Mark Hitt received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, with a minor in Political Science, from Elmhurst College in 1993.  He graduated from DePaul University, College of Law in February 1997.  Mark began his career in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in 1998, leaving in 2011.  In that time period, he tried hundreds of motions and felony cases in front of juries, as well as Judges – cases ranging from traffic matters to 1^st Degree Murder cases involving gang members.

From there, Mark spent nearly seven years with the City of Chicago, as a supervising investigator with the Independent Police Review Authority, reviewing investigations of excessive force and racial bias alleged to have occurred by sworn officers.  As a supervising investigator, he also responded to scenes of police-involved shootings and conducted preliminary investigations and evidence collection in those matters.

After practicing in the fields of criminal defense and family law, Mark returned to prosecution, here in Grundy County.  His focus is on felony offenses, along with misdemeanor and felony domestic battery cases.

Daniel Weiss received his Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University Law School.  After a short stint as a prosecutor in Mason County, Decatur, Illinois, Mr. Weiss spent thirty years as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County.  As an Assistant in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Mr. Weiss worked numerous assignments prosecuting traffic, misdemeanors and felonies.  For much of his time in Cook County, Mr. Weiss worked in the Special Prosecutor’s Bureau Cold Case Murder/Organized Crime Unit where he prosecuted homicide, solicitation for murder and human trafficking cases.

Russ Baker joined the Grundy County State’s Attorney’s office in March 2021 as an Assistant State’s Attorney where he continues to serve the citizens of Grundy County as a distinguished prosecutor.

State’s Attorney Baker completed his undergraduate training at Elmhurst University in 1985 graduating with a Bachelors of Science Degrees in Economics and Finance.  He went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University School of Law in 1988 and achieved admission to the Illinois State bar that same year.

State’s Attorney Baker retired in December 2019 from the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office after over 30 years of service prosecuting every type of violent felony, with a concentration on Homicides.  Mr. Baker also had distinguished tours of duty in Financial Crimes, Public Integrity and Unsolved/Cold Case Homicide Units within the Special Prosecutors Bureau of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. In his career, State’s Attorney Baker tried over 125 Felony Jury Trials with all types of crimes  including over 40 First Degree Murder trials.

During his tenure in Grundy County, Mr. Baker has performed every duty in the office from Traffic,  Misdemeanors, Felonies and Civil in addition to serving as First Assistant State’s Attorney.  Russ was appointed to lead his office in December 2022 as the Grundy County State’s Attorney.  He still handles all the Civil matters as State’s Attorney in addition to his own Felony case load.