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Robert William Gettleman
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since May 5, 2009.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- August 16, 1994
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 4, 1994
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 5, 1994
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 7, 1994
- Commissioned
- October 11, 1994
- Senior status
- Since May 5, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, 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
- Staff law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1968
- Law clerk, Hon. Latham Castle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1968-1969
- Law clerk, Hon. Luther Swygert, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1970
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1970-1994
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