• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1994 – 2010 · 16 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Adjunct professor

  DePaul University College of Law

  1992 – 1994 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  Illinois Appellate Court, First District

  1987 – 1994 · 7 yrs

• circuit judge

  1986 – 1987 · 1 yr

• Judge

  Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County

  1979 – 1987 · 8 yrs

• associate judge

  1979 – 1986 · 7 yrs

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  Northern District of Illinois

  1978 – 1979 · 1 yr

• Adjunct professor

  NCBL Community College of Law

  1978 – 1979 · 1 yr

• General attorney

  United Airlines

  1977 – 1978 · 1 yr

• Supervisory trial attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  1973 – 1977 · 4 yrs

• Lecturer

  Malcolm X Community College

  1970 – 1971 · 1 yr

• Assistant state's attorney

  1968 – 1973 · 5 yrs

Education