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United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
(N.D. Ill.)
Map indicating the changing Districts of Illinois
LocationEverett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse(Chicago)More locations
Appeals toSeventh Circuit
EstablishedFebruary 13, 1855
Judges23
Chief JudgeVirginia Mary Kendall
Officers of the court
U.S. AttorneyMorris Pasqual (acting)
U.S. MarshalLaDon A. Reynolds
www.ilnd.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States, with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight.

Appeals from the Northern District of Illinois are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The acting United States attorney for the district, representing the United States in litigation in the court, is Morris Pasqual since March 12, 2023.

Organization

The court's jurisdiction is split into an eastern division, including Cook, DuPage, McHenry, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lake, and Will counties, with its sessions held in Chicago and Wheaton; and a western division, including Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties, with its sessions held in Freeport and Rockford.

History

The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, one of four locations where the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois holds sessions.

The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502. The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court. Initially, the court was not within any existing judicial circuit, and appeals from the court were taken directly to the United States Supreme Court. In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176.

The Northern District itself was created by a statute passed on February 13, 1855, 10 Stat. 606, which subdivided the District of Illinois into the Northern and the Southern Districts. The boundaries of the District and the seats of the courts were set forth in the statute:

The counties of Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iroquois, and all the counties in the said State north of them, shall compose one district, to be called the northern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the said district at the city of Chicago; and the residue of the counties of the said State shall compose another district, to be called the southern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the same at the city of Springfield.

The district has since been re-organized several times. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was created on March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992, by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978, which replaced it with a Central District, 92 Stat. 883, formed primarily from parts of the Southern District, and returning some counties to the Northern District.

The Northern District of Illinois, which contains the entire Chicago metropolitan area, accounts for 1,531 of the 1,828 public corruption convictions in the state between 1976 and 2012, almost 84%, also making it the federal district with the most public corruption convictions in the nation between 1976 and 2012.

Current judges

As of December 5, 2024:

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
80 Chief Judge Virginia Mary Kendall Chicago 1962 2006–present 2024–present G.W. Bush
82 District Judge Robert Michael Dow Jr. Chicago 1965 2007–present G.W. Bush
84 District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman Chicago 1960 2010–present Obama
85 District Judge Edmond E. Chang Chicago 1970 2010–present Obama
87 District Judge John Tharp Chicago 1960 2012–present Obama
89 District Judge Sara L. Ellis Chicago 1969 2013–present Obama
90 District Judge Andrea Wood Chicago 1973 2013–present Obama
91 District Judge Manish S. Shah Chicago 1972 2014–present Obama
92 District Judge Jorge L. Alonso Chicago 1966 2014–present Obama
93 District Judge John Robert Blakey Chicago 1965 2014–present Obama
94 District Judge Martha M. Pacold Chicago 1979 2019–present Trump
95 District Judge Mary M. Rowland Chicago 1961 2019–present Trump
96 District Judge Steven C. Seeger Chicago 1971 2019–present Trump
97 District Judge John F. Kness Chicago 1969 2020–present Trump
98 District Judge Franklin U. Valderrama Chicago 1962 2020–present Trump
99 District Judge Iain D. Johnston Rockford 1965 2020–present Trump
101 District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins Chicago 1977 2023–present Biden
102 District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt Chicago 1970 2023–present Biden
103 District Judge Jeremy C. Daniel Chicago 1978 2023–present Biden
104 District Judge Jeffrey Cummings Chicago 1962 2023–present Biden
105 District Judge Sunil Harjani Chicago 1974 2024–present Biden
106 District Judge Georgia N. Alexakis Chicago 1978 2024–present Biden
107 District Judge April Perry Chicago 1979 2024–present Biden
45 Senior Judge Marvin Aspen Chicago 1934 1979–2002 1995–2002 2002–present Carter
47 Senior Judge Charles P. Kocoras Chicago 1938 1980–2006 2002–2006 2006–present Carter
53 Senior Judge Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. inactive 1937 1984–2022 2022–present Reagan
60 Senior Judge Suzanne B. Conlon inactive 1939 1988–2004 2004–present Reagan
61 Senior Judge George M. Marovich inactive 1931 1988–2000 2000–present Reagan
64 Senior Judge Philip Godfrey Reinhard Rockford 1941 1992–2007 2007–present G.H.W. Bush
68 Senior Judge Robert Gettleman Chicago 1943 1994–2009 2009–present Clinton
69 Senior Judge Elaine E. Bucklo Chicago 1944 1994–2009 2009–present Clinton
70 Senior Judge Joan B. Gottschall Chicago 1947 1996–2012 2012–present Clinton
71 Senior Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer Chicago 1954 1998–2024 2019–2024 2024–present Clinton
73 Senior Judge Matthew Kennelly Chicago 1956 1999–2021 2021–present Clinton
74 Senior Judge Ronald A. Guzman Chicago 1948 1999–2014 2014–present Clinton
75 Senior Judge Joan Lefkow Chicago 1944 2000–2012 2012–present Clinton
81 Senior Judge Frederick J. Kapala inactive 1950 2007–2019 2019–present G.W. Bush
88 Senior Judge Thomas M. Durkin Chicago 1953 2012–2023 2023–present Obama

