McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi says Cynthia Schaupp’s “hiring was to help fulfill his promise to do whatever he could legally to improve our roads and highways in McHenry County,” according to an email I received.

The following press release about the hiring of a new assistant has been received from Bianchi’s office:

McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis A. Bianchi is pleased to announce that he has hired Cynthia A. Schaupp as an Assistant State’s Attorney.

She will be assigned to the Civil Division and will be working on projects involving the McHenry County Department of Transportation.

Cynthia Schaupp received her Juris Doctorate in 1997 from The John Marshall Law School and her B.A. from the University of Iowa.

She previously worked as an associate attorney in Chicago with Parrillo, Weiss & O’Halloran as well as at Campion, Curran, Rausch, Gummerson & Dunlap in Crystal Lake and Caldwell, Berner & Caldwell in Woodstock.

Most recently she has had her own private practice participating in real estate closings for both residential and corporate clients, contracts, wills and powers of attorney.

Cynthia’s work experience includes conducting numerous civil bench and jury trials. She resides in Algonquin with her husband and two children.