The following press release has been received from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office:

PHILIP HISCOCK APPOINTED NEW ACTING CHIEF OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION FOR THE STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, is pleased to announce that Assistant State’s Attorney Philip Hiscock  has been promoted to Acting Chief of the Criminal Division for the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, effective February 17, 2010.

Hiscock is a seasoned Felony Prosecutor previously assigned to the Special Prosecution Unit of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.  He was admitted by the Supreme Court of Illinois as a member of the Capital Litigation Trial Bar in 2008.

Philip Hiscock is a 1996 graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and a 1999 graduate of DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.

He served in the United States Army Reserves from 1996 to 2008, initially as an infantry officer and later as a trial attorney and legal advisor.

Prior to his arrival at the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, Hiscock served as a felony prosecutor in DuPage County and as trial attorney handling complex civil litigation at a Chicago based law firm.