Former judges

# Judge State Born–died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Thomas Drummond IL 1809–1890 1855–1869 Taylor/Operation of law elevation
2 Henry Williams Blodgett IL 1821–1905 1870–1892 Grant retirement
3 Peter S. Grosscup IL 1852–1921 1892–1899 B. Harrison elevation
4 Christian Cecil Kohlsaat IL 1844–1918 1899–1905 McKinley elevation
5 Solomon Hicks Bethea IL 1852–1909 1905–1909 T. Roosevelt death
6 Kenesaw Mountain Landis IL 1866–1944 1905–1922 T. Roosevelt resignation
7 George Albert Carpenter IL 1867–1944 1910–1933 Taft resignation
8 James Herbert Wilkerson IL 1869–1948 1922–1940 1940–1948 Harding death
9 Adam C. Cliffe IL 1869–1928 1922–1928 Harding death
10 Charles Edgar Woodward IL 1876–1942 1929–1942 Coolidge death
11 John P. Barnes IL 1881–1959 1931–1957 1948–1957 1957–1958 Hoover resignation
12 George E. Q. Johnson IL 1874–1949 1932–1933 Hoover not confirmed
13 William Harrison Holly IL 1869–1958 1933–1943 1943–1958 F. Roosevelt death
14 Philip Leo Sullivan IL 1889–1960 1933–1960 1957–1959 F. Roosevelt death
15 Michael L. Igoe IL 1885–1967 1938–1965 1965–1967 F. Roosevelt death
16 William Joseph Campbell IL 1905–1988 1940–1970 1959–1970 1970–1988 F. Roosevelt death
17 Walter J. LaBuy IL 1888–1967 1944–1961 1961–1967 F. Roosevelt death
18 Elwyn Riley Shaw IL 1888–1950 1944–1950 F. Roosevelt death
19 Joseph Sam Perry IL 1896–1984 1951–1971 1971–1984 Truman death
20 Julius Hoffman IL 1895–1983 1953–1972 1972–1983 Eisenhower death
21 Winfred George Knoch IL 1895–1983 1953–1958 Eisenhower elevation
22 Julius Howard Miner IL 1896–1963 1958–1963 Eisenhower death
23 Edwin Albert Robson IL 1905–1986 1958–1975 1970–1975 1975–1986 Eisenhower death
24 Richard Bevan Austin IL 1901–1977 1961–1975 1975–1977 Kennedy death
25 James Benton Parsons IL 1911–1993 1961–1981 1975–1981 1981–1993 Kennedy death
26 Hubert Louis Will IL 1914–1995 1961–1979 1979–1995 Kennedy death
27 Bernard Martin Decker IL 1904–1993 1962–1980 1980–1993 Kennedy death
28 Abraham Lincoln Marovitz IL 1905–2001 1963–1975 1975–2001 Kennedy death
29 William Joseph Lynch IL 1908–1976 1966–1976 L. Johnson death
30 Alexander J. Napoli IL 1905–1972 1966–1972 L. Johnson death
31 Frank James McGarr IL 1921–2012 1970–1986 1981–1986 1986–1988 Nixon retirement
32 Thomas Roberts McMillen IL 1916–2002 1971–1984 1984–1985 Nixon retirement
33 William J. Bauer IL 1926–present 1971–1975 Nixon elevation
34 Richard Wellington McLaren IL 1918–1976 1972–1976 Nixon death
35 Philip Willis Tone IL 1923–2001 1972–1974 Nixon elevation
36 Prentice Marshall IL 1926–2004 1973–1988 1988–1996 Nixon retirement
37 Joel Flaum IL 1936–2024 1974–1983 Ford elevation
38 Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr. IL 1917–2004 1974–1979 1979–2004 Ford death
39 John F. Grady IL 1929–2019 1975–1994 1986–1990 1994–2019 Ford death
40 George N. Leighton IL 1912–2018 1976–1986 1986–1987 Ford retirement
41 John Powers Crowley IL 1936–1989 1976–1981 Ford resignation
42 Stanley Julian Roszkowski IL 1923–2014 1977–1991 1991–1998 Carter retirement
43 Nicholas John Bua IL 1925–2002 1977–1991 Carter retirement
44 James Byron Moran IL 1930–2009 1979–1995 1990–1995 1995–2009 Carter death
46 Milton Shadur IL 1924–2018 1980–1992 1992–2018 Carter death
48 Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner IL 1939–present 1980–1987 Carter resignation
49 John Albert Nordberg IL 1926–2021 1982–1994 1994–2021 Reagan death
50 William Thomas Hart IL 1929–2023 1982–1996 1996–2023 Reagan death
51 Paul Edward Plunkett IL 1935–2018 1982–1998 1998–2018 Reagan death
52 Ilana Rovner IL 1938–present 1984–1992 Reagan elevation
54 James F. Holderman IL 1946–present 1985–2013 2006–2013 2013–2015 Reagan retirement
55 Ann Claire Williams IL 1949–present 1985–1999 Reagan elevation
56 Brian Barnett Duff IL 1930–2016 1985–1996 1996–2016 Reagan death
57 Harry Leinenweber IL 1937–2024 1985–2002 2002–2024 Reagan death
58 James Zagel IL 1941–2023 1987–2016 2016–2023 Reagan death
59 James Henry Alesia IL 1934–2003 1987–1998 1998–2003 Reagan death
62 George W. Lindberg IL 1932–2019 1989–2001 2001–2019 G.H.W. Bush death
63 Wayne Andersen IL 1945–present 1991–2010 G.H.W. Bush retirement
65 Rubén Castillo IL 1954–present 1994–2019 2013–2019 Clinton retirement
66 Blanche M. Manning IL 1934–2020 1994–2010 2010–2020 Clinton death
67 David H. Coar IL 1943–present 1994–2009 2009–2010 Clinton retirement
72 William J. Hibbler IL 1946–2012 1999–2012 Clinton death
76 John W. Darrah IL 1938–2017 2000–2017 2017 Clinton death
77 Amy St. Eve IL 1965–present 2002–2018 G.W. Bush elevation
78 Samuel Der-Yeghiayan IL 1952–present 2003–2018 G.W. Bush retirement
79 Mark Filip IL 1966–present 2004–2008 G.W. Bush resignation
83 Gary Feinerman IL 1965–present 2010–2022 Obama resignation
86 John Z. Lee IL 1968–present 2012–2022 Obama elevation
100 Nancy L. Maldonado IL 1975–present 2022–2024 Biden elevation
  1. Reassigned from the District of Illinois.
  2. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1934, and received commission on March 1, 1934.
  4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the Senate on February 9, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939.
  5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959.
  6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the Senate on March 28, 1963, and received commission on April 2, 1963.

