Hon. Diane M. Pezanoski is a judge for the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2020.
While on the bench, she has held an assignment in the First Municipal District of the Municipal Department. Pezanoski was previously elected to serve as an associate judge for the Circuit Court by the Cook County Circuit judges in 2019.
She received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1980. She went on to earn an M.A. at the Université Catholique de Neuve in Belgium in 1982. Pezanoski also completed a J.D. at Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law in 1985.
Prior to joining the bench, she was a deputy corporation counsel with the Law Department for the City of Chicago. As such, Pezanoski supervised the Department’s attorney’s in the Aviation, Environmental, Regulatory, and Contracts Divisions.
She is registered as a Democrat.