The Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the official keeper of records for judicial matters brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The clerk s office serves more than 5 million residents and over 400 judges of Cook County in Illinois. It has nearly 2,300 employees. The clerk s office annually collects approximately $130 million in revenue from filing fees and interest on accounts. It files more than 1 million cases every year. The clerk s office specializes in the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program. It also offers free case monitoring services for attorneys. The clerk s office provides access to adoption records of the county.