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Barbara Gilleran Johnson
Barbara Gilleran Johnson was a judge of the Illinois Second District Appellate Court.
Legal education and experience
Judge Johnson received her law degree at Chicago Kent College of Law and was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois in 1978. She served as both an assistant attorney general assigned as Chief of the Crime Victims Compensation Division and as an assistant state’s attorney of Lake County, IL assigned as Chief of the Juvenile Division. She was a partner in the law firm of Ori, Tepper, Fox, Maley and Gilleran Johnson.
Illinois Courts
Judge Gilleran Johnson was appointed as an associate judge in 1987. By order of the Supreme Court she was appointed as a circuit judge in 1996 and elected in 1998. She was elected to the Appellate Court in 2002.
Associations
Judge Gilleran Johnson is a member of the Illinois State, Lake County, and Women’s Bar Association. She is on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Judges Association. She is a past president and current member of the Justinian Society and a member of the American Inns of Court.
