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John Robert Blakey
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
- August 5, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 9, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 20, 2014
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 16, 2014
- Commissioned
- December 19, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1965, 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. William J. Zloch, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1992-1994
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-1996
- Assistant state's attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1996-2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 2000-2004
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2004-2009
- Chief, Special Prosecutions Bureau, Cook County [Illinois] State's Attorney's Office, 2009-2014
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