Joan Humphrey Lefkow
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Senior status. Born 1944.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton (Democratic)
- Nominated
- May 11, 2000
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Jun 30, 2000
- Commissioned
- Jul 11, 2000
- Senior status
- Sep 1, 2012
Other federal judicial service
- U.S. Magistrate/U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1982-1997
- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Illinois, 1997-2000
Education
- A.B., Wheaton College, Illinois, 1965
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law), 1971
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Thomas E. Fairchild, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1971-1972
- Staff attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Inc., 1972-1975
- Administrative law judge, Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1975-1979
- Instructor, University of Miami Law School, 1980-1981
- Executive director, Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., 1981-1982
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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