• District Court, N.D. Illinois

  Judge

  1987 – present · 39 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Chairman

  Illinois Governor's Advisory Counsel on Criminal Justice Legislation

  1980 – 1987 · 7 yrs

• Director

  Illinois State Police

  1980 – 1987 · 7 yrs

• Director

  Illinois Department of Revenue

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr

• Executive director

  Illinois Law Enforcement Commision

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Chief assistant attorney general

  State of Arizona (on leave from Illinois)

  1975 – present · 51 yrs

• Chief prosecutor

  Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board

  1973 – 1975 · 2 yrs

• chief

  Criminal Justice Division

  1970 – 1977 · 7 yrs

• Assistant attorney general

  State of Illinois

  1969 – 1977 · 8 yrs

• deputy chief

  Criminal Justice Division

  1969 – 1970 · 1 yr

• Assistant state's attorney

  1965 – 1969 · 4 yrs

Education