Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago,in Illinois. Established in 1909,by the Society of Jesus,the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits,the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago. Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers degrees and combined degree programs,including the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law is the law school of the University of Illinois Chicago,a public research university in Chicago,Illinois. Founded in 1899,it became affiliated with the university in 2019. The school offers programs for both part-time and full-time students,with both day and night classes available,and offers January enrollment.
Julia Smith Gibbons is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Sandra Lea Lynch is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.
Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Laurie Lou Levenson is a professor of law,William M. Rains Fellow,the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy,and Director of the Center for Legal Advocacy at Loyola Law School of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She teaches evidence,criminal law,criminal procedure,ethics,anti-terrorism,and white collar crime. She served as Loyola's Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996 to 1999. In addition to her teaching responsibilities,she is the Director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy. She received the 2003 Professor of the Year awards from both Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial Center.
Marvin E. Aspen is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Suzanne Elizabeth Brown Conlon is an American attorney and jurist who is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
John Walter Darrah was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Eldon E. Fallon is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Referred as a pioneer in the creative use of multidistrict litigations and bellwether trials,Fallon has overseen several high-profile multidistrict litigation cases in recent years,including the Xarelto,Chinese Drywall,Vioxx,and Propulsid litigations.
Blanche Marie Manning was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Mary Jane Theis is a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court for the First Judicial District in Cook County. In 2022,she became chief justice after the retirement of then-chief justice Anne M. Burke.
Stephanie Dawn Thacker is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Sara Lee Ellis is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Andrea Robin Wood is an American attorney serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
T. Markus Funk is an American attorney,law professor,and author known for the prosecution of several high-profile mob figures during his career at the United States Department of Justice,his role in co-leading the internal investigation into former Ohio State University team physician Dr. Richard Strauss,and trial victory on behalf of the Costa Rican citrus industry. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Perkins Coie,where he served as the Firmwide Chair of the firm's global White Collar &Investigations Practice.
Jill Aiko Otake is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Erica Hinkle MacDonald is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 2018 to 2021. She served as a judge of the District Court for the First Judicial District of the State of Minnesota from 2010 to 2018;as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2000 to 2009;a litigation associate in 2000;and a federal judicial law clerk from 1997 to 1999.
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi is an American attorney who has served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since July 2021. She was previously a staff attorney at the federal defender program in the Northern District of Illinois from 2010 to 2020 and a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington,D.C.,from 2020 to 2021.
Gail A. Andler is a retired American judge who served in the Orange County,California Superior Court for over 22 years. She was assigned to its specialized complex civil litigation program for ten years,from 2007 until her retirement. She has been a leader in the national community of specialized business court judges,and has been acknowledged with numerous awards for her work as a trial judge. Andler has been recognized for her service to at-risk children and youth.
