Lou Bianchi speaks to fund raising crowd.

The Office of McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi announces that:

Rita M. Gara has joined the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State’s Attorney assigned to the Criminal Division.

Rita received her Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University College of Law and her B.A. degree in Psychology from Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.

Most recently, she has been working as an Associate Attorney for the Law Offices of Thomas W. Schmitt & Jay K. Filler Jr. in Marengo, Illinois focusing on ordinance violations, traffic/petty offenses, foreclosures, small claims and family law matters.

Rita’s experience also includes estate planning, landlord/tenant issues and contractual agreements.