Judges of the 19th Circuit
Associate Judges of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
There are 24 Associate Judges who serve four-year terms assigned to the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. When a vacancy occurs, the twelve Circuit Judges appoint a new Associate Judge. The Circuit Judges interview applicants who qualify for the Associate Judge position. The Lake County Bar Association also conducts a Bar poll and makes recommendations to the Circuit Judges. The Circuit Judges then meet to select two candidates for the position, whose names are then certified to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC). The AOIC prepares the ballots and sends them to the Circuit Judges, who vote by secret ballot. The ballots are returned to Springfield where they are tabulated for an official ballot count. The candidate with the greatest number of votes is appointed. Retention by reappointment requires a sixty percent majority of Circuit Judges voting.
Patrick N. Lawler
Supervising Judge of the Misdemeanor/Traffic Division
Appointed, March 1, 1992
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1974
Luis A. Berrones
Appointed, October 29, 2007
J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1983
Michael B. Betar
Appointed, February 19, 2008
J.D., Northern Illinois University College of Law, 1992
George Bridges
Appointed, December 1, 2008
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1987
David P. Brodsky
Appointed, March 1, 2007
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1985
Raymond D. Collins
Appointed, November 1, 2004
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1989
Wallace B. Dunn
Appointed, May 1, 1986
J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1965
Michael J. Fusz
Appointed, September 1, 2004
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1977
Mitchell L. Hoffman
Appointed, April 30, 2001
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 1984
Brian P. Hughes
Appointed, July 7, 2000
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1979
Charles D. Johnson
Appointed, January 19, 2005
J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law, 1986
Sarah P. Lessman
Appointed, January 16, 2001
J.D., Loyola University School of Law, 1973
Victoria L. Martin
Appointed, April 1, 1989
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1980
Veronica M. O'Malley
Appointed, October 29, 2007
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 1990
Theodore S. Potkonjak
Appointed, April 1, 2002
J.D., California Western Law School, 1982
Helen S. Rozenberg
Appointed, February 1, 1992
J.D., University of Detroit Law School, 1979
Thomas M. Schippers
Appointed, March 8, 2007
J.D., Loyola University College of Law, 1993
John J. Scully
Appointed, February 24, 2009
J.D., University of San Diego School of Law, 1974
Daniel B. Shanes
Appointed, March 1, 2007
J.D., DePaul University College of Law, 1993
George D. Strickland
Appointed, July 12, 2006
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1983
Christopher R. Stride
Appointed, August 22, 2005
J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law, 1991
Donna-Jo Vorderstrasse
Appointed, March 9, 2009
J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1984
Nancy Schuster Waites
Appointed, January 18, 2005
J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1986
Joseph R. Waldeck
Appointed, November 13, 1995
J.D., Lewis University College of Law, 1979
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