Lindsay Parkhurst | |
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Member of the IllinoisHouseofRepresentatives from the 79th district | |
In office January 2017 –December 2020 [1] | |
Preceded by | Kate Cloonen |
Succeeded by | Jackie Haas |
Personal details | |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Kankakee,Illinois |
Alma mater | Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D.) DePaul University (L.L.M.) University of Illinois (B.A.) |
Profession | Attorney |
Lindsay Parkhurst is a Circuit Judge in the 21st Judicial Circuit of the Illinois Circuit Courts. She was previously a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 79th District from 2017 to 2020. The 79th district includes all or parts of Kankakee,Bourbonnais,Bradley,Essex,Hopkins Park,Peotone,Herscher and Braceville. [2]
She is a Kankakee native and an attorney who earned her degrees at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,Chicago-Kent College of Law and DePaul University College of Law. [3]
During her tenure she was assigned to the following committees:Appropriations:General Service;Appropriations:Elementary and Secondary Education;Judiciary:Civil;Judiciary:Criminal;Transportation:Regulation,Roads Restorative Justice;Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee;Tort Liability Law Subcommittee;Juvenile Justice;System Involve
On November 14,2019,Parkhurst announced via Facebook that she would not run for reelection in 2020. [4] She ran for a Circuit Judge position unopposed in the 2020 General Election. [5] She resigned the Illinois House and was sworn in a judge on December 7,2020. [6] One day after being sworn in a judge,she administered the oath to her successor,and Republican Representative-elect Jackie M. Haas was sworn in on December 8,2020. [7]