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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Criminal Law Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Executive Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Insurance Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Pensions and Investments Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Public Health Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Redistricting Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Senate Black Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Special Committee on Pension Investments, Illinois State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Special Committee on Restorative Justice, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Amendments, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Election Law, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Gaming, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Generation, Utilities, and Telecommunications, Illinois State Senate

Member, Subcommittee on Long Term Care, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Pension Reforms, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Redistricting I, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Special Issues, Illinois State Senate

Education

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1993
  • BA, Political Science, DePaul University, 1984-1987

Professional Experience

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1993
  • BA, Political Science, DePaul University, 1984-1987
  • Partner, Quarles & Brady, Limited Liability Partnership, 2012-present
  • Former In-House Counsel, City Colleges of Chicago
  • Former Prosecutor, Cook County State's Arrotney's Office
  • Former Senior Counsel, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Law Firm
  • Former President, Relationship Strategies International, Limited Liability Company

Political Experience

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1993
  • BA, Political Science, DePaul University, 1984-1987
  • Partner, Quarles & Brady, Limited Liability Partnership, 2012-present
  • Former In-House Counsel, City Colleges of Chicago
  • Former Prosecutor, Cook County State's Arrotney's Office
  • Former Senior Counsel, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Law Firm
  • Former President, Relationship Strategies International, Limited Liability Company
  • Attorney General, State of Illinois, 2019-present
  • Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 13, 2004-2019
  • Candidate, Illinois State Attorney General, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Criminal Law Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Energy and Public Utilities Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Executive Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Insurance Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Judiciary Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Pensions and Investments Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Public Health Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Redistricting Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Senate Black Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Special Committee on Pension Investments, Illinois State Senate

Former Co-Chair, Special Committee on Restorative Justice, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Amendments, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Election Law, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Gaming, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Generation, Utilities, and Telecommunications, Illinois State Senate

Member, Subcommittee on Long Term Care, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Pension Reforms, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Redistricting I, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Special Issues, Illinois State Senate

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1993
  • BA, Political Science, DePaul University, 1984-1987
  • Partner, Quarles & Brady, Limited Liability Partnership, 2012-present
  • Former In-House Counsel, City Colleges of Chicago
  • Former Prosecutor, Cook County State's Arrotney's Office
  • Former Senior Counsel, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Law Firm
  • Former President, Relationship Strategies International, Limited Liability Company
  • Attorney General, State of Illinois, 2019-present
  • Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 13, 2004-2019
  • Candidate, Illinois State Attorney General, 2018
  • Member, Board of Directors, International Child Care USA, 2014-present
  • Board Member, Legal Prep Charter Academies, 2014-present
  • Member, 100 Black Men, present
  • Member, Board of Directors, North Central Province, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, present
  • Chair, Racial Profiling Prevention and Data Oversight Board, present
  • Vice Chair, Sentencing Policy Advisory Council, present
  • Member, Trinity United Church of Christ, present
  • Former Member, American Bar Association
  • Former Board Member, Board of Directors, Cook County Bar Association
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Union Park High Schools
  • Former Member, Chicago Bar Association
  • Former Member, Haitian-American Lawyers Association
  • Former Member, Illinois State Bar Association
  • Former Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys

Other Info

  • Janin Raoul, M.D.

Favorite Quote:

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. (Martin Luther King)

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. (Plato)

I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but people. And if we think them not enlightened enough, the remedy is not to take the power from them, but to inform them by education. (Thomas Jefferson}

  • Marie Therese Raoul

State Bills
Speeches
Articles

Tested positive for coronavirus on June 16, 2020

Jan. 1, 1900

On June 16, 2020, Raoul announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus. He said he experienced mild symptoms.

Events

2019

Jan. 14
Attorney General-Elect Kwame Raoul's Inauguration Day Open House

Mon 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST

500 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62701-1705, United States