• Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  Judge

  1983 – present · 43 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1974 – 1983 · 9 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

Career

• U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant commander

  JAG Corps

  1981 – 1992 · 11 yrs

• First assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Illinois

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

• first assistant attorney general

  1970 – 1972 · 2 yrs

• Assistant attorney general

  State of Illinois

  1969 – 1972 · 3 yrs

• Lecturer

  Northwestern University School of Law

  1967 – 1969 · 2 yrs

• Associate director

  Police Legal Advisory Program, Northwestern University School of Law

  1967 – 1968 · 1 yr

• Assistant state's attorney

  1965 – 1969 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1964 – 1965 · 1 yr

Education