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Appointed
Appointed for a 14 year term of office pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 152 on July 26, 1999; reappointed for a second 14 year term by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals effective July 26, 2013; served as Chief Bankruptcy Judge from 2007-2011
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Education
University of Iowa, B.B.A. With Distinction, 1978; Loyola University of Chicago School of Law J.D. With Distinction, 1982
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Other Government Service
Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Nordberg, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1982-1985
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Prior Employment
Sidley & Austin - business and environmental litigation, 1985-1999
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