Member of the Illinois Senate from the 17th district
In office January 13, 1999 – January 7, 2003
Preceded by
Bruce A. Farley
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
(1966-07-30) July 30, 1966 (age 57) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Pat Byrnes
Children
2 daughters
Parent
Michael Madigan (adoptive father)
Education
Georgetown University (BA) Loyola University, Chicago (JD)
Lisa Murray Madigan[1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position. She is the adopted daughter of Michael Madigan, who served as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2021.[2]
Madison did not seek re-election as the state's attorney general in 2018, and was succeeded by State Senator Kwame Raoul.[3]
^"Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois". Retrieved March 21, 2015.
^"Lisa Madigan". Chicago Tribune.
^"Attorney General Lisa Madigan won't seek re-election in 2018". Chicago Tribune.
Lisa Murray Madigan (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Attorney General of the...
senior. In 1976, Madigan married Shirley Murray, a divorced law firm receptionist with a young daughter, Lisa, whom Madigan adopted; Lisa later became Attorney...
Pearson, Rick (September 20, 2017). "Raoul Launches Bid to Replace LisaMadigan as Attorney General". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 21, 2017. staff...
office. Within days of Blagojevich's arrest, Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to declare the...
the gym's security videotapes. On August 24, Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan filed a $70,000 lawsuit against Wohl, alleging that he was responsible...
candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and candidate for Governor in 2010 LisaMadigan, Illinois Attorney General (running for re-election) Toni Preckwinkle...
many Democratic leaders (with the notable exception of Attorney General LisaMadigan, who claimed it was a conflict of interest since her office was investigating...
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for reelection in 2016. At the request of Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan, the United States Department of Justice initiated a civil rights investigation...
News. Mariotti ran as a Democrat to succeed Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan, who retired in 2018. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times he said...
at FindLaw Illinois State Bar Association Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan profile at National Association of Attorneys General Press releases at...
other involvement with the organization.) Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan filed suit against Wells Fargo on July 31, 2009, alleging that the bank...
appearances. In April 2010, it was reported that Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan had launched an antitrust investigation into the Lollapalooza festival's...
Clinton, Dick Durbin, Melissa Bean, Rahm Emanuel, LisaMadigan, Rod Blagojevich, Lou Lang, and Michael Madigan. In 2017, Bluhm was criticized after calling...
former Senior Advisor to the President Robin Kelly, U.S. representative LisaMadigan, Illinois Attorney General Andy Manar, state senator Barack Obama, former...
with a possible criminal investigation over the ads, and Illinois AG LisaMadigan said that the "walls were closing in" for Craigslist, labeling it "an...
consumer complaints received by the office of Illinois Attorney General, LisaMadigan, and reports from other states, scam artists have been contacting job...
candidate for governor of Illinois in 2010 Robin Kelly, U.S. Representative LisaMadigan, Illinois Attorney General Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States...
general, the Chicago Tribune reports. The attorneys general, led by LisaMadigan (D) of Illinois and Douglas Ganslar (D) of Maryland, allege that Caremark...
Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General LisaMadigan, who had served since 2003, did not seek re-election to a fifth term...
event. In April 2010, it was reported that Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan had launched an antitrust investigation into the festival for imposing...
A recent instance of this occurred in Moore v. Madigan, where Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan declined to appeal a ruling from the Seventh Circuit...
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