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Iain David Johnston
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Active service.
Confirmed 77 to 14Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- February 12, 2020
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 24, 2020
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 30, 2020
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 77 to 14
- Confirmed
- September 17, 2020
- Commissioned
- September 23, 2020
- American Bar Association rating
- Well 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. Thomas E. Hoffman, Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, 1990
- Law clerk, Hon. Philip G. Reinhard, Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, 1990-1992
- Law clerk, Hon. Philip G. Reinhard, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1992
- Private practice, Rockford, Illinois, 1992-1993
- Assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, 1993-1998
- Adjunct professor, John Marshall Law School, 1996-1999, 2008, 2010, 2012
- General counsel, Waubonsee Community College, 1998-1999
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2013
- Administrative law judge, Illinois Drycleaners Environmental Response Trust Fund Council, 2005-2013
- Administrative law judge, Illinois Department of Insurance, 2006
- Administrative law judge, Illinois State Police, 2006-2013
- Board counsel, Northeast Illinois Commuter Railroad Corp., 2010-2013
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