Chloé Pedersen to make 4th Subcircuit run

A campaign website has been established in support of the 4th Subcircuit judicial campaign of Chloé Pedersen. That's a link to her campaign website in the preceding sentence; a link has been added to the site Sidebar as well.

Pedersen, a partner with the firm of Fletcher & Sippel LLC, has been licensed to practice in Illinois since 2007, according to ARDC. Before joining that firm, Pedersen was Chief Legal & Labor Counsel for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. Before that, Pedersen was as an Assistant Attorney General in the Illinois Attorney General's Government Representation Division. She was Assistant General Counsel to Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2009. Pedersen began her legal career as an associate at Querrey & Harrow, Ltd.

According to her campaign biography, Pedersen has been an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, serving on the Board of Governors, on the Assembly, the Steering Committee on Racial Inequality, Legislation Committee, and the Women and the Law Committee. She is the Vice-Chair of the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association's (ASLRRA) Human Resources Committee. She also serves as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism's Mentor Expansion Committee, according to her campaign bio. Over the last two decades has also volunteered as a voter protection attorney or worked as an election judge on election days.

In addition, according to her campaign bio, Pedersen is a former Commissioner for the Proviso Township Mental Health Commission. She has also served on the board of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Pedersen was the treasurer for the Chicago Spirit Brigade, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community-based fundraising organization whose purpose is to raise money and awareness for non-profit groups that provide direct care services to individuals with life-altering challenges. Pedersen was also a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Competitive Dance Officials Ad Hoc Committee.

According to a recent Sun-Time article, Pedersen is a niece of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.