Chief judges

Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.

A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.

When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.

Succession of seats

Seat 1
Seat reassigned from the District of Illinois on February 13, 1855 by 10 Stat. 606
Drummond 1855–1869
Blodgett 1870–1892
Grosscup 1892–1899
Kohlsaat 1899–1905
Bethea 1905–1909
Carpenter 1910–1933
Holly 1934–1943
LaBuy 1944–1961
Austin 1961–1975
Crowley 1976–1981
Hart 1982–1996
Pallmeyer 1998–2024
Alexakis 2024–present
Seat 2
Established on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992
Landis 1905–1922
Wilkerson 1922–1940
Seat abolished on December 31, 1940 (Temporary judgeship expired)
Seat 3
Established on September 14, 1922 by 42 Stat. 837 (temporary)
Cliffe 1922–1928
Seat made permanent on May 29, 1928 by 45 Stat. 974
Woodward 1929–1942
Shaw 1944–1950
J. Perry 1951–1971
Bauer 1971–1974
Kirkland, Sr. 1974–1979
Kocoras 1980–2006
Dow, Jr. 2007–present
Seat 4
Established on February 25, 1931 by 46 Stat. 1417
Barnes 1931–1957
Miner 1958–1963
Marovitz 1963–1975
Leighton 1976–1987
Alesia 1987–1998
Hibbler 1999–2012
Wood 2013–present

