Jon Stromsta to make 10th Subcircuit run; campaign kickoff tonight

Jon Stromsta is planning a run for a 10th Subcircuit judicial vacancy. That's a link to his campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar. There is also a campaign Facebook page.

On that campaign Facebook page this morning is an announcement that Stromsta has just been endorsed by the Democratic Party committeemen of the 10th Subcircuit for the McGing vacancy.

And Stromsta's Campaign Kickoff is set for tonight, November 6, at Gideon Welles, 4500 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets for the event are $40 apiece. Sponsorships are available (Supporter - $250, Bronze - $500, Silver - $1,000, Gold - $2,500, or Platinum - $5,800). For more information about the event, or to order tickets, contact Rachel at (312) 882-1759 or Rachel@HogeStrategies.com. Tickets are also available at this link.

Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1985, according to ARDC, Stromsta is currently a partner with Enterprise Law Group LLP.

According to his campaign bio, Stromsta began his legal career as a law clerk for United States District Judge Harold Baker of the Central District of Illinois. He then moved to Ross & Hardies (now part of McGuireWoods LLC), becoming a partner in 1991. At Ross & Hardies, Stromsta represented businesses and individuals in commercial, tort, employment, intellectual property and criminal defense matters in Chicago and across the nation. He provided pro bono representation to clients in death penalty cases.​

Stromsta also served as in-house counsel to the Teamsters’ Central States Funds, before joining the Office of the State Appellate Defender in Chicago, where he served in the Capital Litigation Division and the Post-Conviction Unit, according to his campaign bio. He has also practiced with David Pasulka & Associates, PC (formerly Pasulka & White, LLC), practicing family law. He has been with Enterprise Law Group, LLP since 2010.

Stromsta and his wife have lived in Chicago's 47th Ward for 25 years, according to his campaign bio. Their daughter Rachel attended Northside College Prep and recently graduated from Macalester college. Stromsta has served on the Boards of Directors of the Ravenswood Community Council and the Ravenswood-Lake View Historical Association. He has been a member of the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce and has been active in the 47th Ward Democratic Organization.

Stromsta was briefly a candidate for a 10th Subcircuit vacancy in the 2018 election cycle (he was named third alternate by the 10th Subcircuit committeemen at that time) but chose not to file.