Chloé Pedersen website goes live, campaign holds downtown fundraiser tonight

A campaign website has been launched in support of Judge Chloé Pedersen's bid to retain her countywide judicial position. That's a link to the new campaign website in the preceding sentence. A link has been added to the Sidebar on this site as well.

Meanwhile, supporters of Pedersen's campaign have scheduled a fundraiser for tonight, August 17, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at 77 W. Wacker Drive, on the 45th floor. Tickets are $150 each and sponsorships are available ($250 - Friend, $500 - Supporter, $1,000 - Host, $2,500 - Sponsor, and $5,000 - Benefactor). Registration is required. To register, visit this page of the candidate website; tickets and sponsorships may be purchased from a link on that page. (The web page says registrations were required by August 14, but the campaign informed FWIW via email that registrations will be accepted today prior to the event.)

Pedersen was appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court in May of this year. She was slated for a countywide vacancy by the Democratic Party just this week.

Pedersen's campaign bio notes that, when she was appointed to the bench, she was an equity partner with the national law firm of Fletcher & Sippel, LLC. In that role, according to her campaign bio, Pedersen "concentrated her practice on complex civil litigation and represented individuals and employers in a full range of labor and employment matters." Before joining Fletcher & Sippel, Pedersen was Chief Legal & Labor Counsel for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. Earlier in her career, Pedersen served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Illinois Attorney General’s Government Representation Division. Pedersen began her career with Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., doing insurance defense work, according to her campaign bio. She has been licensed to practice law in Illinois since 2007, according to ARDC. Pedersen was a candidate for a 4th Subcircuit vacancy in the 2022 election cycle.