CHIEF ATTORNEY, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY Bianca Brown is the Chief Attorney, Torts Litigation, for the Chicago Transit Authority. Before joining the CTA, Ms. Brown served as an Assistant State Attorney for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, an Assistant Attorney General for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, and an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City […]

FIRST DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL, CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF LAW* Aja Carr-Favors is a First Deputy Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago Department of Law. Before joining the City of Chicago, Ms. Carr-Favors was a Senior Counsel, Privacy and Cybersecurity for Nissan Motor Corporation. Ms. Carr-Favors earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from […]

FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE, U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD Judge Katherine Kern is a Federal Administrative Judge with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. The Merit Systems Protection Board examines important issues related to the federal workforce. The Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in the Executive branch that serves as the guardian of Federal merit systems. The […]

ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY, ST. CLAIR COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Jason Emmanuel is the Assistant State’s Attorney at the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office. Mr. Emmanuel earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Illinois and his JD from the University of Iowa College of Law. Check out this insightful interview!