Tina Filipiak joined the Will County State's Attorney’s Office in 1992 after working in the Hennepin County (Minnesota) Attorney's Office, where she was assigned to the Criminal Appeals Division.

 

In 1993, Filipiak was appointed Supervisor of the Will County State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Division. She supervises all prosecutions involving minors in Will County. The Juvenile Division also prosecutes parents who abuse or neglect their children. In the most serious abuse and neglect cases, the division litigates the termination of parental rights.

 

Filipiak is a former member of the Aurora Sub Region Child Death Review Team, which is a partner of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. She is a graduate of Saint Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Hamline University School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota.