Larry Suffredin

Suffredin was born October 5, 1947 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, and grew up in Westchester, Illinois. He was the first of eight children born to Lawrence J. Suffredin Sr., a World War II combat veteran, and Patricia Mulrainey Suffredin. His father worked as a Chicago policeman and then became the "Printer to South Water Market" as the owner of Chicago Produce Publishing Company which reported on the local fruit and vegetable market.{{cite news |title=Lawrence J. Suffredin Sr. |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=136386857 |work= chicagotribune.com, Chicago Tribune |date= 2009-11-24 |accessdate=2010-02-17}}

After studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, he received his bachelor's degree from Loyola University Chicago in 1969 and his Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University in 1972.

Suffredin worked at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC 1969-1970 while in law school. He was an officer in the United States Air Force 1972-1973. He served as an Assistant Public Defender in Cook County from May 15, 1973 to June 30, 1975. He tried 32 juries to verdict as an Assistant Public Defender. He served Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan as special counsel for gaming issues and was the first executive for the new Missouri Gaming Board from 1992-1994. He served as special counsel for the City of Detroit on gaming issues. Suffredin is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Harbor Quest, Inc., a nonprofit staffing and placement services agency, and serves on the board of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence.

Suffredin is an attorney; he has argued before the Illinois and United States Supreme Court as well as the United States Court of Appeals and the Illinois Appellate Court. He has tried 136 juries to verdicts.

Suffredin has been in private law practice from 1975 to present, and beginning in 2002, he was elected to the County Board as well. In 2002, he won election as a Cook County Commissioner for the 13th district, of northern suburbs and two neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago. The commissioner is considered a part-time position. He won re-election in the next four elections. He announced that he will not run for re-election in the 2022 election.{{cite news |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/05/17/city/vanston-cook-county-board-commissioner-larry-suffredin-will-not-seek-reelection/ |title=Evanston Cook County Board Commissioner Larry Suffredin will not seek reelection |newspaper=The Daily Northwestern |date=May 17, 2021 |first=Delaney |last=Nelson |access-date=August 16, 2021 }}

Suffredin is a partner in the law firm of Shefsky & Froelich with practices in the areas of lobbying, gaming, government regulation, and securities law. Suffredin served as lead counsel in filing successful gaming applications with the Illinois Gaming Board for riverboat gaming operations. Suffredin has represented the following public entities: Cook County Forest Preserve, Chicago Transit Authority, and the Cities of Chicago, Elgin and Evanston.

Suffredin is a registered lobbyist{{cite news |title=No conflicts of interest here, lobbyist insists |date=2005-02-07 |first=Abdon |last=Pallasch |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}{{cite news |title=When Office Holders Also Represent Clients, Collisions Are Likely |first1=John |last1=Sullivan |first2=Fredric N. |last2=Tulsky |date=January 5, 2012 |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/us/conflicts-are-inevitable-when-officials-are-also-lobbyists.html}} with Cook County,{{cite web |url=http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/disclosures.asp |title=Active Cook Lobbyists and Clients |author=Cook County Clerk, Ethics and Campaign Disclosure division |access-date=June 15, 2007 |date=May 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218222150/http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/disclosures.asp |archive-date=February 18, 2009}} the City of Chicago,{{cite web |url=http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_EngineID=cccdaddlelgmhjecefecelldffhdfhg.0&contentOID=536944697&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Ethics%2FI+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Ethics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080204200549/http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_EngineID=cccdaddlelgmhjecefecelldffhdfhg.0&contentOID=536944697&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Ethics/I+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Ethics |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2008 |title=List of Registered Lobbyists |author=Chicago Board of Ethics |access-date=June 15, 2007 |date=June 15, 2007 }} and the State of Illinois.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/lobbyist/ |title=Lobbyist List |work=Illinois Secretary of State, Lobbyist Division |access-date=January 19, 2008 |date=September 5, 2007}} Suffredin's lobbyist clients include or have included resort and casino company MGM Mirage, owners of the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois, and Penn National Gaming, owners of the Hollywood Casino, Aurora, Illinois, the Illinois Alliance of Competitive Telephone Companies, the Donors Forum of Chicago, the Illinois Arts Alliance, and Illinois Citizens for Handgun Control, the Chicago Bar Association, and Kankakee Regional Landfill LLC.{{cite news |first1=Eric |last1=Herman |author2=Novak |title=The company Suffredin keeps |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/766739,CST-NWS-lobby30.article |work=suntimes.com, Chicago Sun-Times |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=February 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203103621/http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/766739,CST-NWS-lobby30.article |archive-date=February 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Robinson |title=Suffredin Takes a Hit |url=http://chicagoist.com/2008/01/31/suffredin_takes.php |date=January 31, 2008 |work= chicagoist.com, Chicagoist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203205158/http://chicagoist.com/2008/01/31/suffredin_takes.php |archive-date=February 3, 2008}} He is also a registered lobbyist for Abbott Laboratories, Nursepower Services Corporation, and Quest Diagnostics.{{cite news |title= Suffredin's lobbying clients |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=January 24, 2008}}

