Judge C. Brett Bode
C. Brett Bode was in private practice and was an assistant city attorney for East Peoria, from 1968-70, and then was a public defender in Tazewell County from 1970-72 while also maintaining a private practice. In 1972 he was elected State’s Attorney of Tazewell County and served in that position until 1976, when he returned to private practice. Bode also served as a public defender in Tazewell County after he was State’s Attorney from 1976-82. He became an Associate Judge in the Tenth Judicial Circuit in 1982 and served in that position until his retirement in 1999.
Bode transcript (abstract & final edited transcript)
Transcribers: Interviews One and Two: Benjamin Belzer, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation CommissionInterview Three: Audio Transcription Center, Boston Massachusetts
Editor: Justin Law, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission, and Judge Bode
Collected in 2015 by the Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission.