Thomas A. Lilien

Office of the Appellate Defender, Elgin

Mr. Lilien is the Deputy Defender in charge of the Second District Office of the State Appellate Defender. He received his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1978 and was admitted to the Illinois Bar that same year. He joined the Office of the State Appellate Defender as an Assistant Defender in the Third District Office in October 1978 and worked there until his transfer to the Second District Office in 1988. Mr. Lilien continued to serve as an Assistant Defender until he assumed the Deputy Defender position as of January 1, 2006. Mr. Lilien has served as an adjunct faculty member, co-teaching an appellate advocacy course at Northern Illinois University College of Law since 1986. He has also spoken on criminal and appellate topics to several organizations, including the Illinois Public Defender Association and the DuPage County Bar Association. Mr. Lilien is the General Editor of and an author for the IICLE publication DEFENDING ILLINOIS CRIMINAL CASES.