This is a public directory of every sitting judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court, the trial court serving Lake County, Illinois, from the Waukegan courthouse. Names and roles come from the court’s official published roster. Open any judge to read what the role does, look up a case on the county portal, and leave a firsthand 1-5 star experience rating — anonymously or from a verified account. These are community reviews and public information, not allegations.

Two judges named in the documented accountability record have detailed case profiles instead: Christopher R. Stride and Chief Judge Daniel B. Shanes. Everyone else appears here as a neutral directory entry.

Elected & Appointed Leadership

Eric F. RinehartState’s Attorney · Lake County State’s Attorney’s OfficeGregory TicsayPublic Defender · Lake County Public Defender’s Office

Circuit Judges

Christen L. BishopCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesJames K. BoorasCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesR. Christopher DittonCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesPatricia S. FixDeputy Chief Judge · rate or look up casesJohn L. JoanemCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesMark L. LevittCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesSharmila K. ManakCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesReginald C. MathewsCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesMichael G. NerheimCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesJorge L. OrtizCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesVictoria A. RossettiCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesJoseph V. SalviCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesMarnie M. SlavinCircuit Judge · rate or look up casesCharles W. SmithCircuit Judge · rate or look up cases

Associate Judges

Luis A. BerronesAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesMichael B. BetarAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesRandie K. BrunoAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesJanelle K. ChristensenAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesGabriel J. ConroeAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesPatricia L. CornellAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesMatthew J. DeMartiniAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesStephen M. DeRueAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesAri P. FiszAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesBolling W. HaxallAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesDaniel L. JasicaAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesRuth H. LofthouseAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesD. Christopher LombardoAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesJacquelyn D. MeliusAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesDeborah J. MenasAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesChristopher B. MorozinAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesJames NewmanAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesPaul B. NovakAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesVeronica M. O’MalleyAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesGeorge T. PappasAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesHelen S. RozenbergAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesStacey L. SeneczkoAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesJames K. SimonianAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesGeorge D. StricklandAssociate Judge · rate or look up casesDonna-Jo VorderstrasseAssociate Judge · rate or look up cases

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