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6800 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 http://andre4rep.com Campaign Contributions: ISBE Disclosure Reports Andre Thapedi is a trial lawyer and businessman who was raised in and continues to reside on the south side of Chicago. Andre Thapedi announced his candidacy for the Democratic Party's nomination for the office of Representative in the General Assembly for the 32nd Representative District as a result of the retirement of State Rep. Milton Patterson. Andre Thapedi knows the issues facing the 32nd District and recognizes the importance of service to the community. Andre Thapedi is a graduate of LeMans Academy and St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School, where he was a student athlete, leader, and selected as a "Chicagoland Outstanding Student." After Andre Thapedi graduated from Morehouse College, he earned a law degree, with honors, from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a president of the Black Law Students Association, national mock trial competition winner, national moot court competition winner, and published in the Journal of Computer and Information Law. Andre Thapedi worked as an intern with the office of the Cook County State's Attorney and the Law Department of the Chicago Transit Authority. He spent eight years as a trial, corporate, and transactional attorney with the major Chicago law firms of Earl L. Neal & Associates, LLC (now Neal & Leroy, LLC) and Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP. Presently, Andre Thapedi is a partner in the law firm of Thapedi & Thapedi where he represents both injured persons and businesses in complex civil litigation. He is also the managing broker for Shore Realty, LLC. His service to our community includes tutoring underachieving students, conducting seminars in senior citizen homes, and sponsoring a free legal clinic in the Englewood community. He also serves as the General Counsel for several non-profit organizations. The son of Isaac Martin Thapedi, a Chicago neurosurgeon and Llwellyn Thapedi, a retired Cook County judge, Andre Thapedi has the background, training, and experience to be effective. Campaign Contributions: ISBE Disclosure Reports E-mail this article to a friend | Printer friendly format |