Biography  

Michael Waller

Michael J. Waller is the Lake County State’s Attorney.  He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Illinois in 1973, graduating with honors as a member of the Order of the Coif.

 

Mr. Waller served as a Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney from 1973 to 1979.  From 1979 to 1986, he was in the private practice of law in Waukegan.  In 1986 he returned to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office as Chief Deputy.  Mr. Waller was appointed State’s Attorney of Lake County in 1990.  He was elected State’s Attorney in 1992 and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

 

Mr. Waller is the President of NICASA as well as Past President of the Illinois States’Attorney’s Association.  Mr. Waller serves as Chairman of the Lake County Domestic Violence Council, Lake County Juvenile Justice Council and Lake County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, and Lake County Sexual Assault Coordinating Council.  Mr. Waller is also a member of the Lake County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the National District Attorneys Association.  He served as an appointed member of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority from 1991 to 2004, served as an appointed member of Governor Ryan’s Commission on Capital Punishment, and is currently an appointed member of the Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee.

 

Mr. Waller resides in Waukegan with his wife, Retired Circuit Court Judge Jane Drew Waller, and has two sons, Patrick and John and one grandson, Patrick Michael.