Lea Norbut-Sicinski

Lea Norbut-Sicinski is a life-time resident of Will County, growing up in Homer Township and graduating from Lockport Township High School. Lea earned her Bachelors of Science degree at Northern Illinois University and received her Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.

Lea started her legal career with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office in 1990 under then State’s Attorney Burmilla and served in the misdemeanor and felony divisions before being promoted to supervisor of the Auto Theft Unit in 1994. In 1997 Lea joined the Attorney Generals Office and was promoted to supervisor of the gang unit in 1998, prosecuting gang crimes, publishing a statewide newsletter and conducting statewide law enforcement trainings. In 2000 she was promoted to the Supervisor of the Medicaid Fraud Unit, investigating and prosecuting Medicaid vendor fraud and elder abuse throughout the State of Illinois, recovering over 12 million dollars in state funds. Additionally, Lea negotiated global settlements of vendor fraud nationally.

In 2001, Lea was promoted to the Deputy Chief of Statewide Grand Jury and was responsible for prosecuting multi-jurisdictional drug offenses through the 102 counties of the State of Illinois. She was then promoted to Deputy Chief of Criminal Trials and Assistance Bureau in 2002 and was admitted to the Capital Litigation Bar as Lead Counsel. In 2003 Lea was admitted to the Association of Certified Fraud Specialists and in 2004, Lea returned to the Will County State’s Attorney’s office, committed to providing her family and fellow Will County citizens with safe communities in which to work and live.