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Scott F. Main 
Director
Scott Main is the Director of the Illinois Juvenile Defender Resource Center (JDRC), a division of the Office of the State Appellate Defender (OSAD). Scott’s work includes advising and supporting attorneys throughout Illinois who are representing children and youth in delinquency and adult criminal proceedings. He helps organize trainings for attorneys on core competencies as well as developing areas of the law. He also participates in stakeholder conversations to help guide and shape reform efforts aimed at children and young adults. Scott began his legal career as an Assistant Appellate Defender in OSAD's First District Office in 2002, where he represented youth and adults on direct and collateral appeal. From 2012 through 2019, he was a Clinical Fellow in the Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law focusing on policy and litigation strategy for youth in adult court facing or serving lengthy sentences. Scott holds an A.B. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago.

 
Erin Johnson
Training Coordinator
Erin is the Training Coordinator for the Illinois Juvenile Defender Resource Center, a division of the Office of the State Appellate Defender (OSAD). Erin was an assistant appellate defender in OSAD's Second District Office for seven years, where she had the opportunity to represent indigent juveniles in appellate court. Prior to joining OSAD, Erin spent over five years as an assistant public defender in Kendall County, Illinois where she supervised juvenile court for the Kendall County Public Defender's Office and represented countless indigent juveniles in delinquency proceedings in trial court. Erin holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from University of Illinois-Chicago Law School (formerly John Marshall Law School).


Victor Lin
Staff Attorney
Victor is a Staff Attorney for the Illinois Juvenile Defender Resource Center (JDRC), a division of the Office of the State Appellate Defender (OSAD). Prior to joining OSAD, Victor was first a deputy state public defender in Weld County, Colorado where he represented both adults and children in criminal and delinquency proceedings, and then was a defense attorney for children in delinquency proceedings through the Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel. Victor holds a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.



Susan Sitki
Office Administrator
Sue Sitki is the Office Administrator of the Illinois Juvenile Defender Resource Center, a division of the Office of the State Appellate Defender (OSAD).  Sue has a BA in journalism, and a BS in marketing, and has been putting those skills to good use in writing, editing, and database management for the past twenty years.