• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  2000 – 2012 · 12 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

  Northern District of Illinois

  1997 – 2000 · 3 yrs

• U.S. Magistrate

  U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

  1982 – 1997 · 15 yrs

• Executive director

  Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc.

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Instructor

  University of Miami Law School

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr

• Administrative law judge

  Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission

  1975 – 1979 · 4 yrs

• Staff attorney

  Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Inc.

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

• Law clerk

  Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

  1971 – 1972 · 1 yr