Robert Michael Dow Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Born 1965.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush (Republican)
- Nominated
- Jul 18, 2007
- Senate vote
- 86 to 0
- Confirmed
- Nov 13, 2007
- Commissioned
- Dec 5, 2007
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 1987
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1990
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 1993
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Joel M. Flaum, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1993-1994
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1995-2007
- Counselor to Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., 2022-
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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