Previously, Ms. Wichern served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Appeals Division of the City of Chicago’s Department of Law. In 2005, she was a U.S. Supreme Court Fellow with the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C. She earned her J.D. with honors from DePaul University College of Law, where she was the Managing Editor of Notes and Comments on the DePaul Law Review and was chosen for Order of the Coif. After law school, Ms. Wichern was a law clerk to the Honorable William J. Bauer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She also has taught writing and advocacy courses at Loyola University School of Law, DePaul University College of Law, and The John Marshall Law School. Before law school, she earned her B.A. in history and political science, with a minor in English, from Indiana University.