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Suzanne B. Conlon

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since April 17, 2004.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan
Nominated
April 2, 1987
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
January 27, 1988
Committee action
Reported (favorably), February 4, 1988
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
February 19, 1988
Commissioned
February 22, 1988
Senior status
Since April 17, 2004
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1939, 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. Edwin Robson, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1968-1971
  • Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1972-1975
  • Faculty, DePaul University, 1972-1975; assistant professor, 1972-1973; lecturer, 1973-1975
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1976-1977, 1982-1986
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, Central District of California, 1977-1982
  • Assistant general counsel, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1986
  • Executive director, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1986-1987
  • Special counsel to associate attorney general Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Department of Justice, 1988
  • Adjunct professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1991-

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