Regina Ann Mescall campaign website goes live

Supporters of Regina Ann Mescall's bid for the Flynn vacancy in the 3rd Subcircuit have launched a campaign website on her behalf. That's a link to the campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has also been added to the blog Sidebar.

Mescall is an Assistant Cook County State's Attorney, licensed in Illinois since 2007, according to ARDC.

According to her campaign bio, Mescall began her legal career in 2002, after graduation from John Marshall Law School, as an Assistant District Attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She joined the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in 2007.

A college track athlete at the University of Miami, according to her campaign bio, Mescall competed in the 100m hurdles, long jump, high jump, javelin, 200m dash, shotput and 800m. After the the NCAA integrated women's pole vault as an event in 1997, Mescall learned to pole vault, too.

Mescall is currently a first-chair trial assistant, assigned to the courtroom of Judge Vincent M. Gaughan. She is married to attorney Peter Kramer. She and her husband and four children reside in Christ the King Parish in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood.

The race for the Flynn vacancy is crowded. In addition to Mescall, candidates for this vacancy include Lauren Brougham Glennon, David A. Bonoma, Thomas J. Condon, Jr., James John Knibbs, Brad S. Telander, and Scott Edward Lipinski.