Beth is the Director of Cabrini Green Legal Aid’s (CGLA) statewide Criminal Records Program. In this position she has developed into the leading expert in Illinois on expungement and sealing of criminal records as well as the presentation of clemency petitions before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. Additionally, Beth often is called on to testify in Springfield as well as to train on these topics.

Beth started her legal career at CGLA in 2003 as a summer intern. She returned in 2005 after she graduated from DePaul University College of Law and shortly after the Expungement Desk was opened at the Daley Center. The Help Desk assists thousands of individuals a year to properly file with the court to clear or seal a past criminal record, both of which give people a fresh start. She remains committed to her work despite significant educational debt because “[T]he Criminal Records Program is a unique combination of direct service representation, policy advocacy, community outreach and legal education - a combination that truly utilizes the law to serve the public interest.” To give a sense of Beth’s staunch commitment to her work and her clients, Beth became a new mother for the first time on September 27 and is scheduled to present at a CLE program on Criminal Records during next week’s CBA/CBF Pro Bono Week.