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Succession Chart of the Northern District of Illinois
Updated March 19, 2012

Judge Tenure
3 Stat. 502, March 3. 1819
Pope, Nathaniel 1819 - 1850
Thomas Drummond 1 1850 - 1855
10 Stat. 606, February 13, 1855
Thomas Drummond 1855 - 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
William Harrison Holly 1933 - 1943
Walter J. LaBuy 1944 - 1961
Richard Bevan Austin 1961 - 1975
John Powers Crowley 1976 - 1981
William Thomas Hart 1982 -1996
Rebecca R. Pallmeyer 1998 -
33 Stat. 992, March 3, 1905
Kenesaw Mountain Landis 1905 - 1922
James Herbert Wilkerson 1922 - 1940
42 Stat. 837, September 14, 1922
Adam C. Cliffe 1922 - 1928
Charles Edgar Woodward 1929 - 1942
Elwyn Riley Shaw 1944 - 1950
Joseph Samuel Perry 1951 - 1971
William Joseph Bauer 1971 - 1975
Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr. 1974 - 1979
Charles Petros Kocoras 1980 - 2006
Robert Michael Dow, Jr. 2007 -
46 Stat. 1417, February 25, 1931
John Peter Barnes 1931 - 1957
Julius Howard Miner 1958 - 1963
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz 1963 - 1975
George Neves Leighton 1976 - 1987
James Henry Alesia 1987 - 1998
William J. Hibbler 1999 - 2012
46 Stat. 1417, February 25, 1931
George E.Q. Johnson 1932 - 1933
Philip Leo Sullivan 1933 - 1960
James Benton Parsons 1961 - 1981
Paul Edward Plunkett 1982 - 1998
Matthew F. Kennelly 1999 -
52 Stat. 584, May 31, 1938
Michael Lambert Igoe 1938 - 1965
William Joseph Lynch 1966 - 1976
Nicholas John Bua 1977 - 1991
Ruben Castillo 1994 -
54 Stat. 219, May 24, 1940
William Joseph Campbell 1940 - 1970
Thomas Roberts McMillen 1971 - 1984
Suzanne B. Conlon 1988 - 2004
Virginia Mary Kendall 2006 -
64 Stat. 443, August 14, 1950
Julius Jennings Hoffman 1953 - 1972
Richard Wellington McLaren 1972 - 1976
Stanley Julian Roszkowski 1977 - 1991
Wayne R. Andersen 1991 - 2010
64 Stat. 443, August 14, 1950
Winfred George Knoch 1953 - 1958
Edwin Albert Robson 1958 - 1975
John Francis Grady 1975 - 1994
Robert William Gettleman 1994 - 2009
Gary Scott Feinerman 2010 -
75 Stat. 80, May 19, 1961
Hubert Louis Will 1961 - 1979
Milton Irving Shadur 1980 - 1992
Blanche M. Manning 1994 - 2010
75 Stat. 80, May 19, 1961
Bernard Martin Decker 1962 - 1980
John Albert Nordberg 1982 - 1994
Elaine E. Bucklo 1994 - 2009
Edmond E. Chang 2010 -
80 Stat. 75, March 18, 1966
Alexander J. Napoli 1966 - 1972
Prentice Henry Marshall 1973 - 1988
George Wakem Lindberg 1989 - 2001
Amy J. St. Eve 2002 -
84 Stat. 294, June 2, 1970
Frank James McGarr 1970 - 1986
James Block Zagel 1987 -
84 Stat. 294, June 2, 1970
Philip Willis Tone 1972 - 1974
Joel Martin Flaum 1974 - 1983
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner 1984 - 1992
David H. Coar 1994 - 2009
John Zihun Lee 2012 -
92 Stat. 1629, October 20, 1978
James Byron Moran 1979 - 1995
Joan B. Gottschall 1996 -
92 Stat. 1629, October 20, 1978
Marvin E. Aspen 1979 - 2002
Samuel Der-Yeghiayan 2003 -
92 Stat. 1629, October 20, 1978
Susan Christine O`Meara Getzendanner 1980 - 1987
George Michael Marovich 1988 - 2000
John W. Darrah 2000 -
98 Stat. 333, July 10, 1984
Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. 1984 -
98 Stat. 333, July 10, 1984
James F. Holderman 1985 -
98 Stat. 333, July 10, 1984
Ann Claire Williams 1985 - 1999
Joan Humphrey Lefkow 2000 -
98 Stat. 333, July 10, 1984
Brian Barnett Duff 1985 -1996
Ronald A. Guzman 1999 -
98 Stat. 333, July 10, 1984
Harry Daniel Leinenweber 1985 - 2002
Mark R. Filip 2004 - 2008
Sharon Johnson Coleman 2010 -
104 Stat. 5058, December 1, 1990
Philip Godfrey Reinhard 1992 - 2007
Frederick J. Kapala 2007 -
1 The Act of February 13, 1855, 10 Stat. 606, reorganized Illinois as two judicial districts with one judgeship for each district and assigned Judge Drummond to the U.S. District Court NDIL.