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Manish Suresh Shah
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 95 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), January 16, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 95 to 0
- Confirmed
- April 30, 2014
- Commissioned
- May 1, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1972, 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
- Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1998-1999
- Law clerk, Hon. James B. Zagel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1999-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2001-2014; deputy chief, general crimes, 2007-2008; deputy chief, financial crimes & special prosecutions, 2008-2011; chief, criminal appeals, 2011-2012; chief, criminal division, 2012-2014
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