The Hon. Veronica M. O'Malley is an associate judge for the Lake County Circuit Court in Illinois. She was appointed to the bench by the judges of the 19th Judicial Circuit on October 29, 2007, and re-appointed in 2011 and 2015.
Prior to her appointment, O’Malley spent time as an attorney in private practice. She supplemented her practice with service as an assistant state’s attorney for the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, rising through the ranks to become Chief of its Traffic Division.
O’Malley earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1986. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1990.
Her memberships have included the Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County and the Jefferson American Inn of Court. She has also served as the Director of the Lake County Bar Association Gridiron Show.