Cook County Circuit Judge Jonathan Clark Green faces a retention vote on the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot.
The retention race asks voters whether Green should remain on the bench, according to BallotReady. The race is nonpartisan.
Green has served as a circuit judge in Cook County since 2020, according to BallotReady. He sits in the Law Division, Courtroom 1906, handling the Commercial Calendar Section at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago, according to Ballotpedia. A special order also assigned him to the Domestic Violence Division.
Candidate information
- Office sought: Illinois Circuit Court Judge, Cook County Circuit (retention)
- Party: Nonpartisan
- Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
- Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Education:
- Bachelor's degree, Columbia University (1983)
- Juris doctor, Chicago-Kent College of Law (1986)
- Master's degree in international and comparative law, Georgetown University (1994)
- High school diploma, St. Ignatius High School
Experience and public service
Before joining the bench, Green served as a supervising attorney at the City of Chicago Department of Law from 2003 to 2020, according to BallotReady.
He also served as a chair-certified arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County. Earlier in his career, Green was of counsel at Bowles, Keating, Hering, Matuszewich and Fiordalisi from 1997 to 1998. He then served as principal at the Law Offices of Jonathan Clark Green, P.C. from 1998 to 2003, while simultaneously working as of counsel at Rock, Fusco & Garvey.
Green was elected circuit judge in 2020 and has served since then.
On the issues
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Candidate profile information comes from BallotReady, Ballotpedia and public court records. The Evanston Wire did not interview the candidate for this profile.
