Judge Sierra D. Senor-Moore

Judge Sierra D. Senor-Moore was appointed to be an Associate Judge in the Seventh Illinois Judicial Circuit in September 2025. Serving in Sangamon County, Judge Senor-Moore presides over juvenile, pretrial, and detention matters.

Prior to being appointed as a judge, Judge Senor-Moore worked in various government entities. She most recently served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Earlier in her career, she was Chief Investigator for the Office of the Inspector General with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, an Assistant Attorney General with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, and an Assistant States Attorney with the Sangamon County States Attorney’s Office.

Judge Senor-Moore has served as the president of the Central Illinois Black Bar Association. Since 2021, she has assisted in facilitating the Southeast High School Teen Court. The program is a practice of restorative justice and is an alternative to punishment for students. Judge Senor-Moore was previously a scholar in the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and led the Sangamon County Boy Scouts’ Law Explorer’s Post Mock Trial team. She regularly volunteers to speak to youth in the community.

Judge Senor-Moore earned a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Carolina. She was appointed to the Commission on Professionalism in 2026.