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Joe Billy McDade
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Senior status since February 28, 2010.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- September 11, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- November 20, 1991
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 21, 1991
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 21, 1991
- Commissioned
- November 25, 1991
- Senior status
- Since February 28, 2010
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1937, 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 attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Chicago, Illinois, 1963-1965
- Executive trainee, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Peoria, Illinois, 1965
- Executive director, Greater Peoria [Illinois] Legal Aid Society, 1965-1968
- Private practice, Peoria, Illinois, 1968-1982
- Associate judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1982-1988
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1988-1991
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