Administration and Judicial Support
Court Administration
Thomas Jakeway
Trial Court Administrator
Phone: 815-319-4806
Michael Smith
Deputy Court Administrator
Phone: 815-319-4806
Kimberly Ackmann
Deputy Court Administrator
Phone: 815-319-4806
Emily Behnke
Deputy Court Administrator
Phone: 815-319-4834
Nicole Ticknor
Deputy Court Administrator
Phone: 815-516-2474
Judicial Support
Kathleen Fink
Executive Assistant to Chief Circuit Judge John S. Lowry
Phone: 815-319-4800
Kristine Gibbons
Court Operations Assistant - Boone County Courthouse
Phone: 815-547-8115
Kelsey Schorsch
Judicial Assistant - Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center Judges
Phone: 815-516-2476
Kimberly Furlanetto
Judicial Assistant - Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center Judges
Phone: 815-319-4872
Marie "Toni" Hagerman
Judicial Assistant - Winnebago County 4th Floor Judges
Phone: 815-319-4804
Kimberly Petrus
Judicial Assistant - Winnebago County
Courthouse 3rd Floor Judges
Phone: 815-319-4803
Angelika "AJ" King
Circuit Court Administrative Secretary
Phone: 815-319-4806
Kelly Rohrer
Circuit Court Operations Manager
Phone: 815-319-4806
Shawn McLain
Data Analyst/IT Liaison
Court Reporting Services
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-one court reporters assigned to the 17th Judicial Circuit Court. Winnebago County is headquartered to nine Official Court Reporters and ten 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
Tammy Gulley
(815) 319-4853
Additional Services
Winnebago County Law Library
John Goss, Director
Rockford, Illinois 61101
Phone: 815-319-4965
Alternative Dispute Resolution Center
Mike O'Connor
Mandatory Arbitration Administrator
Phone: 815-987-7739
Fax: 815-987-7817
Language Access Facilitator Winnebago County Courthouse
Monica Minnis
Phone: 815-319-4802
Fax: 815-319-4801
Language Access Facilitator Boone County Courthouse
Margaret Mujica-Ruiz
Phone: 815-547-8094
Fax: 815-547-9213
Winnebago County Clerk of the Jury Commission
Sarah Flores
Phone: 815-319-4886
Fax: 815-969-0274
