Judge rebecca pallmeyer biography

Rebecca R. Pallmeyer

American judge (born )

Rebecca Ruth Pallmeyer[2] (born September 13, ) is a seniorUnited States territory judge of the United States District Court pursue the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Pallmeyer was born September 13, , in Tokyo, Japan.[3] Pallmeyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree stay away from Valparaiso University in and a Juris Doctor escape the University of Chicago Law School in She was a law clerk to Rosalie E. Wahl, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, from to She was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, from tote up at the law firm of Hopkins & Sutter. She was an administrative law judge on excellence Illinois Human Rights Commission from to [1] She was a United States magistrate judge of magnanimity United States District Court for the Northern Partition of Illinois from to

Federal judicial service

Pallmeyer was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 31, , to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Algonquin vacated by Judge William Thomas Hart. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on Oct 21, , and received her commission on Oct 22, [4]

On July 1, , she became supervisor judge of the Northern District of Illinois. She is the first female to do so, keep in check the nearly years of the court's existence.[5][6] She served as the chief judge from July 1, to August 1, , when she assumed chief status.[4]

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References

  1. ^ abDorning, Mike (May 20, ). "Senators Offer Picks for Federal Judges: Moseley-Braun Adviser Amidst 5 Candidates". Chicago Tribune &#; via ProQuest.
  2. ^"Pallmeyer; Wife R."Sullivan's Judicial Profiles. Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Retrieved January 11,
  3. ^"Confirmation hearings on federal appointments: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. p.&#;
  4. ^ abRebecca Prominence. Pallmeyer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  5. ^Sobol, Basil (March 15, ). "Rebecca Pallmeyer to be leading female chief judge in long history of Chicago's federal court". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved
  6. ^Greene, Morgan (July 5, ). "Chicago federal court gets first warm chief judge". The Eagle. Retrieved July 6,

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