Edmond E. Chang
| Edmond E. Chang | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Barack Obama |
| Active: | 12/20/2010 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Elaine Bucklo |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1970 |
| Home State: | New York, NY |
| Bachelors: | U. of Michigan, B.S.E., 1991 |
| Law School: | Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1994 |
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Edmond E. Chang is a federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He joined the court in 2010 after an appointment from Barack Obama. Prior to appointment, he was a federal prosecutor in Chicago, Illinois.
Early life and education
Chang earned his B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering (cum laude) in 1991 from the University of Michigan, and his J.D. (cum laude) in 1994 from Northwestern University School of Law. [1]
Professional career
Change served as law clerk for James Ryan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Marvin Aspen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois after graduation. In 1996 he became an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law teaching civil rights litigation, a position that he continues to serve. From 1997 to 1999 Chang was with the law firm Sidley Austin LLP practicing labor and employment litigation. In 1999 he joined the Chicago office of the Northern District of Illinois as an Assistant United States Attorney. Since 2005, he has served as Chief of Appeals for the Criminal Division, and he previously served as Deputy Chief of the General Crimes section. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
On April 21, 2010 Chang was nominated for a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President Obama.[2] He is nominated to fill the seat vacated by Elaine Bucklo. [3] Chang was recommended to the President by Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. [4]
Chang was rated "Unanimously Qualified" by the American Bar Association. [5]
Judiciary Committee hearing
Chang's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was on July 14, 2010. [6]
Chang's nomination was reported by committee on August 5, 2010. [7]
Chang was confirmed on December 18, 2010 by a senate voice vote.[8]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 White House Press Release "President Obama Names Five to the United States District Court", April 21, 2010
- ↑ Biography from Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ White House Press Release "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate, 4/21/10"
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times "Obama nominates prosecutor Edmond Chang to become federal judge here", April 21, 2010
- ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials
- ↑ U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
- ↑ Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, August 5, 2010
- ↑ 2010 Judicial Confirmations
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Elaine Bucklo |
Northern District of Illinois 2010–Current Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2009 |
Gerard Lynch • David Hamilton • Sonia Sotomayor • Andre Davis • D.P. Marshall • Richard Seeborg • Jeffrey Viken • Charlene Honeywell • Irene Berger • Roberto Lange • Christina Reiss • Dolly Gee • Jacqueline Nguyen • Abdul Kallon • William Conley • Nancy D. Freudenthal • Gloria M. Navarro • Florence Pan • | ||
| 2010 |
Barbara Keenan • Kathleen M. O'Malley • Denny Chin • Leonard Stark • Joseph Greenaway • Thomas Vanaskie • Mark Goldsmith • Elena Kagan • Beverly Martin • Mary Murguia • Ellen Hollander • James Wynn • Jane Magnus-Stinson • Susan Richard Nelson • Audrey Fleissig • Timothy S. Black • James Bredar • Sharon Coleman • Leslie Kobayashi • Kimberly Mueller • Catherine Eagles • Benita Pearson • Jane Stranch • O. Rogeriee Thompson • Rosanna Peterson • Albert Diaz • Brian Jackson • J. Michelle Childs • Richard Mark Gergel • Josephine S. Tucker • Lucy H. Koh • Marisa Demeo • Tanya Walton Pratt • Jon E. DeGuilio • Elizabeth Erny Foote • Marc Thomas Treadwell • Gary Feinerman • William J. Martinez • Scott Matheson • Raymond Lohier • Todd E. Edelman • John A. Gibney • Edmond E. Chang • Carlton W. Reeves • Denise Casper • Robert Leon Wilkins • Beryl A. Howell • Maria Elizabeth Raffinan • | ||
| 2011 |
Sue Myerscough • James Graves • Bernice Donald • Christopher Droney • Claire Cecchi • Esther Salas • Henry Floyd • Morgan Christen • Evan Wallach • Diana Saldaña • Michael Urbanski • Cathy Bissoon • Anthony J. Battaglia • Edward Chen • Sharon L. Gleason • Marco A. Hernandez • Andrew L. Carter, Jr. • Nelva Gonzales Ramos • Timothy M. Cain • Scott W. Skavdahl • John A. Ross • Robert N. Scola, Jr. • John A. Kronstadt • Edward J. Davila • R. Brooke Jackson • James E. Boasberg • James E. Shadid • Steve C. Jones • John McConnell • Amy Totenberg • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers • Paul K. Holmes • Susan L. Carney • Max O. Cogburn, Jr. • Amy B. Jackson • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Michael H. Simon • Kathleen M. Williams • Marina Marmolejo • Susan Hickey • Mae A. D'Agostino • Jimmie V. Reyna • Robert David Mariani • Ramona V. Manglona • J. Paul Oetken • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Mark Raymond Hornak • Vincent L. Briccetti • Roy Bale Dalton, Jr. • Sara Lynn Darrow • Kevin Hunter Sharp • Paul A. Engelmayer • Wilma Lewis • Nancy Torresen • Alison J. Nathan • Corinne Ann Beckwith • William Kuntz • Nannette Jolivette-Brown • Dana Christensen • Edgardo Ramos • Katherine Forrest • Stephen Higginson • Richard G. Andrews • James Gilstrap • Jennifer Zipps • Ronnie Abrams • Jennifer Di Toro • Yvonne Williams • | ||
| Unconfirmed |
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