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Frederick J. Kapala
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since May 10, 2019.
Confirmed 91 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- January 9, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- March 13, 2007
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 25, 2007
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 91 to 0
- Confirmed
- May 8, 2007
- Commissioned
- May 10, 2007
- Senior status
- Since May 10, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- U.S. Army Reserve captain, 1970-1980
- Assistant state's attorney, Winnebago County, Illinois, 1976-1977
- Private practice, Rockford, Illinois, 1977-1982
- Judge, Illinois Circuit Court, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, 1982-2001; associate judge, 1982-1994; circuit judge, 1994-2001
- Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, 2001-2007
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