Pilmer named next 23rd Circuit chief judge in Kendall, DeKalb counties

A longtime circuit judge and attorney from Yorkville has been named chief judge for the 23rd Judicial Circuit, which consists of Kendall and DeKalb counties.

The eight circuit judges selected Judge Robert Pilmer to be named chief judge of the circuit, replacing current Chief Judge Robbin Stuckert, beginning Dec. 3, according to a document filed in court Tuesday.

Stuckert operates out of the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. Pilmer works out of the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville and will continue to do so as chief judge.

The term of chief judge lasts three years, and switches between judges in DeKalb County and Kendall County.

Pilmer was first elected as a circuit judge in 2010.

Pilmer is a graduate of West Aurora High School and St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and received his law degree from Drake University in Iowa in 1983.

Pilmer served on the Yorkville School District Board of Education between 1989 and 1995, and was in private practice for many years before becoming a judge.