Jeffrey Cummings | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
Assumed office October 10, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
In office February 1,2019 –October 10,2023 | |
Preceded by | Michael T. Mason |
Succeeded by | Jeannice Williams Appenteng |
Personal details | |
Born | Jeffrey Irvine Cummings 1962 (age 60–61) Fort Wayne,Indiana,U.S. |
Education | Michigan State University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) |
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings (born 1962) [1] is an American lawyer from Illinois who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois since 2023. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2019 to 2023.
Cummings received a Bachelor of Arts,with high honors,from Michigan State University in 1984 and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, cum laude ,in 1987, [2] being inducted into the Order of the Coif. [3]
Cummings served as a law clerk for Judge Ann Claire Williams of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 2019,he was co-managing partner at Miner,Barnhill &Galland,P.C. [2] Cummings served as counsel to Barack Obama from 1996 to his senate election in 2004. [4] He was sworn in as a magistrate judge on January 29,2019. [5] He assumed office on February 1,2019. [6] Cummings is a former board member of Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. [7]
In 1995,Cummings,alongside Barack Obama,represented ACORN,a voter registration organization in suing the State of Illinois in seeking to have it comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. [8] [9]
In 2009,Cummings secured a $630,000 settlement for a class of black workers with Area Erectors,Inc.,who alleged termination based on race. [10] [11]
As a magistrate judge in 2020,Cummings ruled that Governor J. B. Pritzker would not be required to sit for a deposition as part of a discrimination case against his 2018 campaign. [12] [13]
In 2021,Cummings ordered the pretrial release of Jim Bob Elliott,a member of the group the Proud Boys,who was arrested for his participation of the January 6 United States Capitol attack. [14] [15]
In December 2021,Cummings was recommended to the president by Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. [16] On January 18,2023,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Cummings to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. [2] [17] [18] On January 31,2023,his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Cummings to a new seat. [19] On February 15,2023,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [20] On April 20,2023,his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–9 vote. [21] On September 12,2023,the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–44 vote. [22] Later that day,his nomination was confirmed by a 50–45 vote. [23] He received his judicial commission on October 10,2023. [24] He was sworn in on October 26,2023. [25]
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