Judge Sabra L. Ebersole: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Sabra L. Ebersole is an associate judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois. Ebersole was appointed to the bench on October 4, 2021.

Her assignments have included the Domestic Violence Division.

Prior to her appointment, Ebersole managed a solo practice in Chicago, a law firm she established in 2015. Her practice focused on family, juvenile, and criminal law matters.

She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Loyola University Chicago in 1989. Ebersole went on to complete a J.D. at DePaul University College of Law in 1993. She was admitted to practice in Illinois (1993).

After graduating from law school, Ebersole became an assistant public guardian with the Cook County Public Guardian, an office she joined in 1995. During her tenure there, she represented children in abuse and neglect proceedings before the Cook County Juvenile Court.

Then, in 1999, Ebersole joined the Office of the Cook County State’s Attorney. She spent the next fifteen years as an assistant state’s attorney, holding assignments in the Juvenile Bureau and Felony Trial Division, until opening her solo practice at the beginning of 2015.