Hon. Tiana E. Blakely is a judge for the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois. She was elected to the Circuit Court in 2018.
While on the bench, Blakely has held an assignment in the Sixth Municipal District of the Municipal Department.
She attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where she received a B.A. in criminal justice. Blakely then completed a J.D. at Loyola University, Chicago School of Law in 2004.
She worked for thirteen years as an assistant public defender with the Cook County Public Defender’s Office before assuming the bench in 2018.
Blakely, a married mother of two, enjoys arts and crafts, karaoke, traveling, and mentoring the youth. She was born and raised in Chicago.
She is registered as a Democrat.