Staff Directory

Court Reporting Services employees are responsible for making a full reporting of the courtroom proceedings presented in the trial court. It is the duty of the stenographic court reporter to record verbatim all that is said during every court proceeding to which he or she is assigned.

Presently there are a total of twenty court reporters assigned to the 17th Judicial Circuit Court. Winnebago County is headquartered to fourteen Official Court Reporters and four Court Specialists. Boone County is headquartered to two Official Court Reporters. Our court reporters are assigned to courtrooms on a rotating schedule to evenly distribute workloads and transcript volume. All Official Court Reporters are Certified Shorthand Reporters licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation.

The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) has installed digital electronic recording equipment in all of the courtrooms in both Winnebago and Boone Counties. All civil courtrooms and select felony courtrooms are currently using the digital electronic recording as the official record. All of the Court Reporting Services employees are trained and certified by the AOIC to operate this equipment.

Court Reporting Supervisor

Kelly Johnson
(815) 319-4853

Additional Services

Winnebago County Law Library

John Goss, Director
Winnebago County Courthouse
400 West State Street, Room 300
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Phone: 815-319-4965
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Center

Christine J. Hawley
Administrator for Arbitration
Phone: 815-987-7739
Fax: 815-987-7817
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Language Access Facilitator Winnebago County Courthouse

Monica Minnis
Phone: 815-319-4802
Fax: 815-319-4801
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Language Access Facilitator Boone County Courthouse

Margaret Mujica-Ruiz
Phone: 815-547-8094
Fax: 815-547-9213
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THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT

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400 W State St
Rockford, IL 61101