Jerry Lavin is a resident of Lake Forest and father of four children. For almost 20 years he was a teacher at Deerfield High School, where he taught in the Social Studies and Science departments. From 2018 to 2022, Jerry was president of the District 113 Education Association, which represented certified staff at both Deerfield High School and Highland Park High School.

Prior to teaching high school, Jerry taught law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Loyola Law School, and John Marshall Law school and was a managing director of IIT’s Center for Law and Financial Markets. Jerry earned his BA in international Relations from the University of Illinois, his JD from Harvard Law School, and his MA in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola University. After graduating law school, Jerry practiced law in the fields of commercial litigation and bankruptcy.