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Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since August 1, 2024.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
William J. Clinton
Nominated
July 31, 1997
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
July 16, 1998
Committee action
Reported (favorably), July 30, 1998
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
October 21, 1998
Commissioned
October 22, 1998
Senior status
Since August 1, 2024
American Bar Association rating
Qualified

Born 1954, 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

  • Law clerk, Hon. Rosalie E. Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1979-1980
  • Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1980-1985
  • Administrative law judge, Illinois Human Rights Commission, 1986-1991
  • Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2019-2021

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