Northern District of Illinois Court Historical Association
Home
Officers & Directors
Membership Information
Court History
Judges
Events & Programs
Photo Gallery
Others
219 South Dearborn St.
Room 2246
Chicago, IL 60604
312-435-5776

Judgeships of the Northern District of Illinois

Judge Tenure

Judgeship 1 - Created by 3 Stat. 502
Thomas Drummond 1850-1869
Henry Williams Blodgett 1870-1892
Peter Stenger Grosscup 1892-1899
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat 1899-1905
Solomon Hicks Bethea 1905-1909
George Albert Carpenter 1910-1933
Philip Leo Sullivan 1933-1960
James Benton Parsons 1961-1993
Paul Edward Plunkett 1983-
Matthew F. Kennelly 1999-

Judgeship 2 - Created by 33 Stat. 992
Kenesaw Mountain Landis 1905-1922
James Herbert Wilkerson 1922-1948
William Joseph Campbell - Library biography 1940-1988
Thomas Roberts McMillen 1971-1985
Suzanne B. Conlon 1988 -
Virginia Mary Kendall 2006 -

Judgeship 3 - Created by 42 Stat. 837
Adam C. Cliffe 1922-1928
Charles Edgar Woodward 1929-1942
Elwyn Riley Shaw 1944-1950
Joseph Samuel Perry 1951-1984
William Joseph Bauer 1971-1975
Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr. 1974-2004
Charles Petros Kocoras 1980 -
Robert Michael Dow, Jr. 2007 -

Judgeship 4 - Created by 46 Stat. 1417
John Peter Barnes 1931-1958
Julius Howard Miner 1958-1963
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz 1963-2001
George Neves Leighton 1976-1987
James Henry Alesia 1987-2003
William J. Hibbler 1999 -

Judgeship 5 - Created by 46 Stat. 1417
George E.Q. Johnson 1932-1933
William Harrison Holly 1933-1958
Walter J. LaBuy 1944-1967
Richard Bevan Austin 1961-1977
John Powers Crowley 1976-1981
William Thomas Hart 1982 -
Rebecca R. Pallmeyer 1998 -

Judgeship 6 - Created by 52 Stat. 585
Michael Lambert Igoe 1938-1967
William Joseph Lynch 1966-1976
Nicholas John Bua 1977-1991
Ruben Castillo 1994 -

Judgeship 7- Created by 64 Stat. 443
Winfred George Knoch 1953-1958
Edwin Albert Robson 1958-1986
John Francis Grady 1975 -
Robert William Gettleman 1994 -

Judgeship 8 - Created by 64 Stat. 443
Julius Jennings Hoffman 1953-1983
Richard Wellington McLaren 1972-1976
Stanley Julian Roszkowski 1977-1998
Wayne R. Andersen 1991-

Judgeship 9 - Created by 75 Stat. 80
Hubert Louis Will 1961-1995
Milton Irving Shadur 1980 -
Blanche M. Manning 1994 -

Judgeship 10 - Created by 75 Stat. 80
Bernard Martin Decker 1962-1993
John Albert Nordberg 1982 -
Elaine E. Bucklo 1994 -

Judgeship 11 - Created by 80 Stat. 75
Alexander J. Napoli 1966-1972
Prentice Henry Marshall 1973-1996
George Wakem Lindberg 1989-
Amy J. St. Eve 2002-

Judgeship 12 - Created by 84 Stat. 294
Frank James McGarr 1970-1988
James Block Zagel 1987-

Judgeship 13 - Created by 84 Stat. 294
Philip Willis Tone 1972-1974
Joel Martin Flaum 1974-1983
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner 1984-1992
David H. Coar 1994 -

Judgeship 14 - Created by 92 Stat. 1629
James Byron Moran 1979 - 2009
Joan B. Gottschall 1996 -

Judgeship 15 - Created by 92 Stat. 1629
Marvin E. Aspen 1979 -
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan 2003 -

Judgeship 16 - Created by 92 Stat. 1629
Susan Christine O`Meara Getzendanner 1980-1987
George Michael Marovich 1988 -
John W. Darrah 2000 -

Judgeship 17 - Created by 98 Stat. 333
Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. 1984 -

Judgeship 18 - Created by 98 Stat. 333
James F. Holderman 1985 -

Judgeship 19 - Created by 98 Stat. 333
Ann Claire Williams 1985-1999
Joan Humphrey Lefkow 2000 -

Judgeship 20 - Created by 98 Stat. 333
Brian Barnett Duff 1985 -
Ronald A. Guzman 1999 -

Judgeship 21 - Created by 98 Stat. 333
Harry Daniel Leinenweber 1985 -
Mark R. Filip 2004 - 2008

Judgeship 22 -Created by 104 Stat. 5089
Philip Godfrey Reinhard 1992 -
Frederick J. Kapala 2007 -
|

Return to top.