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The Office of the Chief Judge
The Chief Judge is a Circuit Judge elected by a majority of the Circuit Judges within the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a term of 1 year commencing on the 1st Monday of January of each year. The Chief Judge is the Chief Judicial Officer of the Circuit and is the liaison in all judicial administrative matters. He exercises administrative supervision over all courts within the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. The Chief Judge may enter administrative orders over his signature, except as otherwise provided by Supreme Court or Circuit Rule. The Chief Judge has at his disposal the Administrative Office of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. This resource serves the Chief Judge in carrying out his administrative duties in order for the judicial circuit to best serve the citizenry of Lake County.Organizational Chart (PDF)
Organization Overview (PDF)
Judicial Court Divisions
Administrative Office of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Core Support Units
Division of Administrative Services
Division of Adult Probation Services
Division of Administrative Services
Division of Adult Probation Services
- Adult Pretrial Services Unit
- Adult Public Service Unit
- Adult Standard Probation Unit
- Domestic Violence Probation Unit
- Intensive Probation Unit
- Pre-Sentence Investigation Unit
- Probation Field Supervision (PFSU) Unit
- Sex Offender Unit
- Specialized DUI Unit
- Therapeutic Intensive Monitoring (TIM) Unit
Division of Judicial Operations
- Arbitration
- Compliance
- Court Interpreters
- Court Reporters
- Judicial Assistants
- Jury Operations
- Kids' Korner
- Law Library
- Juvenile Intake & Home Detention Unit
- Juvenile Probation Unit
- FACE-IT Residential Treatment Unit
- Juvenile Secure Detention Unit
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Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Physical Address
18 N County Street
Waukegan, IL 60085
Phone: 847-377-3600
TDD: 847-360-2975
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Contacts by Divisions Frequently Called
Juror Info
Phone: 847-249-5879
Circuit Clerk
(court case info, filings, etc.)
Phone: 847-377-3380
Law Library
Phone: 847-377-2800