• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1979 – 2002 · 23 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter

Career

• Private practice

  1971 – present · 55 yrs

• Judge

  Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County

  1971 – 1979 · 8 yrs

• Adjunct professor of law

  Northwestern University

  1969 – present · 57 yrs

• Assistant corporation counsel, head of Appeals and Review Division

  1963 – 1971 · 8 yrs

• U.S. Air Force Reserve airman

  1960 – 1964 · 4 yrs

• Assistant state's attorney

  1960 – 1963 · 3 yrs

• Law clerk

  Court of Claims Section, U.S. Department of Justice

  1958 – present · 68 yrs

• Illinois National Guard

  1958 – 1960 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1958 – 1959 · 1 yr

Education