McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi has sent a press release announcing a new attorney in the Felony Division. His name is Simeon Kim.

Previously, he worked for the Kane and Cole County State’s Attorneys, the Illinois Attorney General and the DuPage County Public Defenders’ Office.

The press release follows:

McHenry County State’s Attorney Louis A. Bianchi is pleased to announce that Simeon Kim has joined the Felony Division of the State’s Attorney’s Office. Simeon Kim is a 1997 Graduate from Southern Illinois University College of Law where he was a published member of the Law Review. He obtained his LLM in taxation from DePaul College of Law in 2007.

Simeon was most recently employed by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in Chicago where he prosecuted multi-jurisdictional felony drug cases statewide.

He was previously employed by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office where he first-chaired felony jury trials and was also in charge of the felony review unit. Simeon was also employed by DuPage County Public Defenders’s Office and the Cole County State’s Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted and defended a wide range of criminal cases.

In addition, he is a veteran of the United States Army.