Judge Michael J. Chmiel

About Judge

Judge Michael J. Chmiel was appointed to the 19th Judicial Circuit in 2005, later becoming the 22nd Judicial Circuit. He served as Juvenile Court judge, then in family law, and later in the Civil Division, where he was supervising judge of arbitration and handled chancery and probate calls. He was Civil Division presiding judge from 2018-21 and Chief Judge from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2024. He was retained for additional six-year terms in 2012, 2018, and 2024. He was appointed to the Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board and the Supreme Court Commission on Elder Law. He is admitted to practice in several U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He began his legal career as a law clerk and worked for law firms before private practice.

Licensed States

Colleagues at Clifford Law Offices PC

Robert A. Clifford

Founder and Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices

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Hon. Deborah Mary Dooling

(ret.) who sat on the Cook County Circuit Court for 23 years and also taught Professional Negligence for the Illinois Judicial Conference

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Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson

Chancery Division - General Section, Circuit Court of Cook County

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Justice Maureen Connors

Illinois Appellate Court

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Sara Parikh

Ph.D., Managing Director, Leo J. Shapiro & Associates

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Hon. John C. Griffin

Supervising Judge of the Commercial Section of the Law Division, Cook County Circuit Court and member of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Judicial Conference Committee on Education