Wendy Bloom

Wendy Bloom is a Senior Attorney at ELPC with a focus on protecting the Midwest’s wild and natural places and Great Lakes. Prior to joining ELPC, Ms. Bloom was a long-time share partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP with a track record of successful litigation and settlement outcomes for Fortune 500 clients in complex litigation matters. She was named a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation (2021–2024), a “Midwest Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer (April 1, 2021), and Litigator of the Week by The Am Law Lit Daily (April 3, 2020). Ms. Bloom was recognized for her pro bono work by Illinois Prison Project (2021), and is a Fellow with the American Bar Foundation since 2021. She currently serves on the Boards of Ascend Justice, Cabrini Green Legal Aid, and Makom Solel Lakeside, and is a past President of both the Harvard Law Society of Illinois and the PTO for the public school her children attended.

WHAT’S A PLACE YOU LOVE IN THE MIDWEST?

There are so many! I love paddleboarding and sailing on Lake Michigan and listening to the waves break along the shore. My husband and I enjoy biking and hiking on the trails in Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine State Forest. Badlands National Park and Custer State Park in South Dakota are stunning. I love canoeing along the Midwest’s rivers looking for bald eagles, herons and other birds, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore are special places for my family.

WHAT DRIVES YOU TO DO THIS WORK?

I care deeply about the survival of our planet and ensuring that my children and future generations will have wild and natural places to enjoy and clean air and water to breathe and drink. As a litigator, I enjoy devoting my time and applying my skills to protecting these special places for the benefit of us all.