Jennifer Bae plans 8th Subcircuit run

Jennifer Bae has announced plans to seek an 8th Subcircuit vacancy. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the site Sidebar as well.

Bae's campaign bio notes that she currently serves as "Director of Employee Discipline at the Cook County Sheriff’s Office," managing "a department charged with disciplining over 6,000 sworn officers and civil employees, [conducting] hearings and trainings, and [executing] all grievance processes, including arbitration against unions representing employees."

Licensed as an attorney in Illinois since 1997, according to ARDC, Bae has worked as a criminal defense attorney in private practice as well as, according to her campaign bio, a "staff attorney" for the City of Chicago and an Assistant Cook County State's Attorney. She was the first president of the Women’s Criminal Defense Bar Association. In 2010, Bae was appointed to the First Judicial District Committee on Character & Fitness by the Illinois Supreme Court, serving first as a member, then Vice-Chairman, and ultimately as Chairman.

Bae's campaign bio also notes that she "volunteers with many local organizations such as the Korean American Voter Organizing Initiative & Community Empowerment (KAVOICE), the Korean American Bar Association’s Legal Clinics, and Korean American Community Services (KACS)."

Bae previously filed for a 4th Subcircuit vacancy in 2008 and for 12th Subcircuit vacancies in both the 2012 and 2016 election cycles. She has only appeared once on the ballot, in the 2016 primary.