Michael Cabonargi
Michael Cabonargi | |
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Carbonargi, in 2019 | |
| Judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County | |
| Assumed office June 13, 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Supreme Court of Illinois |
| Preceded by | Mary Ellen Coglan |
| Constituency | at-large |
| Region 5 Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
| In office March 13, 2023 – 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Janine Boyd |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Commissioner of Cook County Board of Review from the 2nd district | |
| In office February 10, 2011 – December 5, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Berrios |
| Succeeded by | Samantha Steele |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 29, 1971 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Miami University (B.A.) University of Illinois College of Law (J.D.) |
Michael M. Cabonargi (born January 29, 1971) is an American politician and attorney who has served as a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County since 2025. He formerly held the offices of commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review from the 2nd district (2011–2022), vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois (2019–2023), and Region 5 of the Department of Health and Human Services (2023–2025).
In his early career, Cabonargi worked on the staffs of Illinois U.S. senators Paul Simon and Dick Durbin. He then worked as a law clerk to U.S. District Court judge William J. Hibbler. Thereafter, he entered the private sector, working as a lawyer concentrating in complex commercial and regulatory litigation.
From 2005, until being appointed to serve on the Cook County Board of Review in 2011, Cabonargi worked as senior attorney and prosecutor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cabonargi also held leadership roles within the Democratic Party of Illinois, and served as a 2020 presidential elector. In 2020, he unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court.