A former Dentons associate is among the Democratic challengers vying to unseat a Chicago-area member of Congress in the Illinois primary March 17.

Kristine Schanbacher, who hit pause on her Big Law career for the run late last year, is hoping a platform of reforming the nation’s civil and criminal justice systems will sway voters to back her instead of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, who has handily won every electoral contest he’s faced since 1996.