Chris Kachiroubas Bio

CHRIS KACHIROUBAS DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court

Chris Kachiroubas has lived in DuPage County for thirty nine years surrounded by his family and friends. He and his wife Laura are raising their three children, Alex, Chandler, and Tess, in Elmhurst where they have lived for many years. His record of accomplishments and commitment to DuPage County are long and are reflected in the experiences he had growing up here. Chris Kachiroubas announced his candidacy for Clerk of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in 2003 determined to do more for the county he loves.

Chris Kachiroubas has been an innovator for the Clerk of Courts Office!

In 2015, the Clerk’s office handled 24,504 civil new case filings and 185,464 new criminal case filings. The Clerk’s office manages in excess of 748,400 items in the court annually. Within the criminal filings there are 143,320 traffic tickets issued by 40 different law enforcement agencies. Approximately, 54% of all traffic citations are handled and disposed administratively through the Clerk’s Office. In addition, over 55,079 warrants and 48,175 summonses are issued and processed through the Clerk’s Office.

The Circuit Clerk’s office is the steward of all fees, fines and costs, as ordered by the court. Annual revenue to DuPage County for 2014 was $16,872,709 making the Circuit Clerk’s Office the third largest revenue source in DuPage County, behind the countywide sales tax and property taxes. In total the Clerk’s Office distributed $20,896,548 to governmental entities in 2015.

Chris has brought many new innovations during his tenure. He has expanded case management and court information through the internet by; instituting e-guilty pleas online and permitted payments of petty traffic tickets at epay.18thjudicial.org; on-line petitions of order for protection at www.illinoisprotectionorder.org; adding electronic warrant processing; compliance program that has increased the collection of outstanding judgments and brought in over $23 million dollars since December of 2004; remodeling a new and open waiting area, using the latest technology, with a “help station” to assist the visitors as they come into the Clerk’s office and established the first e-appeal procedure; Video-warrant; mandatory e-filing in Illinois. All of these innovations have been accomplished while reducing the office budget and personnel headcount to its lowest in three decades. Currently the Circuit Clerk’s Office handles almost 1,000 phone calls per day and is averaging over 700 visitors on a daily basis.

When it comes to individuals qualified for the position of Clerk of Courts, there are none more experienced than Chris. Let’s keep DuPage a well oiled, innovative county and re-elect Chris Kachiroubas for DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk.