Sarah is no stranger to hard work, and her friends and family will tell you that she hasn’t stopped going at full speed since she took her first job as a newspaper carrier when she was ten. In law school, she had 3 jobs in addition to her military responsibilities.
Sarah worked at Ezra & Associates for 10 years, practicing plaintiff’s litigation. During that time she was mobilized to Louisiana for 45 days to provide support for Hurricane Katrina where she was awarded a Humanitarian Service Award. She has also worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney where she handled a variety of different cases ranging from traffic and misdemeanor to felony money laundering cases, post-convictions, and drug asset forfeitures and was the assigned prosecutor for the Madison County Veteran’s Treatment Court.
She is a Lieutenant Colonel, the highest-ranking JAG officer in the State, and was recently selected to serve as Illinois’ first Military Judge for the Illinois Army National Guard under the Illinois Code. **SARAH SMITH IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. USE OF HER MILITARY RANK, JOB TITLES, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN UNIFORM DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.**