Full Name:
Erika C. Weaver
Gender:
Female
Family:
3 Children
JD, Loyola University Chicago, 2014-2017
MS, College Student Affairs, Eastern Illinois University, 2009-2010
BS, Kinesiology and Sport Studies, Eastern Illinois University, 2007-2008
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 15, 2020
No caucus information on file.
Assistant Public Defender, Coles County Public Defender's Office, 2019-present
Associate Attorney, The Tapella & Eberspacher Law Firm, 2018-2019
Fellow, Public Interest Law, Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, 2017-2018
Adjunct Professor, Law, Loyola University Chicago, 2017
Legal Intern, 711 License, Coles County State's Attorney Office, 2016
Judicial Intern, Illinois Sixth Judicial District, 2016
Judicial Intern, Illinois Circuit Court, 2015
Judicial Extern, United States District Court, 2015
Adjunct Counselor/Adjunct Faculty, Lake Land College, 2011-2014
Co-Chair, Law Student Outreach Committee, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated, 2019-present
Member, American Association of Single Parents, Incorporated, 2018-present
Member, Board, Mattoon Community School District #2, 2017-present
Member, American Bar Association, 2015-present
Member, Black Law Students Association, 2014-present
Member, Black Women Lawyers Association of Greater Chicago, Incorporated, 2014-present
Member, Executive Board, Law Students for Reproductive Justice, 2014-present
Former Solicitations Editor, Children's Legal Rights Journal, Loyola University Chicago
Director of Resolution, Cultural Impact Initiative
Former Staff Writer, Public Interest Law Review, Loyola University Chicago
Social Chair, Women's Law Society
Volunteer, Coles County Court Appointed Special Advocates, 2011-2019
Member, Board, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of East Central Illinois, 2018
Intern, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, American Bar Association, 2015