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Joan B. Gottschall
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since April 23, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- March 29, 1996
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 25, 1996
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 26, 1996
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- July 25, 1996
- Commissioned
- August 1, 1996
- Senior status
- Since April 23, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1947, 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, 1973-1976, 1978-1982
- Staff attorney, Federal Defender Program, Chicago, Illinois, 1976-1978
- Staff attorney, Legal Office, University of Chicago, 1982-1984
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