Elect Laura

Laura’s fourth Gang Awareness Seminar as part of her work with Maine Township and MaineStay Youth and Family Services was featured in the Chicago Tribune and chicagotribune.com.

The seminar will cover education of gang awareness and prevention.  Laura is planning an educational discussion on how to identify low-level gang activity.

It will be Wednesday, September 17th in the Maine Township Town Hall, 1700 Ballard Rd, Park Ridge.

The Illinois Supreme Court Capital Litigation Trial Bar is the blue ribbon committee established to ensure that only those with the proper ethical and trial experience can conduct capital litigation.  Laura Morask is the only candidate in her race to be twice certified as lead counsel by this organization’s rigorous process.

The process consists of a review committee which interviews various legal references to verify and confirm murder jury experience, forensic knowledge and experience, DNA knowledge and experience and ethical trial standards.

Experience

Laura is also the only candidate in her race to have record-setting trial experience, with over five thousand bench and motion hearings and a record amount of  jury trial litigation,  leading any prosecutor in Cook County. She is more intimately familiar with the rules of evidence, the law, and daily courtroom management and litigation. As the deputy supervisor of preliminary hearings for Branch 44 at Harrison and Kedzie handling all of the felony cases on Chicago’s west side,  she currently supervises the prosecution of 400 cases monthly, trains dozens of younger assistants and manages a staff of courtroom personnel.

Expert in DNA and Forensic  evidence

Combining her interests in biology and law, she developed an expertise in DNA. This expertise has enabled her to become a forensic expert familiar with not only rape cases but capital cases, and has tried over a hundred jury trials involving such issues  as lead counsel. As previously mentioned, she is the only candidate in her race to be twice qualified by the Illinois Supreme Court’s Capital Litigation Trial Bar recognizing she has the forensic, legal and ethical experience required by law to handle capital cases.  Over the years she have advised and taught many fellow lawyers how to analyze and effectively present DNA evidence. She lectures locally and nationally and published a chapter in the Joint Cook and DuPage County Training Manual for Prosecutors. Her DNA expertise was recently featured on FOX News.

Laura ventured out during the flooding and downpour to meet with Wheeling Township supporters.  She spoke to over 50  hardy attendees who braved the rain to meet the 8 new precinct captains and hear the speakers.  In addition to Laura Morask, candidate for the 12th Judicial sub-circuit of Cook County, other speakers were Tony Peraica, Matt Murphy, and Andy McKenna.

The biggest obstacle to attending the meeting were all the flooded intersections.  Immediately following the meeting Laura left to monitor Maine Township’s emergency situation due to flooding.  She worked with the township to declare a state of emergency to get county and state aid as quickly as possible.

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We are now in the stretch run of the campaign season and the finish line is within view. That’s why we need your help and support. We are calling upon our friends to volunteer to help spread Laura’s message to all the voters throughout the 12th Judicial Subcircuit.

Please join Laura next Saturday morning when the campaign will be hosting a Volunteer Breakfast where we will be distributing campaign materials (yard signs, literature, instructions, etc.) to our volunteers so that they can help spread Laura’s message. Your help is critical to the success of Laura’s campaign, so please join us for…

“Volunteers for Laura” Breakfast

Saturday, September 20th
9:00AM - 10:30AM

Silver Stallion Restaurant

1275 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60018
(847) 298-2656

If you can’t join us for the breakfast next Saturday morning but would like to obtain campaign materials, please call: 773-991-5766; or e-mail: joinus@electlaura.net

We look forward to seeing you next Saturday!!

Reminder that Thursday at 6pm we kickoff the campaign at Cavanaugh’s. (see map)  You are invited! We can’t wait to see all of you.

If you are unable to attend please donate or volunteer for a yard sign.

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Recently a veteran Chicago Police Officer took about 1 minute from his busy day to send a quick heartfelt email to his entire address book. Due to the great response from this letter, we are asking all of our supporters to send a quick email to friends and family and let them know why this campaign needs their help and their vote.

Please help share the good word about Laura’s judicial race in the 12th subcircuit. The Committee to Elect Laura Morask encourages you to use the power of email to reach out to friends who vote or should register to vote.

We have that police officer’s letter for you to use or you can just write your own. It is an easy way to help and support Laura Morask, in the race for Judge of the 12th sub-circuit. Please make sure to add us to the list and we will include your letter in our Friends area.Here’s the letter:

Dear Friends and Family,

It is with great pleasure that I would like to tell you about a judicial candidate whom I endorse for the upcoming election. Laura Morask is a candidate for judge in the 12th judicial sub circuit which includes Park Ridge, Niles, Glenview, Elk Grove Village, DesPlaines, Northbrook, Northfield, Mt. Prospect, Arlington Hts, Glencoe, Kenilworth, Wilmette, and Winnetka.

