The Hon. Thomas W. Cunnington is a circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois. He was elected to the bench in 2018.
The 21st Judicial Circuit includes Kankakee County and Iroquois County.
Prior to his appointment, Cunnington was an associate judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit, a position to which he was named on November 4, 2011.
Cunnington earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. He then completed a J.D. at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois (1981) and the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (1982).
After graduating from law school, Cunnington began his legal career as an assistant state’s attorney for the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office. He supplemented his service by working as an attorney in private practice.
His memberships have included the Kankakee County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Kankakee Rotary Club. He has also been involved with the Kankakee City Council, the City of Kankakee Adjudication Court, the Board for Provena St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, and the Board of Trustees for Asbury United Methodist Church.
He and his wife, Dawn, have six children. Dawn works as an attorney.