Seat 5
Established on February 25, 1931 by 46 Stat. 1417
Johnson 1932–1933
Sullivan 1934–1960
Parsons 1961–1981
Plunkett 1982–1998
Kennelly 1999–2021
Maldonado 2022–2024
A. Perry 2024–present
Seat 6
Established on May 31, 1938 by 52 Stat. 584
Igoe 1938–1965
Lynch 1966–1976
Bua 1977–1991
Castillo 1994–2019
Valderrama 2020–present
Seat 7
Established on May 24, 1940 by 54 Stat. 219 (temporary)
Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 2 on December 31, 1940
Campbell 1940–1970
McMillen 1971–1984
Conlon 1988–2004
Kendall 2006–present
Seat 8
Established on August 14, 1950 by 64 Stat. 443
Hoffman 1953–1972
McLaren 1972–1976
Roszkowski 1977–1991
Andersen 1991–2010
Durkin 2012–2023
Harjani 2024–present

Seat 9
Established on August 14, 1950 by 64 Stat. 443
Knoch 1953–1958
Robson 1959–1975
Grady 1975–1994
Gettleman 1994–2009
Feinerman 2010–2022
Daniel 2023–present
Seat 10
Established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80
Will 1961–1979
Shadur 1980–1992
Manning 1994–2010
Tharp, Jr. 2011–present
Seat 11
Established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80
Decker 1963–1980
Nordberg 1982–1994
Bucklo 1994–2009
Chang 2010–present
Seat 12
Established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Napoli 1966–1972
Marshall 1973–1988
Lindberg 1989–2001
St. Eve 2002–2018
Rowland 2019–present

Seat 13
Established on June 2, 1970 by 84 Stat. 294
McGarr 1970–1986
Zagel 1987–2016
Seeger 2019–present
Seat 14
Established on June 2, 1970 by 84 Stat. 294
Tone 1972–1974
Flaum 1974–1983
Rovner 1984–1992
Coar 1994–2009
Lee 2012–2022
Jenkins 2023–present
Seat 15
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Moran 1979–1995
Gottschall 1996–2012
Ellis 2013–present
Seat 16
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Aspen 1979–2002
Der-Yeghiayan 2003–2018
Kness 2020–present

Seat 17
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Getzendanner 1980–1987
Marovich 1988–2000
Darrah 2000–2017
Pacold 2019–present
Seat 18
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Norgle Sr. 1984–2022
Hunt 2023–present
Seat 19
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Holderman 1985–2013
Blakey 2014–present
Seat 20
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Williams 1985–1999
Lefkow 2000–2012
Shah 2014–present

Seat 21
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Duff 1985–1996
Guzman 1999–2014
Alonso 2014–present
Seat 22
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333 (temporary)
Seat made permanent on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089
Leinenweber 1985–2002
Filip 2004–2008
Coleman 2010–present
Seat 23
Established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089
Reinhard 1992–2007
Kapala 2007–2019
Johnston 2020–present
Seat 24
Seat established on December 5, 2022 per 28 U.S.C. §133 (b) (temporary)
Cummings 2023–present

List of U.S. attorneys since 1857

See also

References

  1. Cahan, Richard (December 18, 2002). A Court That Shaped America: Chicago's Federal District Court from Abe Lincoln to Abbie Hoffman. Northwestern University Press.
  2. "Northern District of Illinois | Meet the U.S. Attorney". www.justice.gov. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  3. Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 393.
  4. ^ U.S. District Courts of Illinois, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  5. Simpson, Dick; Nowlan, James; Gradel, Thomas J.; Mouritsen Zmuda, Melissa; Sterrett, David; Cantor, Douglas (February 15, 2012). "Chicago and Illinois, Leading the Pack in Corruption; Anti-Corruption Report Number 5" (PDF). University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Political Science. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  6. "The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Attorneys in Illinois". politicalgraveyard.com.
  7. "ACLU Of Illinois welcomes new board members". February 23, 2009.

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