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Lindsay Clayton Jenkins
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 59 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 3, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 2, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 59 to 40
- Confirmed
- February 14, 2023
- Commissioned
- February 24, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1977, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2002-2004
- Private practice, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004-2006
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2006-2021
- Deputy chief, General Crimes, 2011
- Deputy chief, Narcotics and Gangs, 2011-2013
- Deputy chief, Violent Crimes, 2013-2015
- Deputy chief, Public Corruption and Organized Crime, 2015-2016
- Chief, General Crimes, 2016-2018
- Chief, Violent Crimes, 2018-2019
- Chief, Criminal Division, 2019-2021
- Adjunct professor, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 2016-
- Adjunct professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2019-
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2021-2023
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