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| Frederick Kapala | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #22 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/10/2007 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Philip Reinhard |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1950 |
| Home State: | Rockford, IL |
| Bachelors: | Marquette U., B.A., 1972 |
| Law School: | U. of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 1976 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army 1970 - 1980 |
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Fredrick J. Kapala is an Article III federal judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois representing the Rockford Division. He joined the court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
A native of the Rockford, IL area, Kapala graduated with his Bachelor's Degree from Marquette University in 1972 before graduating from the University of Illinois law school in 1976. [1]
Professional career
- Captain, United States Army Reserve, 1970-80
- Assistant state's attorney, County of Winnebago, IL, 1976-77
- Private practice, Rockford, IL, 1977-1982
- Associate judge, State of Illinois, 1982-1994
- Circuit judge, State of Illinois, 1994-2001
- Appellate judge, State of Illinois, 2001-2007 [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Illinois
Kapala was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Philip Reinhard. Kapala was confirmed by the Senate on May 8, 2007, and received commission on May 10, 2007. [1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Kapala Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by: Philip Reinhard |
Northern District of Illinois 2007–Current Seat #22 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
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| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
