Athanikar Appointed as Associate Judge

The circuit judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois, have appointed Kavita Athanikar to the position of association judge. Ms. Athanikar fills the vacancy created by the appointment of Hon. Jeffrey S. MacKay to circuit judge.

Ms. Athanikar is a graduate of Chicago Kent College of Law. She was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois in 2002. Ms. Athanikar has been a deputy city attorney for the City of Naperville since 2013, prior to which she was an associate with Hartnett Fisch in Naperville (2010-2015), an attorney with Huron Consulting Synergy in Chicago (2007-2010), an assistant state's attorney for the Will County State's Attorney's Office in Joliet (2003-2007), and an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago (2002-2003). She is an active member of ISBA, DuPage County Bar Association, Illinois Prosecutor's Bar Association, Illinois Local Government Lawyers, and the Illinois Municipal League.