John Dennis Hastert is an American former politician,educator,convicted felon and child sex offender who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. Hastert was the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. After Democrats gained a majority in the House in 2007,Hastert resigned and began work as a lobbyist. In 2016,he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for financial offenses related to the sexual abuse of teenage boys.
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.
Rubén Castillo is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 1994,Castillo was the first person of Latino descent to be named a judge in the Northern District of Illinois,and in 2013 the first to become Chief Judge.
Mark Robert Filip is an American lawyer specializing in class action and white collar criminal and regulatory defense. Formerly a partner at Skadden,Arps,he currently practices in the Washington,D.C. office of Kirkland and Ellis. From 2004 until 2008,Filip served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As the George W. Bush administration ended,Filip served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States,and as the Barack Obama administration began he briefly served as acting attorney general.
Rosanna Malouf Peterson is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and a former professor at Gonzaga University School of Law. She is the first female judge to serve in the Eastern District.
Sharon Lynn Johnson Coleman is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was formerly a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court,First District,3rd Division.
Michael Howard Simon is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Paul Adam Engelmayer is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Gina Marie Groh is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
John Zihun Lee is an American lawyer serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois from 2012 to 2022.
John Joseph Tharp Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Jennifer Anna Dorsey is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Manish Suresh Shah is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and former assistant United States attorney for the same court.
Tyrone Clarence "Ty" Fahner is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party he served as Illinois Attorney General from 1980 until 1983. He was appointed to the position by Governor James R. Thompson after the incumbent,William Scott,had been disqualified from office after being convicted of a tax crime.
Thomas Anthony Durkin is a criminal defense attorney in Chicago. He specializes in civil rights and domestic terrorism cases.
William Frederic Jung is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Abid Riaz Qureshi is an American attorney. He is a partner in the Washington,D.C. office of the law firm Latham &Watkins. Qureshi is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Steven Charles Seeger is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Nancy Lee Maldonado is an American lawyer from Chicago who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is the nominee to serve as a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Sunil Harjani is an American lawyer who has served as a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois since 2019. He is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the same court.
