Judge Michael “Mike” Nerheim serves as a Lake County Circuit Judge, representing the Second Subcircuit of the 19th Judicial Circuit Court in Illinois. In two-terms as State's Attorney for Lake County, Illinois, he redefined the role of prosecutors to begin before an arrest. His leadership on fighting the opioid epidemic and programs to help people with substance and mental health with treatment, n
ot arrest and alternative prosecution programs designed to break the cycle of crime has been heralded as the future of modern justice.