Hon. Janet R. Holmgren is a circuit judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in Winnebago County. She was elected to the bench in 1998.
The 17th Judicial Circuit includes Boone and Winnebago Counties.
During her judicial tenure, Holmgren spent four years as the Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court beginning in 2007 and was the Presiding Judge for the Problem-Solving Courts Division. She first joined the bench as an associate judge of the court in 1995.
Before that, Holmgren had worked in private practice for ten years (1985 to 1995).
She received a B.A. from the University of Denver in 1977. Holmgren went on to complete a J.D. at Northern Illinois University College of Law in 1985.
She was admitted to practice in Illinois (1985) and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1986).