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Joan Humphrey Lefkow
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since September 1, 2012.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton
- Nominated
- May 11, 2000
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 15, 2000
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), June 27, 2000
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 30, 2000
- Commissioned
- July 11, 2000
- Senior status
- Since September 1, 2012
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1944, 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. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1971-1972
- Staff attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Inc., 1972-1975
- Administrative law judge, Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1975-1979
- Instructor, University of Miami Law School, 1980-1981
- Executive director, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., 1981-1982
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