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Thomas Michael Durkin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status since December 26, 2023.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 21, 2012
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 11, 2012
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), August 2, 2012
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 17, 2012
- Commissioned
- December 19, 2012
- Senior status
- Since December 26, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1953, 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. Stanley J. Roszkowski, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1978-1980
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1980-1993; Deputy chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1988; Chief, Criminal Receiving and Appellate Division, 1989; Chief, Special Prosecutions Division, 1990; First assistant U.S. attorney, 1991-1993
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-2012
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