Judge Kenton Skarin is the most qualified candidate for the Third District Appellate Court. Judge Skarin has the experience, temperament and integrity to provide equal justice under the law in Illinois’s Third Appellate District. District 3 includes all of: DuPage, Will, Bureau, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, and LaSalle counties.

  • Graduated first in his class at Northwestern Law

  • Wrote opinions for the United States Supreme Court

  • Practiced appellate law at one of the largest law firms in the world

  • Serves as a Judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in DuPage County

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The Skarin Family

Judge Kenton Skarin and his wife are currently raising their nine children in DuPage County - where Kenton was born and raised.

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