Hon. Craig R. Belford is an associate judge for the 18th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in DuPage County. He was appointed to the bench by the circuit judges of the 18th Judicial Circuit.
During his judicial tenure, Belford has presided over the Chancery Division.
Prior to his appointment, he was a judicial law clerk to the Hon. Michael J. Burke with the Illinois Supreme Court, having served in that capacity since 2020. Before that, Belford spent nineteen years as a judicial law clerk there for the Hon. Robert R. Thomas (2001 to 2020) and was a former judicial law clerk for the Hon. Thomas E. Callum (2001).
He received a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1992. Belford went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School in 1995.
His memberships have included the DuPage County Bar Association.