Mary Alice Melchor

Mary Alice Melchor
Director

Roosevelt University, 1977
Chicago Kent College of Law, 1992

Inspector General
Office of Clerk of Court of Cook County

mambwla@gmail.com

Mary Alice Melchor has been the Inspector General for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2005 where she supervises investigations and audits in the Clerk’s Office.

Serving her first term this year as a WBAI director, Mary has been involved in the Women’s Bar Association, as well as several other bar associations, her entire law career. Mary has also served as the treasurer for the Women’s Bar Foundation since 2007, managing over $1.5 million in assets. As a member of WBF, Mary has been involved in the Rise Up Reach Back luncheons co-sponsored by WBAI/WBF.

Mary loves working with seniors and youth, bargain shopping, and volunteering at her church, where she serves as treasurer on its board of directors.

“Joining the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois as a new lawyer was not ‘rocket science’, just a natural step in the right direction. Staying involved in the WBAI over the past twenty-plus years has been inspired by the desire to make a strong imprint on the legal profession for women in the Greater Chicago Area as well as the entire state of Illinois. Our time is now and forever!”