BREAKING CHICAGO NEWS: A Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan has named Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph H. McMahon as the special prosecutor in the Laquan McDonald case - Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is on trial for murder after shooting the teen 16 times

CHICAGO — A judge has named Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph H. McMahon as the special prosecutor in the Laquan McDonald case.

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is on trial for murder after shooting the teen 16 times.

McMahon was appointed Kane County State’s Attorney in November 2010.

He began his legal career in 1992 as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Kane County prosecuting criminal cases, including traffic, misdemeanor, felonies, sexual assault, gang-related crimes, crimes against children and the elderly, and first-degree murder and death-penalty cases. From 1998 to 2000 Joe served as chief of the Criminal Division of the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office and supervised a staff of 28 lawyers and all criminal prosecutions in Kane County. Joe also worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Illinois prosecuting white collar crime, public corruption and healthcare fraud.

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