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Sunil Ramesh Harjani
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 46Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- February 1, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- February 8, 2024
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), March 7, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 46
- Confirmed
- March 12, 2024
- Commissioned
- March 20, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1974, 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
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2000-2001, 2002-2004
- Law clerk, Hon. Suzanne B. Conlon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2001-2002
- Enforcement Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chicago, Illinois, 2004-2008; staff attorney, 2004-2005; senior counsel, 2005-2008
- Adjunct professor, University of Illinois Chicago Law School, 2007
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2008-2019; General Crimes Section, 2008-2009; Financial Fraud Section, 2009-2014; Securities and Commodities Fraud Section, 2014-2019; deputy chief, Securities and Commodities Fraud Section, 2018-2019
- Adjunct professor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2008-
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