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District Court, C.D. Illinois
Judge
2011 – present · 15 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2
Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District
1998 – 2011 · 13 yrs
circuit judge
1990 – 1998 · 8 yrs
Illinois Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit
1987 – 1998 · 11 yrs
associate judge
1987 – 1990 · 3 yrs
Private practice
1981 – 1987 · 6 yrs
Law clerk, Hon. Harold A. Baker
U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois
1980 – 1981 · 1 yr
Judge, District Court, C.D. Illinois · Born 1951 · Springfield, IL