The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois. It is one of the busiest federal trial courts in the United States,with famous cases including those of Al Capone and the Chicago Eight.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a federal district court covering approximately the southern third of the state of Illinois.
The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois serves the residents of forty-six counties,which are divided into four divisions. The counties are:Adams,Brown,Bureau,Cass,Champaign,Christian,Coles,DeWitt,Douglas,Edgar,Ford,Fulton,Greene,Hancock,Henderson,Henry,Iroquois,Kankakee,Knox,Livingston,Logan,McDonough,McLean,Macoupin,Macon,Marshall,Mason,Menard,Mercer,Montgomery,Morgan,Moultrie,Peoria,Piatt,Pike,Putnam,Rock Island,Sangamon,Schuyler,Scott,Shelby,Stark,Tazewell,Vermilion,Warren,and Woodford counties.
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court,the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution,which provides for seven justices elected from the five appellate judicial districts of the state:three justices from the First District and one from each of the other four districts. Absent mid-term vacancy,each justice is elected for a term of ten years,which may be renewed and the chief justice is elected by the court from its members for a three-year term.
Harris L Hartz is an American jurist and lawyer who serves as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
James Lowell Oakes was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Michael Roland Murphy is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Michael Martin Mihm is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois,with chambers in Peoria,Illinois. In 2004,he received the USAID Outstanding Citizen Achievement Citation for his work with the Russian judicial system.
The Judicial Conference of the United States,formerly known as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges,was created by the United States Congress in 1922 with the principal objective of framing policy guidelines for administration of judicial courts in the United States. The Conference derives its authority from 28 U.S.C. § 331,which states that it is headed by the chief justice of the United States and consists of the chief justice,the chief judge of each court of appeals federal regional circuit,a district court judge from various federal judicial districts,and the chief judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Samuel Alschuler was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Gustavo Antonio GelpíJr. is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a former chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Michael Patrick McCuskey is the Illinois Legislative Inspector General since his appointment on February 17,2022. He has served as a state circuit and appellate judge,and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Robert Dale Morgan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
Jeanne Ellen Scott was a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Sue Ellen Myerscough is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois and a former justice on the Illinois Fourth District Appellate Court.
James Edward Shadid is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Sara Lynn Darrow is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. She was formerly an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois,where she was chief of the violent crimes section.
William L. Thomas is a circuit judge for Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit and former nominee for United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Stephen Patrick McGlynn is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
