Appointed By: Illinois Supreme Court
Hon. Jody Gleason is a circuit judge for the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in Kendall County. She was appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2019, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Timothy McCann (Ret.).
The 23rd Judicial Circuit Court includes DeKalb and Kendall Counties.
Prior to beginning her judicial career, Gleason had worked for twenty-seven years with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, where she served as the office’s first assistant state’s attorney since 2009. She first joined the office in the early 1990s.
Gleason received a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University. She went on to complete a J.D. at DePaul University College of Law.
Gleason is a native of Macon County, Illinois.
She is registered as a Republican.
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