Judge Jason Helland: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Jason Helland is an at-large judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois. Helland was elected to the bench on November 8, 2022.

The 13th Judicial Circuit includes Bureau, Grundy, and LaSalle counties.

Prior to his election, Helland served as the state’s attorney for the Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office, a position to which he was elected in 2012. Before that, he worked for several years as an assistant state’s attorney in Kankakee County (2004 to 2012).

Helland also taught as a professor at the University of St. Francis.

He received an associate’s degree in law enforcement from Joliet Junior College (1996) and a B.A. in political science from the University of St. Francis (1999). Helland then completed a J.D. at John Marshall Law School in 2003.

He was admitted to practice in Illinois (2003) and Nevada (2007).

He served as president of a local temporary domestic violence shelter and sat on the board of directors of Grundy Three-Rivers Habitat for Humanity.

Helland was born in Ottawa, Illinois, and attended Seneca High School.

He is registered as a Republican.