In an order entered last Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court announced the appointment of Chloe G. Pedersen to the countywide Circuit Court vacancy created last year, when Judge Debra B. Walker was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court. 

Pedersen's appointment is effective May 12 and terminates December 2, 2024. 

Currently, Pedersen works as a partner in the firm of Fletcher & Sippel, LLC. Her firm biography recites that Pedersen's practice with that firm has been on behalf of employers in matters including employee retention, discipline and separation (severance and termination), performance management, workplace investigations, policy development and enforcement, employment agreements, work place accommodations, FMLA, FLSA, and wage and hour issues. 

Before joining her present firm, 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. 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. 

Interestingly, when Pedersen is sworn in next month, all three candidates in that race will have attained the bench: ShawnTe Raines-Welch won the primary and was unopposed in last November's general election, while Jerry Barrido has just begun serving as a Cook County Associate Judge.