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Joan B. Gottschall

American judge (born )

Joan Beth Gottschall[1] (born April 23, )[2] is a seniorUnited States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education and career

Gottschall was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in [3] She was then in private practice in Chicago, Illinois, until , and again from to , serving as a staff attorney of the Federal Defender Program in Chicago from to She was a staff attorney in the legal office of the University of Chicago from to [4]

Federal judicial service

She served as a United States magistrate judge for the Northern District of Illinois from to On March 29, , Gottschall was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by James Byron Moran.

She was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 25, ,[5] and received her commission on August 1, She took senior status on April 23, [6]

References

  1. ^Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 28; March 27; May 2; June 25; July 31; September 24, .

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  2. ^"Joan B. Gottschall | OpenJurist".

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  3. ^"Judge Joan B. Gottschall"(PDF). . Retrieved 19 September
  4. ^"President Clinton nominates two to the U.S. District Court". .

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  5. ^"PN - Nomination of Joan B. Gottschall for The Judiciary, th Congress ()". . Retrieved
  6. ^Joan B. Gottschall at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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