at law, but it’s still unclear when the new court will take shape. However, Kendall County District Attorney Nicole Bishop has brought on two new prosecutors to ensure all cases are covered once there are two court rooms to try cases.
The DA’s office used to have more specialized attorneys who simply handled different case types, including a misdemeanor prosecutor, a special victims prosecutor, a drug and alcohol prosecutor and more. However, Bishop said she has hired two new general prosecutors to help the office straddle two courtrooms.
Assistant Criminal District Attorney Erica Bryant was hired last week while Alessandra Deike was brought in last year. Bryant will be covering misdemeanor cases and Deike will be covering felony cases. While some prosecutors will retain their more specialized roles, like Assistant DA Manuel Cardenas covering drug and alcohol offense and Assistant DA Nick Socias covering crimes involving special victims, the two new prosecutors will help ensure those specialized cases will be covered should one be happening in both courts at the same time.