George Lindberg

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George Wakem Lindberg is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is serving on senior status.

Early life

A Chicagoland native, Lindberg graduated from Northwestern with both his bachelor's and juris doctorate degrees in 1954 and 1957. ^[1]

Legal career

Lindberg was the vice president and legal counsel for John E. Reid and Associates in Chicago from 1955-1968. In 1966, Lindberg served as a member of the Illinois General Assembly first winning election in 1966 and served three terms until 1972. Also, during his tenure in the General Assembly, Lindberg was a private practice attorney in the Chicago Suburb Crystal Lake from 1968 till 1973. In 1972, Lindberg won election as the State comptroller of Illinois and served until 1977. After being comptroller, Lindberg was appointed Deputy state attorney general for the State of Illinois from 1977 to 1978 before winning election in 1978 as a judge in the Illinois Appellate Court representing the Elgin District till his appointment to the federal bench in 1989. ^[1]

Federal judicial career

On the recommendation of Congressman Henry Hydge, Lindberg was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on September 21, 1989, to a seat vacated by Prentice Marshall. Lindberg was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 3, 1989 on a senate vote and received commission on November 6, 1989. Lindberg assumed senior status on June 21, 2001. ^[1]

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	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by George H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright
1990	Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson
1991	Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams