David H. Coar | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
In office August 12, 2009 –December 31, 2010 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
In office October 7,1994 –August 12,2009 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Ilana Rovner |
Succeeded by | John Z. Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | David H. Coar 1943 (age 79–80) Birmingham,Alabama |
Education | Syracuse University (BA) Loyola University Chicago School of Law (JD) Harvard Law School (LLM) |
David H. Coar (born 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Born in Birmingham,Alabama,Coar received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1964,a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1969,and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1970. He was a United States Marine Corps Sergeant in 1965. and United States Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant from 1965 to 1971. He was a Legal intern for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund in New York City from 1970 to 1971. Coar entered private practice in Mobile,Alabama from 1971 to 1972,then in Birmingham from 1973 to 1974. He was an Associate professor and associate dean of the DePaul University College of Law from 1974 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1986. He was a United States Trustee for the Northern District of Illinois from 1979 to 1982. He was a visiting professor of law at the College of William and Mary,Marshall-Wythe Law School in 1985 and was the first Black person to teach at the law school. [1] Coar served as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Illinois from 1986 to 1994.
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