Hon. John T. Gibbons is an associate judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in Winnebago County. He was appointed to the bench by the circuit judges of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in 2019, filling the vacancy created by the appointment of the Hon. John S. Lowry to circuit judge.
The 17th Judicial Circuit includes Boone and Winnebago Counties.
Prior to his appointment, Gibbons was an assistant state’s attorney with the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, where he was chief of the Criminal Division. Before his tenure there, he was an assistant state’s attorney in Winnebago County and an assistant city attorney for the City of Rockford.
He completed a J.D. at Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2004.
Gibbons is a lifelong resident of Winnebago County. He served as a member of the Rockton School District Board.