Suffredin has served part-time as a Commissioner on the Cook County Board for the 13th district since 2002; he was re-elected four times and will not run in 2022. Suffredin is Chairperson of the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations and Veterans Committee A committee of the whole, which recommends county positions on state and federal legislation, tracking state and federal funds earmarked for the county; reviews appointments to county boards and commissions, and reviews programs to benefit military veterans. He also serves on the Litigation, Tax and Revenue, Rules and Administration, and the Botanic Garden Committees.

On February 29, 2008 Suffredin voted for,{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Olmstead |title=Cook County board hikes taxes |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=144708 |work=Daily Herald |date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2008}} and on July 22, 2008 voted to uphold,{{cite news |first=Hal |last=Dardick |title=Cook County Board rejects sales tax increase repeal |url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/07/cook-county-boa.html |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 22, 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2008 }} a historic Cook County sales tax increase, remaining the highest sales tax rate in the nation. The Chicago Tribune editorialized that Suffredin "caved to pressure from public employee unions...and he provided the winning vote for this bureaucracy-friendly tax hike" and encouraged constituents to contact Suffredin to "acknowledge the error" by co-sponsoring its repeal.{{cite news |title=Your sales tax calendar |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0716edit1jul16,0,1104887.story |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612092641/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0716edit1jul16,0,1104887.story |archive-date=June 12, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

On October 11, 2017 Suffredin was one of two Commissioners voting to keep Cook County's tax on sweetened beverages.{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Hinton |title=Cook County Board repeals soda tax |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/county-board-poised-to-repeal-soda-tax/ |work=Chicago Sun Times |date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2019}} This final vote followed a 15-1 vote of the County Board's finance committee, where Suffredin was the only Commissioner voting to keep the tax.{{cite news |first=Amanda |last=Vinicky |title=Cook County Commissioners Sour on Sugary Drinks Tax |url=https://news.wttw.com/2017/10/10/cook-county-commissioners-sour-sugary-drinks-tax |work=WTTW |date=October 10, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2019}}

Suffredin and his wife, Gloria Callaci, live in Evanston, Illinois, and have two adult children, Tom and Elizabeth.{{cite news |title=Cook County Board Election Questionnaire |publisher=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://media.suntimes.com/images/cds/endorsements/ELECTIONS2010/larry-suffredin.pdf |accessdate=2010-02-17 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Tom is the alderman of the 6th Ward of Evanston.{{cite news |title=Rules and Organization of the City Council |publisher=City of Evanston |url=https://www.cityofevanston.org/government/city-council |accessdate=2017-08-31}}

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Suffredin lost to Anita Alvarez for party nomination in the February 2008 Democratic primary for Cook County State's Attorney.

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• [http://www.suffredin.org 13th Cook County Board District Commissioner Larry Suffredin] Political website
• [http://www.shefskylaw.com/ Shefsky & Froelich] Suffredin's law firm

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