Laura is a personal friend of mine and my family as well as longtime Park Ridge resident along with her husband and two teenage boys. Laura has dedicated herself to public service for the last 22 years as a State’s Attorney in the Special Prosecutions Unit prosecuting gang crimes, child molesters and serious class X felonies. She currently supervises the intake of all crimes that occur on the West Side of Chicago and trains dozens of young attorneys. Laura has a record-setting number of jury trials, as well as bench trials and an outstanding record of convictions.

Laura is also an elected official in Maine Township as a Trustee of the Main Township board. As a board member she has dedicated her service over the past six years to helping the senior citizens at the neighborhood watch meetings and running the National Night Out against Crime, as well as lectured and taught township residents in keeping our children safe from encroaching Gang members. You can learn more about her values and experience by looking at her campaign WEBSITE; www.electlaura.net.

Voting is a very important privilege in our country so please take the time to register and to vote to put Laura on the bench. Also if anyone has friends or family that live in the 12th subcircuit please forward this e-mail to them. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this and please pass the word on.

Lets all work together and put Laura on the bench.

Thanks,

Brian R.

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Fall Campaign Kick-Off!

After a busy and productive year of campaigning to provide Cook County citizens with the most qualified, experienced and knowledgeable Judge for the 12th Subcircuit, Laura won a hotly contested primary. We could not have done it without you.
Many of you may not realize Laura now faces a contested general election. We hope you join us in our goal of putting the most qualified candidate on the bench.

Please join us as we kick off our final stretch!

We Need Your Help Today.

If you are unable to attend, it only takes a few moments
to donate or volunteer for a yard sign.
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As many of you know, protecting the citizens of the community is one of my greatest passions. As a front line prosecutor of violent gang crimes, sex crimes and quality of life crimes, my job on a daily basis is to ensure justice for the victims of those crimes as well as for the community as a whole.

Along with my job as supervisor of all the cases that come into the west side of the city , I also strive to protect the community as an elected official in Maine Township. Among my passions as a trustee are educating our local youth and their parents about gang crimes. In that same vein I am particularly concerned about protecting our senior citizens from crime and participate in the neighborhood watches we organize with many of our senior communities.
One of my favorite events that really highlights a public service to all of our communities is the National Night Out Against Crime.

I have had the privilege of being on the committee for the Maine Township NNO for the seven years of my trustee postion. This is an amazing group of dedicated seniors and volunteers who spend enormous amounts of time and energy to plan each annual event. Our committee chair, Trustee Susie Moylan-Krey plans a superb line-up of activities and coordinates the event.

One of my jobs is to obtain donations from local businesses for door prizes. I am pleased to report that every year we have more and more businesses participate with generous contributions. It is so rewarding to watch kids’ eyes light up if they win a prize in our annual poster contest, which, by the way, is my absolute favorite part of our committee planning. Each year, I am also honored that I , along with Maine Township Highway Supervisor Robert Provenzano, have the privilege and the fun of announcing the winners of the poster contests and hand them their prize.

The contest we host each year is amongst all the schools in Maine Township and we provide a theme connected to public service and protecting the community, which each poster is supposed to incorporate. At our upcoming committee meeting on July 18th, we will be judging the results of the amazing entries we receive. The hardest part is picking as these kids’ artwork is incredible. I also have the privilege of having been allowed to keep past year’s event runner-ups and display them in the hallways of the courthouse where I work and in my offices. It is a great message that numerous visitors constantly comment on. It is events like this that may strike a chord in a child so that they choose to embark on a path of participating in their respective hometowns rather than choose a path the other way.

The event culminates in a candle light walk through the streets which is a breathtaking sight, particularly when turn-out is high. Last year’s event for Maine Township was our best turn out ever. We had over six hundred people attend the festivities which feature numerous guest speakers, bands, information booths, local dignitaries, popsicles, glo-sticks, games, and the perennial favorite; the Sherriff’s K-9 unit.

This year’s event promises to be spectacular and will again be held at the Golf –Maine Park District Dee Park beginning at 6:30 on Tuesday, August 5th. Please turn out to show your support for your community and help us protect you!

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This past weekend, I worked the Taste of Park Ridge for my mom. Even while working it was really fun. There was lots of stuff to do, good food, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

On Friday, my friend volunteered with me and enjoyed it even though we were put onto garbage duty. I did clean up on Saturday as well. On both days, the vibrant bright shirts that read “Elect Laura Morask” were everywhere. The volunteers who wore them were very helpful. They were cleaning up tables, getting garbage off the ground, emptying overflowing cans, and helping people in general.

While I was working, random people would compliment us on the work we were doing and give us tickets for food and drinks. I think the work the volunteers did was noticed heavily by the public. My mom also came to the taste all three nights to chat with people. It seemed like a lot of people seemed to notice her. The taste was a lot of fun and really good for the campaign.