In this two-part episode, Haley and Matt sit down with the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall to discuss her career prior and after her appointment to the bench. Specifically, Judge Kendall discusses when and why human trafficking happens, the different forms of human trafficking, and how she has been able to help trafficking victims throughout the world.

The Honorable Virginia M. Kendall is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was appointed to the bench in January 2006 by President George W. Bush. Prior to her appointment, she served as Deputy Chief in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago where she worked for over ten years. During her tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, she was appointed to the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Committee which reviewed all multi-jurisdictional child exploitation cases, served as the Child Exploitation Coordinator in the Northern District of Illinois, and as Coordinator of Project Safe Neighborhoods. Judge Kendall is the co-author of Child Exploitation and Trafficking: Examining the Global Challenges and the U.S. Responses, with T. Markus Funk (foreword by The Hon. Richard A. Posner). Judge Kendall received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Northwestern University and her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.