Attorney General questionnaire

Attorney General Primary Election 2018 Chicago Tribune Biographical information Name Campaign contact person and phone Candidate website and email Date of Birth Portrait (please attach) Home address Office address Occupation. Please be specific; titles and proper names. Education Spouse occupation. Please be specific; titles and proper names. Please list any relatives who work for a government body or who lobby, consult, or hold contracts with a governmental entity. Issues Please explain how you would hit the ground running. On Day 1, what would your primary focus for the office be? How would you reorganize, if at all, the direction of the attorneys who report to you? Please explain in detail your legal experience and/or any areas of legal or policy expertise. Have you ever tried a case? If so, how many? How would you prioritize the resources of the office? What do you view as the top three roles of the Illinois attorney general’s office? To which areas of focus would you devote the most resources? What are the greatest challenges facing the next attorney general? Give us some examples of when you displayed independence from your party or staked out an unpopular position. What steps have you taken, or would you take, to maintain the independence of the office? The Illinois Constitution is vague about the role of the attorney general. How proactive should the attorney general be in injecting himself or herself into issues of education, pensions, state finances, corruption or other issues that don’t fall directly under the role of legal adviser? Should the attorney general’s grand jury authority be expanded to intensify the role of the AG in fighting corruption? Or is that a more suitable role for federal prosecutors? Please explain your answer. Tell us something about yourself that might surprise us. What distinguishes you from your opponents?