The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the federal trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.
Otto Kerner Jr. was an American jurist and politician. He served as the 33rd governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968 and chaired the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. He was then appointed a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was forced to step down from the bench after being convicted of mail fraud in 1974.
Levin Hicks Campbell is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Chester John Straub is an inactive senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit headquartered in New York City.
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Daniel Anthony Manion is an American lawyer,politician,and jurist serving as an inactive senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit whose chambers were in South Bend,Indiana.
Harlington Wood Jr. was an American lawyer,jurist,political figure and an amateur actor. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1976 until his death in 2008,after earlier serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He was considered one of the country's leading legal historians on the life and legacy of former lawyer and United States President Abraham Lincoln,but is perhaps best known for his involvement as an Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice in two separate Native American armed protests:the first being the occupation at Alcatraz Island,in San Francisco Bay,from 1969 through the summer of 1971,and the second being the Wounded Knee incident in 1973 at Wounded Knee,South Dakota. His accomplishments and impact as both jurist and statesman included participation in many recent events around the world,which he circled three times,including Russia,Outer Mongolia,Europe,Cambodia,Greenland,China,Japan and South America.
James Waldo Ackerman was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
William Joseph Campbell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Latham Castle was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Suzanne B. 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.
Joel Martin Flaum is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
John Phil Gilbert is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
James F. Holderman is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Michael Stephen Kanne was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Alfred Younges Kirkland Sr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Michael Joseph Melloy is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Richard Henry Mills is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Julius Ness "Jay" Richardson is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was formerly an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
