Deborah J. Menas

Current Assignment: Criminal Division, Misdemeanor/ Traffic Section
Appointed as Associate Judge: March 3, 2025
Up for Reappointment as Associate Judge: June 30, 2027
Undergraduate: University of Chicago, 1990
Law School: Northern Illinois University School of Law, 1994
Career Highlights: Member of the Jefferson Inn-American Inns of Court, Lake County Bar Association, and Women's Bar Association of Lake County; Previously served as a Principal Assistant Public Defender with the Lake County Public Defender's Office, a Sole Practitioner, Principal Assistant State's Attorney with the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, and Illinois FOP Labor Council Attorney.