The Illinois Supreme Court announced today that Sheldon R. Sobol, received a majority of the votes cast by the circuit judges in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit and is declared to be appointed to the office of associate judge. Mr. Sobol received his undergraduate degrees in 1984 and 1986 from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and his Juris Doctor in 1990 from John Marshall in Chicago. Mr. Sobol is currently affiliated with the Grundy County State’s Attorney’s Office in Morris.