Tony Peraica is the principal and founder of Anthony J. Peraica&Associates. He also proudly represents the 16th District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

A true American success story, Tony was born in Croatia in 1957, and was orphaned at the age of 11. He came to the United States when he was 13. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he earned his B.A., and went on to earn his law degree from the John Marshall Law School. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1984.

Elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2002, Peraica was a member of the alliance of mostly-freshman commissioners that defeated Stroger’s proposed 2004 budget. Since that time, Tony has championed a reform agenda on the Cook County Board.

He resides in Riverside, Illinois with his wife Nilo and is the proud father of his daughter, Anisa, and son, Marko.