Melanie M. Pettway, Director

Ms. Melanie Pettway is an attorney who has her own general law practice specializing in children’s issues. She formerly worked as an Assistant Public Guardian in the Cook County Juvenile Court. Ms. Pettway is active in the Chicago Bar Association and the Northwest Suburban Bar Association. She also serves on the Chicago Bar Association’s Juvenile Law Committee and its Blue Ribbon Panel on the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. She holds a B.A. degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C.