Today, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Mariyana Spyropoulos hosted “Navigating the Cook County Justice System” with Cook County Commissioners Scott Britton, Kevin Morrison and Maggie Trevor at Harper College in Palatine. The event focused on educating residents about how to move through the Cook County Justice System and featured key countywide agencies.
Today, the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, under the leadership of Mariyana Spyropoulos, proudly celebrated Native American Heritage Month. Clerk Spyropoulos awarded Native American Leadership Awards to the American Indian Association of Illinois, the National Native American Bar Association and two Clerk of the Circuit Court employees.
Clerk of the Circuit Court Mariyana Spyropoulos announced today that the Office’s Investigations Division has formally adopted the Shared Principles, a landmark agreement between the NAACP Illinois State Conference and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police (ILACP).
The Clerk’s Office brought together judges, advocates and community partners to advance survivorcentered justice and collaboration in Cook County courts.
Today, the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, under the leadership of Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos, proudly celebrated Polish American Heritage Month.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Mariyana Spyropoulos successfully held a Second Chance Summit giving hundreds of individuals the ability to start the process of expunging and sealing their court records. Hundreds of individuals attended the summit on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Proviso Math and Science Academy and were successfully able to file petitions for expungement or sealing.
Clerk of the Circuit Court Mariyana Spyropoulos announced the upcoming Second Chance Summit, a countywide initiative to ensure that the legal right to expungement and record sealing is not just written in law, but accessible in practice to every resident who qualifies.
The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court has uncovered a remarkable piece of the history of Pope Leo XIV. A Declaration of Intention filed by Pope Leo’s grandfather in Cook County offers a tangible connection between the Pope’s family and our local history.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) dedicated the disinfection facility in Skokie in honor of Clerk Spyropoulos. The ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection facility is now named The Mariyana T. Spyropoulos Disinfection Facility at the O’Brien Water Reclamation Plant.
Clerk of the Circuit Court Mariyana Spyropoulos today shared her Progress Report outlining achievements in her sweeping efforts to modernize the Clerk's Office and restore public trust in one of Cook County's most essential government agencies. Click here to continue
