About Christopher J.
Christopher J. Zaruba trained as a student of history and politics before turning to law. He earned a B.A. in political science and history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He then completed his J.D. at The John Marshall Law School in 2009. That academic path set up a quick move into courtroom work and public service.
After law school Zaruba served in several roles in DuPage County, Illinois. He worked as a traffic assistant and then as a misdemeanor assistant, where he handled first-chair courtroom responsibilities in domestic violence, orders of protection and DUI matters. In the same year he also served as a felony juvenile assistant and as a felony trial assistant, gaining early trial experience across a range of criminal matters. He spent time as a law clerk to the Honorable John W. Darrah of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, an experience that exposed him to federal practice and judicial procedures.
Zaruba holds admission to practice before the Illinois courts, the Washington State Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the DuPage County Bar Association. In DuPage County he has taken on leadership roles in the bar’s committees for newer lawyers. He was vice chair of the New Lawyer Committee from 2013 to 2014, chair of the Young Lawyers Committee in 2014 and chair of the New Lawyer Committee from 2014 to 2015. He is also affiliated with a local organization, the Robert E. Jones AIC of DuPage County.
Those early years in county court left him comfortable in a courtroom setting. He has trial experience in both misdemeanor and felony matters and has led first-chair hearings on sensitive issues such as domestic violence and protection orders. His federal clerkship familiarized him with the mechanics of federal litigation and the procedural expectations of judges at that level.
Zaruba is listed as an attorney at The Stogsdill Law Office, P.C. His background combines trial work, judicial clerkship experience and service in bar leadership. He remains admitted to practice before Illinois courts, the Washington State Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court and continues to handle matters that reflect his courtroom experience and interests in criminal and protective-order proceedings.
