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Sara Lee Ellis
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 6, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 19, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 18, 2013
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 7, 2013
- Commissioned
- October 8, 2013
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1969, 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
- Staff attorney, Federal Defender Program, Chicago, Illinois, 1994-2000
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2000-2004, 2008-2013
- Assistant corporation counsel, Chicago, Illinois, 2004-2008
- Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 2023-present
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