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John Phil Gilbert
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Senior status since March 15, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- July 2, 1992
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 11, 1992
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 1992
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 23, 1992
- Commissioned
- September 24, 1992
- Senior status
- Since March 15, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1949, 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, Carbondale, Illinois, 1974-1988
- Special assistant attorney general, Public Aid Enforcement Division, State of Illinois, 1974-1975
- Assistant city attorney, Carbondale, Illinois, 1975-1978
- Member, Illinois State Board of Elections, 1978-1988; chairman, 1981-1983; vice-chairman, 1983-1985
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, 1988-1992
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