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Charles Petros Kocoras
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since June 30, 2006.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- June 2, 1980
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 5, 1980
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 17, 1980
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- September 29, 1980
- Commissioned
- September 30, 1980
- Senior status
- Since June 30, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1938, 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
- Illinois Army National Guard, 1961-1967
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1971, 1979-1980
- First assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1971-1977
- Adjunct professor, John Marshall Law School, 1975-
- Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission, 1977-1979
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