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Representative Lindsay Parkhurst (R) - Previous General Assembly (100th)
79th District

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Springfield Office:
Senator 79th District
232-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5981
 
District Office:
370 E. Court Street
Kankakee, IL 60901
(815) 523-7779
(815) 304-5987 FAX

Years served: January 2017 - Present

Committee assignments: Appropriations-General Service; Judiciary - Civil; Judiciary - Criminal; Transportation: Regulation, Roads; Restorative Justice; Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee; Tort Liability Law Subcommittee; Juvenile Justice and System Involve; Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ.

Biography: Raised in Kankakee. Received BA from University of Illinois, JD from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, and LLM from DePaul University College of Law. Currently practicing as a civil practice trial attorney and criminal defense attorney. Formerly served as Assistant Public Defender and Medical Malpractice defense attorney. She is a citizen legislator who lives in Kankakee with her husband and daughter.

Associated Representative(s): Toi W. Hutchinson