Judge John Michael Allegretti was elected to Circuit Court of Cook County in 2014. Judge Allegretti is currently assigned to the Civil Section of the First Municipal District, located in the Richard J. Daley Center. In this assignment, he presides over non-jury civil trials and motions.
Prior to being elected to the judiciary, Judge Allegretti served as General Counsel at the Cook County Treasurer’s Office, General Counsel and Deputy Assessor at Cook County Assessor’s Office, Assistant State’s Attorney in the Tax Division and the Torts and Civil Rights Division, Judicial Hearing Officer at the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, Corporate Counsel for North American Real Estate Management and an Associate Attorney at the Law Firms of Pollack, Weis and DuBrock, Tristano and Tristano, and McDermott and McDermott. He also served as an adjunct professor at Wilbur Wright College, where he taught business management, human resource management, and business law. Judge Allegretti has litigated and tried cases in federal court, state court, and before administrative agencies. He has argued appeals in Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and before the Illinois Appellate Court. Judge Allegretti has been an active a community organizer and activist, served as the Democratic Committeeman of Riverside Township, and was Vice President of the Galewood-Montclare Community Organization in Chicago. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Alliance of Illinois Judges, Illinois Judges Association, American Bar Association, and the Italian American Judges Association.