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John Fitzgerald Kness
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 81 to 12Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- June 24, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 17, 2019
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 17, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 81 to 12
- Confirmed
- February 12, 2020
- Commissioned
- February 18, 2020
- 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
- Patrol officer, Oak Park, Illinois, 1998-2000
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 2003-2004, 2005-2009
- Law clerk, Hon. William H. Pryor, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2004-2005
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 2009-2016
- General counsel, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 2016-2020
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