Experienced Judge since 2018
Judge Scott D. McKenna was elected to the Circuit Court of Cook County in December, 2018. His first assignments were in the Traffic Division, where he heard misdemeanor criminal charges, and then the Evictions Division.
From Nov 2019-Feb 2023, Judge McKenna presided over a jury trial courtroom in Municipal Division. Since February, 2023, Judge McKenna has presided in the Motions Department of the Law Division, which handles mostly Wrongful Death and catastrophic injury cases from filing up until trial, and has also tried several Law Division cases to verdict.
Prior to joining the Bench, Judge McKenna was a trial attorney in civil practice handling lawsuits alleging significant injuries/death resulting from alleged negligence.