Campaign website launched, Sept. 12 fundraiser set for Marcia O'Brien Conway

Supporters of Marcia O'Brien Conway's 2020 judicial campaign have launched a campaign website on her behalf. That's a link to the site in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar. A campaign Facebook page has also been set up.

Conway's supporters have scheduled a fundraiser for their candidate on Thursday, September 12, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Selleria Veneta store, 7773 Lake Street, in River Forest. Hosting the event with Selleria Veneta is River Forest Chocolates.

Tickets for the event are $75 each ($125 for couples), and sponsorships are available (Bronze - $250, Silver - $500, and Gold - $1,000). For more information about the event, email info@marciaconway.com. Tickets for the event are available online at this link.

Conway's campaign bio notes that she began her legal career with Winston & Strawn. After a five-year stint as a solo practitioner, Conway moved to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in 1993. She has remained with that office in a variety of capacities since, serving for the last 10 years or so in the Real Estate Tax Division of that office.

A 1984 graduate of Loyola University School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola Law Review, according to her campaign bio, Conway clerked for the Attorney General's Office and served as a summer intern to U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras while still in school. She has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1984 and is listed on the master roll under her maiden name, Marcia Organ.

Conway's campaign bio notes that she raised triplets as a single mother while continuing to work as an attorney. Her children had serious medical issues, according to campaign bio, and numerous surgeries, therapies and doctors’ visits helped her better understand what it is like to struggle medically, physically, emotionally and financially. Her campaign bio states that her "life experiences have made her a more compassionate person to those who are struggling in any area of life."