Audrey Victoria Cosgrove plans 2020 judicial bid, July 31 campaign kickoff set

Audrey Victoria Cosgrove, who recently became Deputy Chief Legal Counsel at the Illinois Department of Labor, according to her campaign website, has announced plans to seek election to the Cook County Circuit Court in 2020.

In addition to setting up a campaign website on her behalf (linked above), Cosgrove's supporters are planning a kickoff event for their candidate on Wednesday, July 31, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at Gannon's Pub, 4264 N. Lincoln Ave.

This event is open to the general public, but persons wishing to attend are asked to register at this page. And, of course, while there is no set admission charge, the campaign is accepting donations. For more information about the event, email John Zmuda at john@foremoststrategy.com.

Cosgrove has been licensed in Illinois since 1990, according to ARDC. Before joining the Illinois Department of Labor, Cosgrove practiced with her husband, Thomas Cosgrove, in The Cosgrove Law Firm LLC.

Cosgrove began her legal career in the office of the Cook County Public Defender; she continued to represent criminal defendants in private practice. She also has served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois State Police Merit Board, the Illinois State Board of Education and the Illinois Tollway.

Her campaign biography notes that she has worked as a pro bono attorney "for the National Immigrant Justice Center, representing children in asylum and DACA cases" for eight years. Cosgrove is the Secretary of the Advocates Society and is an active member of the Polish National Alliance and the Polish National Alliance. A parishioner at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Chicago, where she serves as an Extraordinary Minister, Cosgrove was also recently appointed "45th Ward Ambassador for Advocates for Urban Agriculture." The mother of two children, Cosgrove has also fostered four children through Lawrence Hall Youth Services, according to her campaign biography.