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Marvin E. Aspen
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since July 1, 2002.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- April 30, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 9, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 17, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 23, 1979
- Commissioned
- July 24, 1979
- Senior status
- Since July 1, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1934, 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, Court of Claims Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1958
- Illinois National Guard, 1958-1960
- U.S. Air Force Reserve airman, 1960-1964
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1958-1959, 1971
- Assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1960-1963
- Assistant corporation counsel, head of Appeals and Review Division, Chicago, Illinois, 1963-1971
- Adjunct professor of law, Northwestern University, 1969-
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, 1971-1979
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1994-1998
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2000-2003
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