Campaign website, October 3 fundraiser set for William H. Laws

Criminal defense attorney William H. Laws, the husband of recently retired Judge Marjorie C. Laws, has announced plans to seek a 2nd Subcircuit vacancy.

The campaign recently launched a campaign website, and his supporters have scheduled a kick-off campaign event for their candidate on Tuesday, October 3, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the offices of James D. Montgomery & Associates, 1 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2450. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Tickets are $100 each, and sponsorships are available (Associate - $250, Friend - $500, Partner - $1,000+). For more information about the event, or to order tickets, email contactus@laws4judge.com.

Laws has been licensed in Illinois since 1980, according to ARDC. His campaign biography notes that Laws graduated from Howard University (where he played football and graduated Phi Beta Kappa) and Northwestern University Law School, where he was active in the Northwestern Legal Assistance Clinic, assisting in the representation of underprivileged youth and adults who could not afford a private attorney.

For the past three decades, according to his campaign bio, Laws has "managed his own law practice representing clients from all major felony offenses including first degree murder." He has served as Chairman of the Local School Council for Edgar Allen Poe Classical School for six consecutive years, following. He also previously served as the President for the Parent Teacher Association at Poe. Laws has also been the Commencement Day Speaker and Career Day Speaker for Henderson Elementary School located in Englewood.