Uncontested Divorce in Lake County, Illinois

Who are Divorce Court judges in Lake County, Illinois?

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Lake County Divorce Lawyer David Wolkowitz

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If you are thinking about an uncontested divorce in Lake County, you may wonder who the divorce court judges are.  Frankly, because an uncontested divorce is one by agreement, I’m not sure it matter a whole lot who the judge is.

But in any case, as a flat fee divorce lawyer in Lake County, I’ve found that even people seeking an amicable divorce are sometimes curious about judges. So I put together this list of divorce judges in Lake County, Illinois. 

One thing you should know is that what people call “divorce court” in Lake C0unty is a court within the “Family Division.” The Family Division hears cases such as the following:

  1. Divorce
  2. Parentage – establishing paternity
  3. Legal separation
  4. Invalidity of marriage – also known as “annulment”
  5. Allocation of parental responsibilities, formerly known as “custody”
  6. Parenting time, otherwise known as “visitation”
  7. Child support
  8. Spousal maintenance, formerly known as “alimony”

So below are the judges currently in the Family Division in the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois, in Waukegan, Illinois. Judges’ assignments do change, so when you are reading this article the actual judges may be different.

As a Lake County divorce lawyer, I can understand why you would want to know who the Lake County divorce judges are. But I do caution you against drawing too many conclusions about the judge and how a particular judge would rule in your case. Judges will take all the facts an circumstances into account, and every case is different.

Judge Diane Winter

  1. Elected Circuit Judge: Fifth Subcircuit, November 2010
  2. Appointed as Circuit Judge: By Supreme Court, December 1, 2008
  3. Associate Judge: 2000 – 2008
  4. Undergraduate: DePaul University, 1978
  5. Law School: Northern Illinois University College of Law, 1981
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; President of Jefferson Inn of Court, 2004; and President of Lake County Bar Association, 2002

Judge Raymond Collins

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: November 01, 2004
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2007, 2011, 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 01, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: Indiana University, 1986
  5. Law School: University of Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1989
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; Village Attorney; Administrative Law Judge in Elgin 2000 – 2004

Judge D. Christopher Lombardo

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: June 16, 2014
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 01, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1988
  5. Law School: St. Louis University, 1991
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; Assistant Public Defender in Lake County, IL and Clayton, MO

Judge Charles W. Smith

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: June 16, 2014
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 01, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1988
  5. Law School: St. Louis University, 1991
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; Assistant Public Defender in Lake County, IL and Clayton, MO

Joseph V. Salvi

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: January 2, 2013
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 1, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: Knox College, 1988
  5. Law School: Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1991
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice

Nancy S. Waites

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: January 18, 2005
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2007, 2011, 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 01, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: DePaul University, 1975
  5. Law School: John Marshall Law School, 1986
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; Certified Mediator; Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, Supervisor, Child Support Division; Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Lake County YWCA Board of Directors; President, Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County; Chair, Lake County Bar Association’s Legal Aid Committee; Faculty, Judicial Education Conference, awarded YWCA’s Woman of Achievement Award; Liberty Bell Award Honoree (2003).

Elizabeth M. Rochford

  1. Appointed as Associate Judge: December 27, 2012
  2. Reappointed as Associate Judge: 2015
  3. Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: July 1, 2019
  4. Undergraduate: Loyola University, 1982
  5. Law School: Loyola University School of Law, 1986
  6. Career Highlights: Private Practice; Commissioner, Court of Claims, Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney; English Professor for City Colleges of Chicago

 

 

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