
Former Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli “misused confidential information” by releasing names and information about children her office defended, the Cook County inspector general’s office has found.
Campanelli, who sought but didn’t win reappointment in 2021, made what interim Cook County Inspector General Steven E. Cyranoski found were unauthorized and possibly illegal disclosures to the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, a nonprofit legal services organization where she is now vice president of restorative justice.