Today, the Supreme Court assigned the Honorable Amy E. Sholar, Circuit Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit, to the Fifth District Appellate Court.

Judge Sholar was first appointed to the bench as a Third Circuit Judge on April 30, 2021, and won election as a Resident Circuit Judge for Madison County in 2022. She has served as the Presiding Judge of the Family Division and was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve on the Judicial Inquiry Board in May 2023.

Judge Sholar earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University and her Juris Doctor from the St. Louis University School of Law.