Jolie McLaughlin is an environmental attorney who has practiced in both the public and private sector. She currently works as an Associate Regional Counsel with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Chicago where she does enforcement and counseling work. She previously worked as a litigator at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental nonprofit organization, and she also litigated cases at a large corporate law firm. She completed a federal clerkship in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2016.