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John Joseph Tharp, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since September 30, 2026.
Confirmed 86 to 1Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- November 10, 2011
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 26, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 16, 2012
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 86 to 1
- Confirmed
- May 14, 2012
- Commissioned
- May 16, 2012
- Senior status
- Since September 30, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1960, 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. Naval Reserve, 1978-1980
- U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1980-1982, 1987-1988
- U.S. Marine Corps, 1982-1987; second lieutenant, 1982-1984; first lieutenant, 1984-1987; captain, 1987
- Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1990-1991
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1991-1992, 1997-2012
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1992-1997
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