C. John Baricevic is a former judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit in the state of Illinois.
[1] Prior to his work in law, he was an American football coach at the college level in Kansas.
Baricevic presided over the Twentieth Judicial Circuit (Fifth Appellate District) in Illinois for the counties of Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington.
[5] On June 28, 2016, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed a complaint while under the directorship of Matthew Whitaker with the Federal Elections Commission.
It was later shown that FACT was operating as a "chop shop of fake ethics complaints"[6] targeting perceived partisan political actors.