The Hon. Scott N. Sliwinski is a circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois. Sliwinski was elected to the bench on November 8, 2022.
The 21st Judicial Circuit includes Kankakee and Iroquois counties.
While on the bench, Sliwinski has held an assignment in Kankakee County, where he presides over family law cases as well as the drug court program.
Prior to his election, he was an associate judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit Court, a position to which he was appointed in 2018. Before that, he worked in private practice in Kankakee, including managing his own solo practice and as a partner at Leshen & Sliwinski P.C.
Sliwinski earned a bachelor’s degree from Governors State University in 1998. He then completed a J.D. at the John Marshall Law School in 2003. He was admitted to practice in Illinois (2003).
He is registered as a Republican.
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