Krista Peterson is an Assistant State’s Attorney at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, Illinois, a position she has held for 16 years. Ms. Peterson is currently assigned to the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Unit of the Felony Trial Division, and has been for the past six years. Ms. Peterson was hired by the State’s Attorney’s Office in 2002 upon graduating from DePaul University College of Law and has held positions in Criminal Appeals, Misdemeanors, Felony Review and Preliminary Hearings. Ms. Peterson has devoted over half of her career to the prosecution of domestic violence cases. Ms. Peterson is a member of the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Bar Association and the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago. Ms. Peterson is a founding member of WISE (Women’s Insight and Support through Education), an Employee Resource Group at the State’s Attorney’s Office and leads their Mentorship Committee. Ms. Peterson holds the office of Vice President of the State’s Attorney’s Office’s LGBT+ Employee Resource Group. Prior to law school, Ms. Peterson attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Minor in Creative Writing and was Co-Captain of their Division I Softball Team. Ms. Peterson lives just outside of Chicago with her wife of thirteen years and their two daughters.