Andrea Kovach

Staff Attorney, Shriver Center

Andrea Kovach is with the Asset Opportunity unit and the Health Care Justice unit. She joined the Shriver Center after working at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, where she handled a wide range of legal matters, including felony preliminary hearings and bond hearings, bench and jury trials, and civil hearings for orders of protection. She was the lead attorney in a courtroom that handled hundreds of cases weekly, and she argued before the First District Appellate Court. She wrote and advocated enacted legislation on prosecuting domestic violence cases. She trained law enforcement officers on legal issues and led discussions with religious and social service organizations. She is a proud alumna of Wellesley College and the University of Illinois College of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and was administrative editor of the University of Illinois Law Review.