Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois

First Appointed in December 2018

Currently Assigned to Chancery Division—Mortgage Foreclosure Section presiding over matters involving disputes between property owners and mortgage companies

Previously Assigned to Domestic Relations Division— hearing various types of matters, including Dissolution of Marriage, Allocation of Parental Responsibilities, and Parentage.

Previously Assigned to First Municipal District—hearing matters involving traffic, eviction, premises liability, debt collection, personal injury

Conducting voluminous evidentiary hearings and trials.

Judge Brooks has been found “Recommended” or “Qualified” by the following bar associations:

• Advocate Society of Illinois
• Asian American Bar Assoc.
• Black Women Lawyers’ Assoc.
• Chicago Bar Assoc.
• Chicago Council of Lawyers
• Cook County Bar Assoc.
• Decalogue Society of Lawyers
• Hellenic Bar Association
• Hispanic Lawyers Assoc. of Illinois
• Illinois State Bar Assoc.
• Lesbian and Gay Bar Assoc. of Chgo.
• Puerto Rican Bar Assoc.
• Women’s Bar Assoc. of Illinois.

Admitted to Practice since November, 2000 by Illinois Supreme Court and also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeal for the Seventh Circuit, United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois and Northern District of Indiana.

Practice in areas of Federal and State Court Appeals, Consumer Protection, Mortgage Foreclosure Defense, Real Estate Litigation, Insurance Coverage

Litigated and Appealed matters of first impression before Federal and State Courts.

• March 2013— Dec. 2018 Co-Founder, Consumer Legal Group, P.C.
• Jan. 2004—March 2013 Owner, The Brooks Law Firm
• June 2002—Jan. 2004 Associate, Lord Bissell & Brook
• May 2000—June 2002 Associate, Zevnik Horton

• Class of 2000, J.D., Northwestern University of School of Law
• Class of 1992, B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana

• Illinois Judges Association—Judicial Selection & Retention Committee, Co-Chair of Judicial Independence Sub Committee
• Illinois Judicial Council
• Appellate Lawyers Association—Rules Committee
• Cook County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association

• Wells Fargo Bank v. McCluskey, 2015 IL 115469
• Beneficial Illinois, Inc. v. Parker, 2016 IL App(1^st) 160186
• Aurora Bank, FSB v. Perry, 2015 IL App(3d) 130673
• Citimortgage, Inc. v. Sharlow, 2014 IL App(3d) 130107
• Iroanyah v. Bank of America, 753 F.3d 686 (7^th Cir. 2014)
• Deutsche Bank v. Gilbert, 2012 IL App(2d) 120164 (2012)
• Deutsche Bank v. Hall-Pilate, et al., 2011 IL App(1^st) 102632
• U.S. Bank v. Ezequiel Manzo, et al., 2011 IL App(1^st) 103115
• Wells Fargo Bank v. Terry, 928 N.E.2d 540 (1^st Dist. 2010)
• Bailey v. Illinois Liquor Comm’n, 405 Ill. App. 3d 55 (1^st Dist. 2010)
• Hayes v. M&T Mort. Corp., 389 Ill. App. 3d 388 (1^st Dist. 2009)
• Herzog v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., (In Re Hunter), 400 B.R. 651 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2009)
• Davis, et al. v. Dyson, et al., 387 Ill. App. 3d 676 (1^st Dist. 2008)
• Doss v. Clearwater Title Ins. Co., et al., 551 F.3d 634 (7^th Cir. 2008)

• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Alexander, 2017 IL App(1^st) 161903-U
• Bank of New York Mellon v. Holley, 2017 IL App(3d) 160666-U
• Bayview Loan Servicing v. Simmons, 2016 IL App(1^st) 151669-U
• Bayview Loan Servicing v. 24Hr. Dentist, 2016 IL App(1^st) 151987-U
• Bush v. Central Mortgage Co., 2016 IL App(3d) 150413-U
• U.S. Bank v. James, 2016 IL App(1^st) 152136-U
• Wells Fargo Bank v. Muhammad, 2016 IL App(1^st) 143771-U
• Deutsche Bank v. Davis-Means, 2016 IL App(3d) 150305-U
• Ocwen Loan Servicing v. Garcia, 2015 IL App(2d) 140064 – U
• HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Sledge, 2014 IL App(1^st) 131402-U
• Central Mortgage Co. v. Bush, 2014 IL App(3d) 121041-U
• U.S. Bank v. Hull, 2014 IL App(1^st) 132260-U
• GMAC v. Oby, 2014 IL App(1^st) 131781 – U
• MERS v. West, 2013 IL App(1^st) 123427-U
• Wells Fargo Bank v. Price, 2013 IL App(1^st) 123593-U
• Flagstar Bank, FSB v. Kevin Lewis, 2012 IL App(1^st) 110387-U
• American General Finance v. Theresa Dimoff, 1-11-1276
• 3525 N. Reta, Inc. v. FDIC, et al., No. 11-1601 (7^th Cir.)
• Bridgeview Bank Group v. 1336 Western, Inc., 1-11-2153 (1^st Dist.)
• Moreira v. Western Sites, LLC, 2011 IL App(1^st) 093601-U

• D.O.B. November 18, 1970
• Married with two children, ages 31 and 14.
• Grandfather of 2.
• Resident of Homewood, IL