Dinah Lennon Archambeault

Of Counsel

Dinah Lennon Archambeault rejoined Spesia & Taylor in 2022 after having served as a judge in the Circuit Court of Will County between 2007 and 2022. In 2007 she was appointed Associate Judge and in 2021 the Illinois Supreme Court appointed her to serve as a Circuit Judge.

While on the bench she was assigned to the family call, when she presided over cases involving domestic relations. Archambeault was first associated with the law firm in 1988 upon graduation from law school. While in private practice Archambeault handled cases involving civil litigation in both the trial and appellate courts. She was active in the community prior to taking the bench, serving on the Board of the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce as a member and vice chair, as a member and chair of the Council of Working Women, as a Board member and President of the Zonta Club of the Joliet Area, as a Board Member of Joliet Junior College Foundation Board, and as a Board member of Catholic Charites.

After taking the bench, Archambeault refocused her involvement, serving as a Board Member and president of the Will County Bar Association, serving on the Illinois Supreme Court College of Judicial Education as a member and twice as co-chair of the Family Track for the Judicial Education Conference, serving as a member and chair of the Civil Litigation Committee, co-founding the Will County Justice Access Corp program, and founding the Will County Summer Extern Program. Archambeault is a certified mediator and available for consultation for appeals.