Hon. Ronald A. Barch 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 2015.
The 17th Judicial Circuit includes Boone and Winnebago Counties.
Prior to his appointment, Barch was a partner at Cicero, France, Barch & Alexander, PC.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 1986. Barch went on to complete a J.D. at the John Marshall Law School (now the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) in 1992.
He was admitted to practice in Illinois (1992), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1993), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.