Anita Alvarez

(en Español )

I began my career with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in 1986 and I have steadily worked my way up through the ranks, attaining key management positions and handling hundreds of felony cases including homicide, narcotics, armed robbery, criminal sexual assaults and domestic violence.

I presently hold the position of Chief Deputy State’s Attorney, the third ranking post in the nation’s second largest prosecutor’s office. I am the highest ranking woman and minority in the State’s Attorney’s Office.

I have made a career of standing up for victims of crime. I have sat with families devastated by murder and I have held the hands of victims shattered by violence. I have chosen prosecution as my career and after 22 years I still wake up each morning with the goal of making a difference in people’s lives.

I seek the position of Cook County State’s Attorney not as a career politician looking for a stepping stone, but as a career prosecutor who understands that the State’s Attorney’s Office is the first line of defense for Cook County citizens who are victimized by crime.

Now more than ever, Cook County needs a State’s Attorney who will be tough, fair and free from political influence. My main priority as State’s Attorney will be to provide steady leadership while advocating for change to make the office even better and closer to the communities that we serve.

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