Northern University Illinois College of Law, DeKalb, IL, May 1999, J.D.
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 1994, B.A. History
Bar Admissions
Illinois, November 1999
U.S. Dist. Court, Central District of Illinois, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 2013
U.S. Dist. Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2018
Service
3rd Vice President of the Illinois State Bar association
Board member of the Illinois Bar Foundation
Board member of the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
Board member of the Korean-American Bar Association of Chicago
Board member of the Prairie State Legal Services
Board member of the Lockport Township High School Dist. 205 Foundation
Honors and Awards
2020 Northern Illinois University College of Law Alumna of the Year
2014-2015 ISBA Diversity Leadership Award
2010 ISBA Board of Governors Award
2008 Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association's Annual Achievement Award
2006 NIU College of Law Young Alumnus of the Year Award
Experience
City of Lockport, City Attorney, Lockport, IL, 2017 to present
City of Peoria, Peoria, IL, Deputy Corporation Counsel/Interim Corporation Counsel/Senior Staff Attorney/Assistant Corporation Counsel, Peoria, IL, 2000-2017
Tazewell County Public Defender's Office, Assistant Public Defender-Juvenile Delinquency, Pekin, IL, 1999-2000
Williams & Associates, Associate, East Peoria, IL, 1999
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